                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOND TO CONSTITUTE LIEN ON REAL ESTATE OF SURETY (§ 46.2-447)

A bond with individual sureties shall constitute a lien in favor of the
Commonwealth on the real estate of any individual surety. The lien shall exist
in favor of any holder of any final judgment against the principal on account of
damage to property or injury to or death of any person or persons resulting from
the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of his, or any other, motor
vehicle, upon the recording of the bond in the office of the clerk of the court
where deeds are admitted to record of the city or county where the real estate
is located.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-468; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-479; 1989, c. 727.