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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0460\">460<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1511711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378650,"identifier":"9.1-185.9","token":"9.1\/1\/11\/9.1-185.9","url":"\/9.1-185.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-185.9\/","token":"9.1\/1\/11\/9.1-185.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Solicitation of business; standards; restrictions and requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-185.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Only licensed bail bondsmen shall be authorized to solicit <span class=\"dictionary\">bail bond<\/span> business in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1414022\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> A licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">bail bondsman<\/span> shall not: <a id=\"paragraph-1414023\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Solicit <span class=\"dictionary\">bail bond<\/span> business by directly initiating contact with any person in any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, jail, lock-up, or surrounding government property. <a id=\"paragraph-1414024\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Loiter by any jail or <span class=\"dictionary\">magistrate<\/span>&#8217;s office unless there on legitimate business. <a id=\"paragraph-1414025\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Refer a client or a principal for whom he has posted bond to an attorney for financial profit or other consideration. <a id=\"paragraph-1414026\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#B3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations as to what constitutes impermissible solicitations by bondsmen, their employees and <span class=\"dictionary\">agents<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1414027\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.9\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSOLICITATION OF BUSINESS; STANDARDS; RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7\n9.1-185.9)\n\nA. Only licensed bail bondsmen shall be authorized to solicit bail bond business\nin the Commonwealth.\n\nB. A licensed bail bondsman shall not:\n\n   1. Solicit bail bond business by directly initiating contact with any person\n   in any court, jail, lock-up, or surrounding government property.\n\n   2. Loiter by any jail or magistrate&#8217;s office unless there on legitimate\n   business.\n\n   3. Refer a client or a principal for whom he has posted bond to an attorney\n   for financial profit or other consideration.\n\nC. The Board shall adopt regulations as to what constitutes impermissible\nsolicitations by bondsmen, their employees and agents.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 460.","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"}}