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If such exception be sustained, the court shall order the officer to file a good bond, with sufficient surety, to be approved by it, on or before a certain day to be fixed by the court. If he fail to do so, he and his sureties in his official bond shall be liable to the plaintiff as for a breach of such bond; but the officer shall have the same rights and remedies against the parties to any bonds so adjudged bad as if he were a surety for them.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":273944,"text":"Every such bond shall be returned by the officer to and filed by the clerk of the court in which the attachment is pending, or to which the attachment is returnable, and the plaintiff may, within thirty days after the return thereof, file exceptions to the same, or to the sufficiency of the surety therein. If such exception be sustained, the court shall order the officer to file a good bond, with sufficient surety, to be approved by it, on or before a certain day to be fixed by the court. 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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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58537,"section_number":"46.2-1134","catch_line":"Special overweight seizure provisions; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1134\/"},{"id":77194,"section_number":"46.2-613.4","catch_line":"Special seizure provisions for unpaid fees and penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-613.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76308,"identifier":"8.01-554","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-554","url":"\/8.01-554\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-554\/","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-554","dublin_core":{"Title":"Where bond returned and filed; exceptions to bond","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-554","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every such bond<\/span> shall be returned by the officer to and filed by the clerk of the court<\/span> in which the attachment<\/span> is pending, or to which the attachment<\/span> is returnable, and the plaintiff<\/span> may, within thirty days after the return thereof, file exceptions to the same, or to the sufficiency of the surety<\/span> therein. If such exception be sustained, the court<\/span> shall order<\/span> the officer to file a good bond<\/span>, with sufficient surety<\/span>, to be approved by it, on or before a certain day to be fixed by the court<\/span>. If he fail to do so, he and his sureties in his official bond<\/span> shall be liable to the plaintiff<\/span> as for a breach of such bond<\/span>; but the officer shall have the same rights and remedies against the parties to any bonds<\/span> so adjudged bad as if he were a surety<\/span> for them.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHERE BOND RETURNED AND FILED; EXCEPTIONS TO BOND (\u00a7 8.01-554)\n\nEvery such bond shall be returned by the officer to and filed by the clerk of\nthe court in which the attachment is pending, or to which the attachment is\nreturnable, and the plaintiff may, within thirty days after the return thereof,\nfile exceptions to the same, or to the sufficiency of the surety therein. If\nsuch exception be sustained, the court shall order the officer to file a good\nbond, with sufficient surety, to be approved by it, on or before a certain day\nto be fixed by the court. If he fail to do so, he and his sureties in his\nofficial bond shall be liable to the plaintiff as for a breach of such bond; but\nthe officer shall have the same rights and remedies against the parties to any\nbonds so adjudged bad as if he were a surety for them.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-541; 1977, c. 617.","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}}