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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79481</law_id><section_number>9.1-185</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-283.2</reference><reference>2.2-3705.3</reference><reference>38.2-1800</reference><reference>9.1-102</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Criminal Justice Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Bail Bondsmen</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agent</span>&#x201D; means a person who is a licensed bail bondsman who has been given <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> to act on the behalf of a licensed <span class="dictionary">property bail bondsman</span>.
		&#x201C;Bail bondsman&#x201D; means any person who is licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> who engages in the business of bail bonding and is thereby authorized to conduct business in all <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the Criminal Justice Services <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Certificate</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> issued by a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> on or before June 30, 2005, pursuant to former &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/19.2-152.1/">19.2-152.1</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Criminal Justice Services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Property bail bondsman</span>&#x201D; means a person licensed pursuant to this article who, for compensation, enters into a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or does so through his <span class="dictionary">agent</span> and who pledges real property, cash or <span class="dictionary">certificates</span> of deposit issued by a federally insured institution, or any combination thereof as security for a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a> that has been posted to assure performance of terms and conditions specified by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Surety bail bondsman</span>&#x201D; means a person licensed pursuant to this article who is also licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a property and casualty insurance <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, and who sells, solicits, or negotiates surety insurance as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Surety" href="/38.2-121/">38.2-121</a> on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth, pursuant to which the insurer becomes surety on or guarantees a <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a>, that has been posted to assure performance of terms and conditions specified by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 460; 2007, c. 708.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
