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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-145 — How penalty remitted
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Recognizances, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-145
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
When in an action or on a motion to extend the period for enforcement of a judgment on a recognizance the penalty is adjudged to be forfeited the court may on an application of a defendant or juvenile remit the penalty or any part of it and render judgment on such terms and conditions as it deems reasonable.
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