CHAPTER 209

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-15 of the Code of Virginia, in relation
to bonds of judges, associate judges and substitute judges of courts
not of record.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-15 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 16.1-15. Bond of judge—Before entering upon the performance
of his duties the judge, associate judge and substitute judge of a court
not of record shall enter into bond before the clerk of a circuit or corpora-
tion court to which appeals from his court lie. In each county the bond
shall be in a penalty and with corporate surety approved by the judge of
such appellate court, and in each city and town the bond shall be in a
penalty and with corporate surety approved by the governing body thereof.
No such bond shall be in a penalty of less than two thousand dollars, and
all such bonds shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the
duties of the principal. If the bond is entered into by a judge, associate
judge or substitute judge of a municipal court or of a juvenile and domes-
tic relations court of a city, it may be made payable to such city and shall
be filed with the treasurer or other accounting officer thereof; but if it is
entered into by a judge, associate judge or substitute judge of a county
court or a juvenile and domestic relations court of a county, it shall be
made payable to the Commonwealth and shall be filed with the clerk of
the circuit court of the county. The provisions of this section shall not
apply in any city which otherwise provides for a corporate surety bond
covering such judges, associate judges and substitute judges in the penalty
of not less than two thousand dollars, and conditioned for the faithful
performance of their duties.