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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85526</law_id><section_number>38.2-4008</section_number><catch_line>Fidelity bond required</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="40">Burial Societies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As a condition of licensing, each burial society, on behalf of its officers who are charged with the duty of handling its funds, shall obtain, and thereafter for as long as the license remains in effect keep in force, a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with corporate security approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be in an amount, not less than $10,000 nor more than $100,000, to be fixed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall secure to the society and its members the faithful performance of its officers&#x2019; duties and a proper accounting of its funds. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require the society to provide certification of compliance with the requirements of this section.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-148; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-558; 1986, c. 562; 2001, c. 706; 2002, c. 147.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
