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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 718 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62204,"section_number":"8.01-96","catch_line":"Decree for sale; how made; bond of commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-96\/"},{"id":67538,"section_number":"8.01-99","catch_line":"Bond required of special commissioner for sale","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-99\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84112,"identifier":"18.2-209.1","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-209.1","url":"\/18.2-209.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-209.1\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-209.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties for false certificate or failure to give bond","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-209.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If any clerk make a certificate as to any <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> of a special commissioner appointed under Article 11 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Decree for sale; how made; bond of commissioner\" href=\"\/8.01-96\/\">8.01-96<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, knowing it to be false, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>, and shall, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>, be removed from his office. <a id=\"paragraph-301425\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-209.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If any special commissioner appointed under Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01 shall advertise property for sale or rent, and shall sell or rent the same before he shall have given <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> as is required by &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Bond required of special commissioner for sale\" href=\"\/8.01-99\/\">8.01-99<\/a>, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-301426\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-209.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES FOR FALSE CERTIFICATE OR FAILURE TO GIVE BOND (\u00a7 18.2-209.1)\n\nA. If any clerk make a certificate as to any bond of a special commissioner\nappointed under Article 11 (&#xA7; 8.01-96 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01,\nknowing it to be false, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and shall,\nupon conviction, be removed from his office.\n\nB. If any special commissioner appointed under Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title\n8.01 shall advertise property for sale or rent, and shall sell or rent the same\nbefore he shall have given bond as is required by &#xA7; 8.01-99, he shall be\nguilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 718.","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}}