                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOND REQUIRED AS PREREQUISITE (§ 8.01-115)

No such order or process, however, shall be issued until a bond, conforming with
the requirements of § 8.01-537.1, is posted with the judge or magistrate, in a
penalty at least double the estimated fair market value of the property claimed,
payable to the defendant, with the additional condition to redeliver the
property so seized to the defendant, or to the person from whose possession it
was taken, if the right to the possession shall be adjudged against the
plaintiff.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-587; 1977, cc. 230, 617; 1986, c. 341; 1993, c. 841.