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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70666</law_id><section_number>38.2-2420</section_number><catch_line>Bonds executed under power of attorney binding on insurer</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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><p>Any <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or obligation executed in the name and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> as <span class="dictionary">surety</span> under the authority of the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> shall have the same force, effect and validity, and shall be as binding upon the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in the name and on behalf of which it is executed as if it were properly executed by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> itself through its officers under its common seal. For the purpose of this section, the seal of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or the seal of the <span class="dictionary">attorney-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> shall not be required to be affixed to the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or obligation.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-338; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-657; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
