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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375631</law_id><section_number>63.2-328</section_number><catch_line>Bond</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="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Local Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Local Departments and Local Directors of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, every <span class="dictionary">local director</span> shall enter <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> to be approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, in such sum as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">judge</span> may fix, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 63-81; 1968, c. 578, &#xA7; 63.1-64; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
