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The surety in any bond required to be approved by the Governor shall file his petition in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, and the surety in the bond of any clerk of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals shall file his petition in the court for which his principal is the clerk.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310511,"text":"When the surety, or his committee or personal representative, of any officer, or commissioner or receiver under decree of a court, required to give bond shall petition the court by which the bond is taken, or in which, or in the clerk’s office of which, it is recorded, or the circuit court of the county or city, in which, where the bond of such officer is not taken by or filed in any court or clerk’s office, the officer resides, to be relieved from the suretyship, such court shall, on proof of reasonable notice of his intended motion, require such officer, commissioner or receiver to give a new bond in the same manner as if none had been given by him. The surety in any bond required to be approved by the Governor shall file his petition in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, and the surety in the bond of any clerk of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals shall file his petition in the court for which his principal is the clerk.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15053,"edition_id":1,"name":"Relief of Sureties","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13404,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:51:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:51:48","permalink":{"id":233265,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15053,"identifier":"3","token":"49\/3","url":"\/49\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13404,"edition_id":1,"name":"Oaths, Affirmations and Bonds","identifier":"49","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","permalink":{"id":233171,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13404,"identifier":"49","token":"49","url":"\/49\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":86695,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-22","catch_line":"Sureties on official bonds","url":"\/49-22\/","token":"49\/3\/49-22","metadata":false},{"id":77695,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-23","catch_line":"Surety on bond given under decree of court for payment of money","url":"\/49-23\/","token":"49\/3\/49-23","metadata":false},{"id":62268,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-24","catch_line":"Failure of officer to give new bond","url":"\/49-24\/","token":"49\/3\/49-24","metadata":false},{"id":69561,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-25","catch_line":"Surety may require creditor to sue","url":"\/49-25\/","token":"49\/3\/49-25","metadata":false},{"id":58769,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-26","catch_line":"Effect of failure of creditor to sue","url":"\/49-26\/","token":"49\/3\/49-26","metadata":false},{"id":65238,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-27","catch_line":"Surety's remedy against principal for money paid","url":"\/49-27\/","token":"49\/3\/49-27","metadata":false},{"id":66180,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-28","catch_line":"Confession of judgment by surety or failure to notify principal to defend","url":"\/49-28\/","token":"49\/3\/49-28","metadata":false},{"id":57392,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-29","catch_line":"Failure of principal to offer to defend suit against surety","url":"\/49-29\/","token":"49\/3\/49-29","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":77695,"structure_id":15053,"section_number":"49-23","catch_line":"Surety on bond given under decree of court for payment of money","url":"\/49-23\/","token":"49\/3\/49-23","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/49-22\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1984, chapter 703.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62268,"section_number":"49-24","catch_line":"Failure of officer to give new bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/49-24\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233267,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86695,"identifier":"49-22","token":"49\/3\/49-22","url":"\/49-22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/49-22\/","token":"49\/3\/49-22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sureties on official bonds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 49-22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the surety<\/span>, or his committee or personal representative, of any officer, or commissioner or receiver under decree<\/span> of a court<\/span>, required to give bond<\/span> shall petition<\/span> the court<\/span> by which the bond<\/span> is taken, or in which, or in the clerk’s office of which, it is recorded, or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city, in which, where the bond<\/span> of such officer is not taken by or filed in any court<\/span> or clerk’s office, the officer resides, to be relieved from the suretyship, such court<\/span> shall, on proof of reasonable notice of his intended motion<\/span>, require such officer, commissioner or receiver to give a new bond<\/span> in the same manner as if none had been given by him. The surety<\/span> in any bond<\/span> required to be approved by the Governor shall file his petition<\/span> in the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond, and the surety<\/span> in the bond<\/span> of any clerk of the Supreme Court<\/span> or the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall file his petition<\/span> in the court<\/span> for which his principal is the clerk.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSURETIES ON OFFICIAL BONDS (\u00a7 49-22)\n\nWhen the surety, or his committee or personal representative, of any officer, or\ncommissioner or receiver under decree of a court, required to give bond shall\npetition the court by which the bond is taken, or in which, or in the\nclerk’s office of which, it is recorded, or the circuit court of the\ncounty or city, in which, where the bond of such officer is not taken by or\nfiled in any court or clerk’s office, the officer resides, to be relieved\nfrom the suretyship, such court shall, on proof of reasonable notice of his\nintended motion, require such officer, commissioner or receiver to give a new\nbond in the same manner as if none had been given by him. The surety in any bond\nrequired to be approved by the Governor shall file his petition in the Circuit\nCourt of the City of Richmond, and the surety in the bond of any clerk of the\nSupreme Court or the Court of Appeals shall file his petition in the court for\nwhich his principal is the clerk.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5771; 1984, c. 703.","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}}