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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73564,"section_number":"16.1-90","catch_line":"Recognizance upon continuation of case","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-90\/"},{"id":61270,"section_number":"8.01-408","catch_line":"Recognizance taken upon continuance of case","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-408\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75160,"identifier":"19.2-137","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-137","url":"\/19.2-137\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-137\/","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-137","dublin_core":{"Title":"Order of court on recognizance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When such recognizance<\/span> is taken by a court<\/span> of a person<\/span> to answer a charge or of a witness<\/span> to give evidence<\/span> it shall be sufficient for the order<\/span> of the court<\/span> taking the recognizance<\/span> to state that the party<\/span> or parties recognized were duly recognized upon a bond<\/span> in such sum as the court<\/span> may have directed with such surety<\/span> as the court<\/span> may have accepted for his or their appearance<\/span> before such court<\/span> at such time as may have been prescribed by the court<\/span> to answer for the offense<\/span> with which such person<\/span> is charged or to give evidence<\/span>, as the case may be.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER OF COURT ON RECOGNIZANCE (\u00a7 19.2-137)\n\nWhen such recognizance is taken by a court of a person to answer a charge or of\na witness to give evidence it shall be sufficient for the order of the court\ntaking the recognizance to state that the party or parties recognized were duly\nrecognized upon a bond in such sum as the court may have directed with such\nsurety as the court may have accepted for his or their appearance before such\ncourt at such time as may have been prescribed by the court to answer for the\noffense with which such person is charged or to give evidence, as the case may\nbe.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-129; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1991, c. 581.","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}}