16.1-258 - Bonds and forfeitures thereof.
§ 16.1-258. Bonds and forfeitures thereof.
All bonds and other undertakings taken and approved by any judicial officeras defined in § 19.2-119, either for the appearance of any person or for theperformance of any other duty or undertaking set forth in the bond, shall bevalid and enforceable even if the principal in the bond shall be a personunder eighteen years of age. In the event of a failure upon the part of theprincipal or sureties in any bond taken in such court to faithfully carry outand discharge the undertakings of such bond, the judge shall have the rightto declare the bond forfeited in accordance with § 19.2-143. The complainantin nonsupport cases shall not be required to furnish an indemnifying bond.
(Code 1950, § 16.1-189; 1956, c. 555; 1973, c. 440; 1977, c. 559; 1986, c.26.)