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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 328; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1379493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347226,"identifier":"15.2-1126","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/1\/15.2-1126","url":"\/15.2-1126\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1126\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/1\/15.2-1126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by municipality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> requires the posting of a <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, with or without <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span>, as a condition <span class=\"dictionary\">precedent<\/span> to the exercise of any right, a municipal corporation, without giving such <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, may exercise such right, provided all other conditions <span class=\"dictionary\">precedent<\/span> are complied with, and no action shall be delayed or refused because the municipal corporation has not filed or executed the <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> that might otherwise be required, and the municipal corporation shall be bound to the same extent that it would have been bound had the <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> been given.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOSTING OF BOND NOT PREREQUISITE TO EXERCISE OF RIGHT BY MUNICIPALITY (\u00a7\n15.2-1126)\n\nWhenever the law requires the posting of a bond, with or without surety, as a\ncondition precedent to the exercise of any right, a municipal corporation,\nwithout giving such bond, may exercise such right, provided all other conditions\nprecedent are complied with, and no action shall be delayed or refused because\nthe municipal corporation has not filed or executed the bond that might\notherwise be required, and the municipal corporation shall be bound to the same\nextent that it would have been bound had the bond been given.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-77.70; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-907; 1997,\nc. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}