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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 1994, chapter 432<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63126,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-267\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83918,"identifier":"19.2-147","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-147","url":"\/19.2-147\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-147\/","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-147","dublin_core":{"Title":"Docketing judgment on forfeited recognizance or bond","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-147","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a judgment is entered in any court<\/span> of record in favor of the Commonwealth of Virginia upon a forfeited recognizance<\/span> or bond<\/span>, the clerk of the court<\/span> in which the judgment is rendered shall certify an abstract of the same to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city wherein the judgment debtor<\/span> resides or of any city or county in which he may own real property, who shall thereupon enter the abstract of judgment upon his judgment docket<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOCKETING JUDGMENT ON FORFEITED RECOGNIZANCE OR BOND (\u00a7 19.2-147)\n\nWhenever a judgment is entered in any court of record in favor of the\nCommonwealth of Virginia upon a forfeited recognizance or bond, the clerk of the\ncourt in which the judgment is rendered shall certify an abstract of the same to\nthe clerk of the circuit court of the county or city wherein the judgment debtor\nresides or of any city or county in which he may own real property, who shall\nthereupon enter the abstract of judgment upon his judgment docket.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-142; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1994, c. 432.","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}}