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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1952, chapter 317; in 1986, chapter 562; in 2004, chapter 357<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":361869,"section_number":"38.2-2418","catch_line":"Recordation of instrument of revocation","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2418\/"},{"id":361870,"section_number":"38.2-2419","catch_line":"Notation of revocation; indexing","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2419\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":361867,"section_number":"38.2-2416","catch_line":"Power of attorney to be recorded or attached; filing with the Department of Criminal Justice Services","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2416\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1440797,"object_type":"law","relational_id":361868,"identifier":"38.2-2417","token":"38.2\/24\/2\/38.2-2417","url":"\/38.2-2417\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2417\/","token":"38.2\/24\/2\/38.2-2417","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuance of power; revocation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2417","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The power of an attorney-in-fact<\/span><\/span> to bind the fidelity and surety<\/span> insurer<\/span> as surety<\/span> within the authority conferred by a power of attorney<\/span> recorded pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 38.2-2416<\/a>, shall, unless the power of attorney<\/span> is otherwise limited, continue for the agency until the expiration of the power of attorney<\/span> or until the power is revoked by the insurer<\/span>’s sealed<\/span> written instrument duly acknowledged for recordation and admitted to record in the county or corporation in which the power of attorney<\/span> is recorded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUANCE OF POWER; REVOCATION (\u00a7 38.2-2417)\n\nThe power of an attorney-in-fact to bind the fidelity and surety insurer as\nsurety within the authority conferred by a power of attorney recorded pursuant\nto subsection A of \u00a7 38.2-2416, shall, unless the power of attorney is\notherwise limited, continue for the agency until the expiration of the power of\nattorney or until the power is revoked by the insurer’s sealed written\ninstrument duly acknowledged for recordation and admitted to record in the\ncounty or corporation in which the power of attorney is recorded.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38-340; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-654; 1986, c. 562; 2004, c.\n357.","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"}}