Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-4906
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How lost bond or certificate renewed
Official statutory text
When any bond or certificate is lost or destroyed, the owner thereof may:
1. File in the office of the State Treasurer an affidavit, setting forth the time, place and circumstance of the loss or destruction; and
2. Execute a bond to the Commonwealth, with one or more sureties, approved by the State Treasurer, with condition to indemnify the Commonwealth and all persons against any loss in consequence of issuing a new bond or certificate in place of the one so lost or destroyed.
If the owner performs these acts, the State Treasurer may issue, at any time before the bond or certificate becomes due and payable, or at any time as to any such bond or certificate that has become due and payable on or after July 1, 1932, a new bond or certificate and register the same.
Code 1950, § 2-281; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-313; 1997, c. 310 ; 2001, c. 844 .
1. File in the office of the State Treasurer an affidavit, setting forth the time, place and circumstance of the loss or destruction; and
2. Execute a bond to the Commonwealth, with one or more sureties, approved by the State Treasurer, with condition to indemnify the Commonwealth and all persons against any loss in consequence of issuing a new bond or certificate in place of the one so lost or destroyed.
If the owner performs these acts, the State Treasurer may issue, at any time before the bond or certificate becomes due and payable, or at any time as to any such bond or certificate that has become due and payable on or after July 1, 1932, a new bond or certificate and register the same.
Code 1950, § 2-281; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-313; 1997, c. 310 ; 2001, c. 844 .
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