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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59504</law_id><section_number>6.2-1604</section_number><catch_line>Bond required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1606</reference><reference>6.2-1703</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The application for a license shall also be accompanied by a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> with corporate <span class="dictionary">surety</span> authorized to execute such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in the Commonwealth, in the sum of $25,000, or such greater sum as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may require. The form of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be continuously maintained thereafter in full force. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be conditioned upon the applicant or <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> performing all written agreements with borrowers or prospective borrowers, correctly and accurately accounting for all funds received by him in his licensed business, and conducting his licensed business in conformity with this chapter and all applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who may be damaged by noncompliance of a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> with any condition of such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> may proceed on such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> against the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> or <span class="dictionary">surety</span> thereon, or both, to recover <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. The aggregate liability under the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall not exceed the penal sum of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 596, &#xA7; 6.1-413; 1989, c. 411; 2001, c. 511; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
