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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 1977, chapters 230 and 617; in 1986, chapter 341; in 1993, chapter 841.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77279,"section_number":"8.01-119","catch_line":"Hearing to review issuance of order or process under \u00a7 8.01-114 or to consider request for such order or process","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-119\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57245,"section_number":"8.01-537.1","catch_line":"Plaintiff to file bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-537.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279737,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72122,"identifier":"8.01-115","token":"8.01\/3\/12\/8.01-115","url":"\/8.01-115\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-115\/","token":"8.01\/3\/12\/8.01-115","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bond required as prerequisite","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-115","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No such order<\/span> or process, however, shall be issued until a bond<\/span>, conforming with the requirements of \u00a7 8.01-537.1<\/a>, is posted with the judge<\/span> or magistrate<\/span>, in a penalty<\/span> at least double the estimated fair market value of the property claimed, payable to the defendant<\/span>, with the additional condition to redeliver the property so seized to the defendant<\/span>, or to the person<\/span> from whose possession<\/span> it was taken, if the right to the possession<\/span> shall be adjudged against the plaintiff<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOND REQUIRED AS PREREQUISITE (\u00a7 8.01-115)\n\nNo such order or process, however, shall be issued until a bond, conforming with\nthe requirements of \u00a7 8.01-537.1, is posted with the judge or magistrate, in a\npenalty at least double the estimated fair market value of the property claimed,\npayable to the defendant, with the additional condition to redeliver the\nproperty so seized to the defendant, or to the person from whose possession it\nwas taken, if the right to the possession shall be adjudged against the\nplaintiff.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-587; 1977, cc. 230, 617; 1986, c. 341; 1993, c. 841.","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}}