15.2-2613 - Form and manner of execution; signature of person ceasing to be officer.
§ 15.2-2613. Form and manner of execution; signature of person ceasing to beofficer.
The governing body shall determine the form and the manner of execution ofbonds. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and any bondspreviously or hereafter authorized to be issued by any locality under theprovisions of any general or special law, if so authorized by the governingbody of the locality, may bear or be executed with the facsimile signature ofany official authorized to sign or execute them. If any law provides for thesealing of bonds with the official or corporate seal of the locality or ofits governing body, a facsimile of the seal may be imprinted on the bonds, ifso authorized by the governing body of the locality, and it will not benecessary in such case to impress the seal physically on the bonds.
In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appearson any bonds ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds, thesignature or facsimile will nevertheless be valid and sufficient for allpurposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until thedelivery. Any bond may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be signed by,the person who at the actual time of the execution of the bond is the properofficer to sign the bond although at the date of the bond the person may nothave been such officer.
When all signatures on bonds are facsimiles, the bonds must be authenticatedby an agent appointed by the governing body of the locality issuing the bondsor in such manner as the governing body may provide.
(Code 1950, § 15-666.42; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-201; 1983, c.607; 1991, c. 668, § 15.1-227.15; 1997, c. 587.)