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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67708</law_id><section_number>46.2-444</section_number><catch_line>Surety requirements of bond</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="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="15">Proof of Financial Responsibility</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> mentioned in subdivision 2 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Methods of proving financial responsibility" href="/46.2-436/">46.2-436</a> shall be duly executed by the person giving proof and by a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> company duly authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth or by the person giving proof and by one or more individual sureties owning real estate within the Commonwealth and having an <span class="dictionary">equity</span> therein in at least the amount of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> and the real estate shall be scheduled in the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>. But the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may not accept any real estate <span class="dictionary">bond</span> unless it is first approved by the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> wherein the real estate is located.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-465; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-476; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
