                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BONDS AND FORFEITURES THEREOF (§ 16.1-258)

All bonds and other undertakings taken and approved by any judicial officer as
defined in § 19.2-119, either for the appearance of any person or for the
performance of any other duty or undertaking set forth in the bond, shall be
valid and enforceable even if the principal in the bond shall be a person under
eighteen years of age. In the event of a failure upon the part of the principal
or sureties in any bond taken in such court to faithfully carry out and
discharge the undertakings of such bond, the judge shall have the right to
declare the bond forfeited in accordance with § 19.2-143. The complainant in
nonsupport cases shall not be required to furnish an indemnifying bond.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-189; 1956, c. 555; 1973, c. 440; 1977, c. 559; 1986,
c. 26.