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It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347461,"section_number":"15.2-1625","catch_line":"In what court motions may be made","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1625\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1380483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347459,"identifier":"15.2-1623","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1623","url":"\/15.2-1623\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1623\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1623","dublin_core":{"Title":"Judgment for officer or sureties against deputy, etc., when officer liable for misconduct of deputy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1623","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any deputy of a sheriff or other officer commits any <span class=\"dictionary\">default<\/span> or misconduct in office for which his principal or the personal representative of such principal is liable, or for which a <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decree<\/span> shall be recovered against either, the principal or his personal representative may, on <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span>, obtain a <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> against such deputy and his sureties, and their personal representatives, for the full amount for which such principal or his personal representative may also be so liable or for which such <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decree<\/span> may have been rendered. 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