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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370653</law_id><section_number>56-59</section_number><catch_line>Order required before acting as surety, guarantor, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-60</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="3">Issuance of Stocks, Bonds, Etc.</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">public service company</span> shall henceforth assume any obligation or liability as guarantor, endorser, <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or otherwise in respect to the <span class="dictionary">securities</span> of any other <span class="dictionary">person</span>, firm, association or <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, when such <span class="dictionary">securities</span> are payable at periods of twelve months or more after the date thereof, without having first secured from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> an <span class="dictionary">order</span> authorizing it so to do.</p></section></text><history>1934, p. 222; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 4073(4).</history><metadata></metadata></law>
