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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374069</law_id><section_number>6.2-2029</section_number><catch_line>Bond required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-2031</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="20.1">Debt Settlement Services Providers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The application for a license shall be accompanied by a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> with corporate <span class="dictionary">surety</span> authorized to execute the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in the Commonwealth, in the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> amount as determined by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The amount of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be not less than $25,000 nor more than $350,000. The form of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be continuously maintained thereafter in full force, and the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> amount to be adjusted as it deems necessary. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be conditioned upon the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> performing all written agreements with <span class="dictionary">consumers</span> and conducting the licensed business in conformity with this chapter and all applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who may be damaged by noncompliance of the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> with any condition of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> may proceed on the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> against the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> or <span class="dictionary">surety</span> thereon, or both, to recover <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. The aggregate liability under the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall not exceed the penal sum of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, c. 785.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
