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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54559,"section_number":"15.2-1524","catch_line":"Failure to qualify vacates office","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1524\/"},{"id":74202,"section_number":"24.2-229","catch_line":"Appointees to qualify and give bond in thirty days","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-229\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153181,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63839,"identifier":"15.2-1523","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/4\/15.2-1523","url":"\/15.2-1523\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1523\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/4\/15.2-1523","dublin_core":{"Title":"Record of qualification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1523","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When an officer qualifies and gives bond<\/span>, the judge<\/span> shall certify the fact<\/span> and the bond<\/span> and certificate shall be returned to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, and the certificate shall be entered in the order<\/span> book of the court<\/span> on the law<\/span> side thereof and such bond<\/span> shall be recorded by the clerk. When the officer qualifies and gives bond<\/span> before the clerk, the clerk shall enter the fact<\/span> of such qualification in the order<\/span> book of the court<\/span>, on the law<\/span> side thereof, and record the bond<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORD OF QUALIFICATION (\u00a7 15.2-1523)\n\nWhen an officer qualifies and gives bond, the judge shall certify the fact and\nthe bond and certificate shall be returned to the clerk of the circuit court,\nand the certificate shall be entered in the order book of the court on the law\nside thereof and such bond shall be recorded by the clerk. When the officer\nqualifies and gives bond before the clerk, the clerk shall enter the fact of\nsuch qualification in the order book of the court, on the law side thereof, and\nrecord the bond.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-476; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-39; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}