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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70255</law_id><section_number>38.2-1220</section_number><catch_line>Attorney to file bond</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1221</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="12">Reciprocal Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Domestic Reciprocals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Concurrent with the filing of the declaration provided for in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Organization of reciprocals; what declaration to contain" href="/38.2-1219/">38.2-1219</a>, the attorney of a domestic reciprocal shall certify to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and thereafter for each year in which the reciprocal is licensed under this chapter shall keep in force, a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> payable to this Commonwealth that complies with the requirements of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-253677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1220/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be in an amount established at the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, which shall be at least $50,000. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be on the condition that the attorney will faithfully account for all moneys and other property of the reciprocal coming into the attorney&#x2019;s control and that the attorney will not withdraw or appropriate for his own use from the funds of the reciprocal any moneys or property to which he is not entitled under the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>. <a id="paragraph-253678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1220/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall provide that it is not subject to cancellation unless thirty days&#x2019; written notice of <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to cancel is given to both the attorney and the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-253679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1220/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be executed by the attorney and by a fidelity <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed in this Commonwealth and shall be subject to the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-253680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1220/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-710; 1986, c. 562; 2001, c. 706.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
