CHAPTER 202
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 21-400.1, relating to bonds issued under the provisions of Chap-
ter 6, Title 21 of the Code, which have been mutilated, lost or

destroyed.
[fH 258]

Approved March 9, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a section
numbered 21-400.1 as follows:

§ 21-400.1. Should any bond issued under this chapter become mu-
tilated or be lost or destroyed, the board of viewers may cause a new bond
of like date, number and tenor to be executed and delivered in exchange
and substitution for, and upon cancellation of, such mutilated bond and its
interest coupons, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost or destroyed
bond and its unmatured interest coupons. Such new bond shall not be
executed or delivered until the holder of the mutilated, lost or destroyed
bond (1) has paid the reasonable expense and charges in connection there-
with and (2) in the case of a lost or destroyed bond, has filed with the
board of viewers and the county treasurer satisfactory evidence that such
bond was lost or destroyed and that the holder was the owner thereof and
(3) has furnished indemnity satisfactory to the county treasurer.