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It has been modified 5 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 277; in 1968, chapters 383 and 477; in 1976, chapter 671; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376036,"identifier":"64.2-2018","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/20\/1\/64.2-2018","url":"\/64.2-2018\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2018\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/20\/1\/64.2-2018","dublin_core":{"Title":"Taking of bond by clerk of court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2018","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever this title provides for the appointment of a <span class=\"dictionary\">fiduciary<\/span> by a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> also shall have the authority to take the required <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, set the <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> thereof, and pass upon the sufficiency of the <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span> thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAKING OF BOND BY CLERK OF COURT (\u00a7 64.2-2018)\n\nWhenever this title provides for the appointment of a fiduciary by a circuit\ncourt, the clerk of the court also shall have the authority to take the required\nbond, set the penalty thereof, and pass upon the sufficiency of the surety\nthereon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-144.1; 1958, c. 277; 1968, cc. 383, 477, \u00a7 37.1-136;\n1976, c. 671; 2005, c. 716, \u00a7 37.2-1019; 2012, c. 614.","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"}}