CHAPTER 546

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sections num-
bered 8-140.1 and 8-140.2, so as to require certain notice to be given
before certain motions are made, and so as to provide for the giving
of judgment on certain bonds on motion; and to repeal §§ 8-715 and
8-716, relating to the same matters.

[H 834]

Approved April 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto sections
numbered 8-140.1 and 8-140.2, as follows:

§ 8-140.1. Except as provided in Part Three of the Rules of Court
in any case wherein there may be judgment or decree for money on
motion, such motion shall be after ten days’ notice, unless some other
time be specified in the section or statute giving such motion.

§ 8-140.2. The court to or in which, or to whose clerk or office, any
bond taken by an officer, or given by any sheriff, sergeant or constable,
is required to be returned, filed or recorded may, on motion of any
person, give judgment for so much money as he is entitled, by virtue of
such bond, to recover by action.

2. §§ 8-715 and 8-716 of the Code of Virginia are repealed.