19.2-134 - When bail piece to be delivered to accused; form of bail piece. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-134. When bail piece to be delivered to accused; form of bail piece.

In all cases in which recognizances, at the suit of the Commonwealth, mayhave been, or shall hereafter be entered into, it shall be the duty of theclerk of the court in which, or in the clerk's office of which, anyrecognizance is filed, to deliver to the accused and his sureties uponrequest, a bail piece, in substance, as follows: "A. B. of the county orcity of ......, is delivered to bail, unto C. D. of the county or city of......, at the suit of the Commonwealth. Given under my hand, this day of........, in the year ............."

(Code 1950, § 19.1-123; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1991, c. 581; 1992, c.576.)