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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1991, chapter 581; in 1992, chapter 576.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61276,"section_number":"19.2-82","catch_line":"Procedure upon arrest without warrant","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-82\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87032,"identifier":"19.2-134","token":"19.2\/9\/1\/19.2-134","url":"\/19.2-134\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-134\/","token":"19.2\/9\/1\/19.2-134","dublin_core":{"Title":"When bail piece to be delivered to accused; form of bail piece","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-134","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In all cases in which recognizances<\/span>, at the suit of the Commonwealth, may have been, or shall hereafter be entered into, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court<\/span> in which, or in the clerk’s office of which, any recognizance<\/span> is filed, to deliver to the accused<\/span> and his sureties upon request, a bail<\/span> piece, in substance, as follows: “A. B. of the county or city of……, is delivered to bail<\/span>, unto C. D. of the county or city of……, at the suit of the Commonwealth. Given under my hand, this day of…….., in the year………….”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN BAIL PIECE TO BE DELIVERED TO ACCUSED; FORM OF BAIL PIECE (\u00a7 19.2-134)\n\nIn all cases in which recognizances, at the suit of the Commonwealth, may have\nbeen, or shall hereafter be entered into, it shall be the duty of the clerk of\nthe court in which, or in the clerk’s office of which, any recognizance is\nfiled, to deliver to the accused and his sureties upon request, a bail piece, in\nsubstance, as follows: “A. B. of the county or city of……, is\ndelivered to bail, unto C. D. of the county or city of……, at the\nsuit of the Commonwealth. Given under my hand, this day of…….., in\nthe year………….”\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-123; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1991, c. 581; 1992,\nc. 576.","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}}