                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BONDSMEN (§ 58.1-3724)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;professional bondsman&#8221; means a person
who is a property bail bondsman, as such term is defined in &#xA7; 9.1-185.

B. The governing body of any county or city may by ordinance require that every
person who shall, for compensation, enter into any bond or bonds for others,
whether as a principal or surety, shall obtain a revenue license, the amount of
which shall be prescribed in such ordinance. No professional bondsman or his
agent shall enter into any such bond or bonds in any such county or city until
he shall have obtained such license, unless he has obtained such required
license in another city or county, in which he engages in the business of bail
bonding.

C. With the exception of any bondsman or his agent who has heretofore obtained a
certificate and license under this section and whose certificate, license and
right to act as a bondsman continues to remain in full force and effect, no such
license shall be issued by the authorities of any such county or city unless and
until the applicant shall have first obtained a bail bondsman license from the
Department of Criminal Justice Services.

D. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this section may provide
for revocation of licenses for failure to comply with the terms of such
ordinance and may in addition prescribe penalties for violations thereof.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 58-371.2; 1950, p. 83; 1952, c. 441; 1956, c. 26; 1958,
c. 531; 1960, c. 523; 1964, c. 576; 1966, c. 321; 1970, c. 509; 1972, c. 769;
1975, c. 285; 1976, c. 199; 1980, c. 716; 1981, c. 543; 1984, c. 675; 2003, c.
979; 2004, c. 460.