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The bond shall be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and upon prompt and accurate settlement with the consignor. Any consignor of cotton claiming that a cotton handler has failed to comply with the provisions of this article or any regulations adopted hereunder, or has failed to settle promptly and accurately with the consignor, may bring action upon the cotton handler&#8217;s bond against either the principal, or the surety, or both, in an appropriate court.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219983,"text":"Bonds required by \u00a7 3.2-4765 shall be executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized and qualified to do business in the Commonwealth as surety. The applicant shall file on or before July 1 of each licensing year a copy of the bond with the Commissioner, and the Commissioner shall be designated as the trustee of this bond. The bond shall be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and upon prompt and accurate settlement with the consignor. Any consignor of cotton claiming that a cotton handler has failed to comply with the provisions of this article or any regulations adopted hereunder, or has failed to settle promptly and accurately with the consignor, may bring action upon the cotton handler&#8217;s bond against either the principal, or the surety, or both, in an appropriate court.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13866,"edition_id":1,"name":"Cotton Handlers","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13865,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","permalink":{"id":196915,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13866,"identifier":"5","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5","url":"\/3.2\/III\/47\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13865,"edition_id":1,"name":"Sale of Farm Produce","identifier":"47","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","permalink":{"id":196649,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13865,"identifier":"47","token":"3.2\/III\/47","url":"\/3.2\/III\/47\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13102,"edition_id":1,"name":"Production and Sale of Agricultural Products","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":195443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13102,"identifier":"III","token":"3.2\/III","url":"\/3.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60628,"structure_id":13866,"section_number":"3.2-4764","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-4764\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4764","metadata":false},{"id":62264,"structure_id":13866,"section_number":"3.2-4765","catch_line":"License required; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0584\">584<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62264,"section_number":"3.2-4765","catch_line":"License required; application; license fee and bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4765\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62264,"section_number":"3.2-4765","catch_line":"License required; application; license fee and bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4765\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60119,"identifier":"3.2-4767","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4767","url":"\/3.2-4767\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4767\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4767","dublin_core":{"Title":"Execution and terms of bond; action","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4767","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Bonds<\/span> required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"License required; application; license fee and bond\" href=\"\/3.2-4765\/\">3.2-4765<\/a> shall be executed by the applicant as principal and by a <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span> company authorized and qualified to do business in the Commonwealth as <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span>. 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The applicant shall file on or before July 1 of each\nlicensing year a copy of the bond with the Commissioner, and the Commissioner\nshall be designated as the trustee of this bond. The bond shall be conditioned\nupon compliance with the provisions of this article and upon prompt and accurate\nsettlement with the consignor. Any consignor of cotton claiming that a cotton\nhandler has failed to comply with the provisions of this article or any\nregulations adopted hereunder, or has failed to settle promptly and accurately\nwith the consignor, may bring action upon the cotton handler&#8217;s bond\nagainst either the principal, or the surety, or both, in an appropriate court.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 584, \u00a7 3.1-722.35; 2008, c. 860.","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}}