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After such surrender the person shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of this title unless the court or judge thereof has reason to believe that no one or more conditions of release will reasonably assure that the person will not flee or pose a danger to any other person or to the community.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199207,"text":"If the surrender is to the court, the court shall make such order as it deems proper; if the surrender is to a sheriff or jailer, the officer to whom the accused has been surrendered shall give the surety a certificate of the fact. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1973, chapter 485; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1978, chapter 755; in 1999, chapters 829<\/a> and 846<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61367,"section_number":"19.2-119","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-119\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171343,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54257,"identifier":"19.2-150","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-150","url":"\/19.2-150\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-150\/","token":"19.2\/9\/2\/19.2-150","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceeding when surety surrenders principal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-150","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the surrender is to the court<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall make such order<\/span> as it deems proper; if the surrender is to a sheriff or jailer, the officer to whom the accused<\/span> has been surrendered shall give the surety<\/span> a certificate of the fact<\/span>. After such surrender the person<\/span> shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 of this title unless the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> thereof has reason to believe that no one or more conditions of release will reasonably assure that the person<\/span> will not flee or pose a danger to any other person<\/span> or to the community.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDING WHEN SURETY SURRENDERS PRINCIPAL (\u00a7 19.2-150)\n\nIf the surrender is to the court, the court shall make such order as it deems\nproper; if the surrender is to a sheriff or jailer, the officer to whom the\naccused has been surrendered shall give the surety a certificate of the fact.\nAfter such surrender the person shall be treated in accordance with the\nprovisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of this title unless\nthe court or judge thereof has reason to believe that no one or more conditions\nof release will reasonably assure that the person will not flee or pose a danger\nto any other person or to the community.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-145; 1960, c. 366; 1973, c. 485; 1975, c. 495; 1978,\nc. 755; 1999, cc. 829, 846.","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}}