                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN DEFENDANT NOT SERVED FAILS TO APPEAR PLAINTIFF REQUIRED TO GIVE BOND (§
8.01-571)

If the principal defendant has not appeared or been served with a copy of the
attachment ten days before the judgment therein mentioned, the plaintiff shall
not have the benefit of § 8.01-570 unless and until he shall have given bond
with sufficient surety in such penalty as the court shall approve, with
condition to perform such future order as may be made upon the appearance of
such defendant and his making defense. If the plaintiff fail to give such bond
in a reasonable time, the court shall dispose of the estate attached, or the
proceeds thereof, as to it shall seem just.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-542; 1977, c. 617.