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Such bond shall be conditioned upon the applicant or licensee performing all written agreements with borrowers or prospective borrowers, correctly and accurately accounting for all funds received by it in its licensed business, and conducting its licensed business in conformity with this chapter and all applicable laws. Any person who may be damaged by noncompliance of the licensee with any condition of such bond may proceed on such bond against the principal or surety thereon, or both, to recover damages. The aggregate liability under the bond shall not exceed the penal sum of the bond.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":230422,"text":"An application for a license under this chapter shall be accompanied by a bond filed with the Commissioner with corporate surety authorized to execute such bond in the Commonwealth, in the sum of $25,000, or such greater sum as the Commission may require, but not to exceed a total of $500,000. The form of such bond shall be approved by the Commission. Such bond shall be continuously maintained thereafter in full force. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the applicant or licensee performing all written agreements with borrowers or prospective borrowers, correctly and accurately accounting for all funds received by it in its licensed business, and conducting its licensed business in conformity with this chapter and all applicable laws. Any person who may be damaged by noncompliance of the licensee with any condition of such bond may proceed on such bond against the principal or surety thereon, or both, to recover damages. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1215\">1215<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1258\">1258<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":265923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63200,"identifier":"6.2-1523.3","token":"6.2\/III\/15\/6.2-1523.3","url":"\/6.2-1523.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1523.3\/","token":"6.2\/III\/15\/6.2-1523.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bond required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1523.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An application for a license under this chapter shall be accompanied by a <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> filed with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> with corporate <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span> authorized to execute such <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> in the Commonwealth, in the sum of $25,000, or such greater sum as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may require, but not to exceed a total of $500,000. 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