                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BONDS FOR RETENTION OF PROPERTY OR RELEASE OF ATTACHMENT; REVISING BONDS
MENTIONED IN THIS AND § 8.01-551 (§ 8.01-553)

Any property levied on or seized as aforesaid, under any attachment, may be
retained by or returned to the defendant or other person in whose possession it
was on his giving bond, with condition to have the same forthcoming at such time
and place as the court may require. In the alternative, the principal defendant
may, by giving bond with condition to perform the judgment of the court, release
from any attachment the whole of any estate attached. The bond in either case
shall be taken by the officer serving the attachment, with surety, payable to
the plaintiff, and in a penalty in the latter case either double the amount or
value for which the attachment issued or double the value of the property on
which the attachment was levied, at the option of the person giving it, and in
the former, either double the amount of value for which the attachment issued or
double the value of the property retained or returned, at the option of the
person giving it. However, in the event the court shall consider that the amount
of any bond required by this section or § 8.01-551 is excessive or inadequate,
such court may, upon motion of any party in interest after reasonable notice to
the opposite party if he can be found in the jurisdiction of the court or to his
attorney of record, if any, fix the amount of such bond to conform to the
equities of the case.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-540; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 646.