Recognizances

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Recognizances.” It is part of Chapter 9 “Bail and Recognizances”, which is part of Title 19.2 “Criminal Procedure”. It contains 14 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 14 sections.

§ 19.2-135	Commitment for trial; recognizance; notice to attorney for Commonwealth; remand on violation of condition
§ 19.2-136	How bonds in recognizances payable; penalty
§ 19.2-137	Order of court on recognizance
§ 19.2-138	Repealed
§ 19.2-141	How recognizance taken for incapacitated or insane person or one under disability
§ 19.2-142	Where recognizance taken out of court to be sent
§ 19.2-143	Where default recorded; process on recognizance; forfeiture on recognizance; when copy may be used; cash bond
§ 19.2-144	Forfeiture of recognizance while in military or naval service
§ 19.2-145	How penalty remitted
§ 19.2-146	Defects in form of recognizance not to defeat action or judgment
§ 19.2-147	Docketing judgment on forfeited recognizance or bond
§ 19.2-148	Surety discharged on payment of amount, etc., into court
§ 19.2-149	How surety on a bond in recognizance may surrender principal and be discharged from liability; deposit for surrender of principal
§ 19.2-150	Proceeding when surety surrenders principal