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2016 SESSION

16103436D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1177
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 15, 2016
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bail bondsmen; licensure of nonresidents.
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Patron-- Spruill
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 9.1-185.7. Licensure of nonresidents.

A. All nonresident transfers and applicants for a bail bondsman license shall (i) satisfy all licensing requirements for residents of the Commonwealth and (ii) designate and maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth.

B. For the purposes of this article, any individual whose physical place of residence and physical place of business are in a county or city located partly within the Commonwealth and partly within another state may be considered as meeting the requirements as a resident of the Commonwealth, provided that the other state has established by law or regulation similar requirements as to residence of such individuals.