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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87233</law_id><section_number>38.2-2416</section_number><catch_line>Power of attorney to be recorded or attached; filing with the Department of Criminal Justice Services</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2417</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="24">Fidelity and Surety Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Power of Attorney to Execute Bonds</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> from a fidelity and <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to an agent making the agent an <span class="dictionary">attorney-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> to execute any <span class="dictionary">bail bond</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a> in the name and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> as <span class="dictionary">surety</span>, shall, unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> is special and limited to one transaction or to definitely stated transactions, be filed with the Department of Criminal Justice Services allowing the powers delegated by it to be exercised in any city or county in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-312373" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2416/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>, or a copy or facsimile thereof, which may include a printed or facsimile signature or corporate seal, from a fidelity and <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to an agent making the agent an <span class="dictionary">attorney-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> to execute any bond or other obligation, other than a <span class="dictionary">bail bond</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a>, in the name and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> as <span class="dictionary">surety</span>, shall be duly attached to the bond or other obligation. <a id="paragraph-312374" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2416/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-339; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-653; 1986, c. 562; 2004, c. 357; 2006, c. 296.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
