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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>361858</law_id><section_number>38.2-2409</section_number><catch_line>Agreement for joint control of money and assets</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="24" identifier="24">Fidelity and Surety Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> required to execute a <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, undertaking or other obligation may agree with his <span class="dictionary">surety</span> to deposit any or all <span class="dictionary">assets</span> for which he and his <span class="dictionary">surety</span> may be held responsible. The deposit shall be with a bank, savings bank, safe deposit <span class="dictionary">company</span>, or trust <span class="dictionary">company</span> authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to do business as such, or with any other depository approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, if the deposit is otherwise proper. <span class="dictionary">Assets</span> shall be deposited for safekeeping and held in a manner that prevents the withdrawal of the whole or any part of the deposit without the written consent of the <span class="dictionary">surety</span>, or without an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> or a <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, made on any notice to the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> which the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">judge</span> directs. The agreement shall not in any manner release or change the liability of the principal or sureties as established by the terms of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-345; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-645; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.</name><case_number>Record 141562.</case_number><citation>776 S.E.2d 808</citation><date>2015-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2959680/revi-llc-v-chicago-title-insurance-co/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Justice KELSEY, dissenting. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
