19.2-19 - Recognizance to keep the peace; when required. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-19. Recognizance to keep the peace; when required.

If any person threatens to kill or injure another or to commit violence orinjury against his person or property, or to unlawfully trespass upon hisproperty, he shall be required to give a recognizance to keep the peace forsuch period not to exceed one year as the court hearing the complaint maydetermine.

(Code 1950, §§ 19.1-26, 19.1-27; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 500.)