                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPELLATE COURT MAY REQUIRE NEW OR ADDITIONAL SECURITY (§ 16.1-109)

A. The court to which the appeal is taken may on motion for good cause shown,
after reasonable notice to the appellant, require the appellant to give new or
additional security, and if such security be not given within the time
prescribed by the appellate court the appeal shall be dismissed with costs, and
the judgment or order of the court from which the appeal was taken shall remain
in effect and the appellate court shall award execution thereon, with costs,
against the appellant and his surety.

B. When a bond or other security is required by law to be posted or given in
connection with an appeal or removal from a district court, and there is either
(i) a defect in such bond or other security as a result of an error of the
district court, or (ii) the district court erroneously failed to require the
bond or other security, and the defect or failure is discovered prior to sending
the case to the circuit court, the district court shall order that the appellant
or applicant for removal cure such defect or failure within a period not longer
than the initial period of time for posting the bond or giving the security. If
the error or failure is discovered after the case has been sent to the circuit
court, the circuit court shall return the case to the district court for the
district court to order the appellant or applicant for removal to cure the
defect or post the required bond or give the required security within a period
of time not longer than the initial period of time for posting the bond or
giving the security for removal. Failure to comply with such order shall result
in the disallowance of the appeal or denial of the application for removal.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 2007, c. 464.