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VA Code § 9.1-178 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-178. Community criminal justice boards

A. Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing a local pretrial services or a community-based probation services agency pursuant to this article shall establish a community criminal justice board. Each county and city participating in local pretrial services or local community-based probation services shall be represented on the community criminal justice board. In the event that one county or city appropriates funds to these services as part of a multijurisdictional effort, any other participating county or city shall be considered to be participating if such locality appropriates funds to these services. Appointments to the board shall be made by each local governing body. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, unless otherwise agreed upon, each participating city or county shall have an equal number of appointments. Boards shall be composed of the number of members established by a resolution or ordinance of each participating jurisdiction.B. Each board shall include, at a minimum, the following members: a person appointed by each governing body to represent the governing body; a judge of the general district court; a circuit court judge; a juvenile and domestic relations district court judge; a chief magistrate; one chief of police or the sheriff in a jurisdiction not served by a police department to represent law enforcement; an attorney for the Commonwealth; a public defender or an attorney who is experienced in the defense of criminal matters; a sheriff or the regional jail administrator responsible for jails serving those jurisdictions involved in local pretrial services and community-based probation services; a local educator; and a community services board administrator. Any officer of the court appointed to a community criminal justice board pursuant to this subsection may designate a member of his staff approved by the governing body to represent him at meetings of the board.Code 1950, § 53-128.19; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-183; 1983, c. 344; 1988, c. 557; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574, 768; 1996, c. 342; 1997, c. 339; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 593; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2004, c. 395; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-179 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-179. Withdrawal from services

Any participating city or county may, at the beginning of any calendar quarter, by ordinance or resolution of its governing body, notify the Director of the Department and, in the case of multijurisdictional services, the other member jurisdictions, of its intention to withdraw from participation in local community-based probation services. Withdrawal shall be effective as of the last day of the quarter in which the notice is given.Code 1950, § 53-128.20; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-184; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-180. Responsibilities of community criminal justice boards

On behalf of the counties, cities, or combinations thereof which they represent, the community criminal justice boards shall have the responsibility to:1. Advise on the development and operation of local pretrial services and community-based probation services pursuant to §§ 19.2-152.2 and 9.1-176 for use by the courts in diverting offenders from local correctional facility placements;2. Assist community agencies and organizations in establishing and modifying programs and services for defendants and offenders on the basis of an objective assessment of the community's needs and resources;3. Evaluate and monitor community programs and pretrial and local community-based probation services and facilities to determine their impact on offenders;4. Develop and amend the criminal justice plan in accordance with guidelines and standards set forth by the Department and oversee the development and amendment of the community-based corrections plan as required by § 53.1-82.1 for approval by participating local governing bodies;5. Review the submission of all criminal justice grants regardless of the source of funding;6. Facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problem of crime in their communities; and7. Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the responsibilities expressly given in this article.Code 1950, § 53-128.21; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-185; 1983, c. 344; 1991, c. 43; 1992, c. 740; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-181. Eligibility to participate

A. Any city, county, or combination thereof, which elects to, or is required to establish services shall participate in a local community-based probation services agency by ordinance or resolution of its governing authority. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, each ordinance or resolution shall identify the chosen administrator and fiscal agent as set forth in § 9.1-183. Such ordinances or resolutions shall be provided to the Director of the Department, regardless of funding source for the established programs.B. Any local community-based probation services agency established pursuant to this article shall be available as a sentencing alternative for persons sentenced to incarceration in a local correctional facility or who otherwise would be sentenced to incarceration and who would have served their sentence in a local or regional correctional facility.1992, c. 196, § 53.1-185.1; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-182. Funding; failure to comply; prohibited use of funds

A. Counties and cities shall be required to establish a local community-based probation services agency under this article only to the extent funded by the Commonwealth through the general appropriation act.B. The Department shall periodically review each program established under this article to determine compliance with the submitted plan and operating standards. If the Department determines that a program is not in substantial compliance with the submitted plan or standards, the Department may suspend all or any portion of financial aid made available to the locality for purposes of this article until there is compliance.C. Funding shall be used for the provision of local community-based probation services and operation of facilities but shall not be used for capital expenditures.D. The Department, in conjunction with local boards, shall establish a statewide system of supervision and intervention fees to be paid by offenders participating in local community-based probation services established under this article for reimbursement towards the costs of their supervision.E. Any supervision or intervention fees collected by local community-based probation services agencies established under this article shall be retained by the locality serving as fiscal agent and shall be utilized solely for expansion and development of services, or to supplant local costs of operation. Any local community-based probation services agency collecting such fees shall keep records of the collected fees, report the amounts to the locality serving as fiscal agent and make all records available to the community criminal justice board. Such fees shall be in addition to any other imposed on a defendant or offender as a condition of a deferred proceeding, conviction or sentencing by a court as required by general law.1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2, § 53.1-185.2; 1995, cc. 502, 574, 768; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-183. City or county to act as administrator and fiscal agent

Any single participating city or county shall act as the administrator and fiscal agent for the funds awarded for purposes of implementing a local pretrial services or community-based probation services agency. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, the governing authorities of the participating localities shall select one of the participating cities or counties, with its consent, to act as administrator and fiscal agent for the funds awarded for purposes of implementing the local pretrial services or community-based probation services agency on behalf of the participating jurisdictions.The participating city or county acting as administrator and fiscal agent pursuant to this section may be reimbursed for the actual costs associated with the implementation of the local pretrial services or community-based probation services agency, including fiscal administration, accounting, payroll services, financial reporting, and auditing. Any costs must be approved by the community criminal justice board and reimbursed from those funds received for the operation of the local pretrial or community-based probation services agency, and may not exceed one percent of those funds received in any single fiscal year.1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2, § 53.1-185.3; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 1996, c. 969; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 133.
VA Code § 9.1-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:"Agent" means a person who is a licensed bail bondsman who has been given power of attorney to act on the behalf of a licensed property bail bondsman."Bail bondsman" means any person who is licensed by the Department who engages in the business of bail bonding and is thereby authorized to conduct business in all courts of the Commonwealth."Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board."Certificate" means a certificate issued by a judge on or before June 30, 2005, pursuant to former § 19.2-152.1."Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services."Property bail bondsman" means a person licensed pursuant to this article who, for compensation, enters into a bond or does so through his agent and who pledges real property, cash or certificates of deposit issued by a federally insured institution, or any combination thereof as security for a bond as defined in § 19.2-119 that has been posted to assure performance of terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail."Surety bail bondsman" means a person licensed pursuant to this article who is also licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a property and casualty insurance agent, and who sells, solicits, or negotiates surety insurance as defined in § 38.2-121 on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth, pursuant to which the insurer becomes surety on or guarantees a bond, as defined in § 19.2-119, that has been posted to assure performance of terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail.2004, c. 460; 2007, c. 708.
VA Code § 9.1-185.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.1. Inapplicability of this article

This article shall not apply to a person who does not receive profit or consideration for his services.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.2. Powers of the Criminal Justice Services Board relating to bail bondsmen

The Board shall have full regulatory authority and oversight of property and surety bail bondsmen.The Board shall adopt regulations that are necessary to ensure respectable, responsible, safe and effective bail bonding within the Commonwealth. The Board's regulations shall include but not be limited to regulations that (i) establish the qualifications of applicants for licensure and renewal under this article; (ii) examine, or cause to be examined, the qualifications of each applicant for licensure, including when necessary the preparation, administration, and grading of examinations; (iii) levy and collect nonrefundable fees for licensure and renewal that are sufficient to cover all expenses for administration and operation of a program of licensure; (iv) ensure continued competency and prevent deceptive or misleading practices by practitioners; (v) administer the regulatory system; (vi) provide for receipt of complaints concerning the conduct of any person whose activities are regulated by the Board; (vii) provide for investigations and appropriate disciplinary action if warranted; (viii) establish standards for professional conduct, solicitation, collateral received in the course of business, firearms training and usage, uniforms and identification, documentation and recordkeeping requirements, reporting requirements, and methods of capture for the recovery of bailees; and (ix) allow the Board to suspend, revoke or refuse to issue, reissue or renew a license for just cause. The Board shall not adopt compulsory, minimum, firearms training standards in excess of 24 hours per year for bail bondsmen. In adopting its regulations, the Board shall seek the advice of the Private Security Services Advisory Board established pursuant to § 9.1-143.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.3. Powers of Department of Criminal Justice Services relating to bail bondsmen

A. In addition to the powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Department may (i) charge each applicant for licensure a nonrefundable fee as established by the Board to cover the costs of processing an application for licensure, enforcement of the regulations, and other costs associated with the maintenance of the program of regulation; (ii) charge nonrefundable fees for training, processing school certifications and enforcement of training standards; (iii) conduct investigations to determine the suitability of applicants for licensure; and (iv) conduct investigations to determine if any disciplinary actions against a licensed bondsman are warranted. For purposes of determining eligibility for licensure, the Department shall require the applicant to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded, along with the applicant's fingerprints, to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the purpose of conducting a Virginia criminal history records search. The Central Criminal Records Exchange shall forward the fingerprints and personal description to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining a national criminal record check.B. The Director or his designee may make an ex parte application to the circuit court for the city or county wherein evidence sought is kept or wherein a licensee does business for the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum in furtherance of the investigation of a sworn complaint within the jurisdiction of the Department or the Board to request production of any relevant records, documents and physical or other evidence of any person, partnership, association or corporation licensed or regulated by the Department pursuant to this article. The court may issue and compel compliance with such a subpoena upon a showing of reasonable cause. Upon determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that evidence may be destroyed or altered, the court may issue a subpoena duces tecum requiring the immediate production of evidence. Costs of the investigation and adjudication of violations of this article or Board regulations may be recovered. All costs recovered shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the Bail Bondsman Regulatory Fund. Such proceedings shall be brought in the name of the Commonwealth by the Department in the circuit court of the city or county in which the unlawful act occurred or in which the defendant resides. The Director, or agents appointed by him, shall have the authority to administer oaths or affirmations for the purpose of receiving complaints and conducting investigations of violations of this article, or any regulation promulgated hereunder and to serve process issued by the Department or the Board.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.4. Limitations on licensure

A. In order to be licensed as a bail bondsman a person shall (i) be 18 years of age or older, (ii) have received a high school diploma or passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education, and (iii) have successfully completed the bail bondsman exam required by the Board or successfully completed prior to July 1, 2005, a surety bail bondsman exam required by the State Corporation Commission under former § 38.2-1865.7.B. The following persons are not eligible for licensure as bail bondsmen and may not be employed nor serve as the agent of a bail bondsman:1. Persons who have been convicted of a felony within the Commonwealth, any other state, or the United States, who have not been pardoned, or whose civil rights have not been restored;2. Employees of a local or regional jail;3. Employees of a sheriff's office;4. Employees of a state or local police department;5. Persons appointed as conservators of the peace pursuant to Article 4.1 (§ 9.1-150.1 et seq.) of this chapter;6. Employees of an office of an attorney for the Commonwealth;7. Employees of the Department of Corrections, Department of Criminal Justice Services, or a local pretrial or community-based probation services agency; and8. Spouses of or any persons residing in the same household as persons referred to in subdivisions 2 through 7 who are sworn officers or whose responsibilities involve direct access to records of inmates.C. The exclusions in subsection B shall not be construed to limit the ability of a licensed bail bondsman to employ or contract with a licensed bail enforcement agent authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.2004, c. 460; 2007, c. 133; 2008, c. 438; 2014, c. 84.
VA Code § 9.1-185.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.6. Licenses; renewal

A. A license granted to a bondsman by the Department shall authorize such person to enter into bonds, as defined in § 19.2-119, in any county or city in the Commonwealth.B. Every bail bondsman license issued pursuant to this article shall be for a term of two years.C. A bail bondsman license may be renewed for an ensuing two-year period, upon the filing of an application in the form prescribed by the Department and payment of the nonrefundable renewal application processing fee prescribed by the Department. In addition, applicants for renewal of a bail bondsman license shall undergo a criminal history background check as set out in subdivision B 3 of § 9.1-185.5 and shall provide all other documentation listed in subsections C and D of § 9.1-185.5 as the Department deems appropriate.D. On or before the first day of the month prior to the month his license is due to expire, the licensee shall make application for license renewal and shall at that time pay the renewal application fee.E. Any license not renewed by its expiration date shall terminate on such date.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.7. Licensure of nonresidents

A. All nonresident transfers and applicants for a bail bondsman license shall satisfy all licensing requirements for residents of 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 the other state has established by law or regulation similar requirements as to residence of such individuals.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.9. Solicitation of business; standards; restrictions and requirements

A. Only licensed bail bondsmen shall be authorized to solicit bail bond business in the Commonwealth.B. A licensed bail bondsman shall not:1. Solicit bail bond business by directly initiating contact with any person in any court, jail, lock-up, or surrounding government property.2. Loiter by any jail or magistrate's office unless there on legitimate business.3. Refer a client or a principal for whom he has posted bond to an attorney for financial profit or other consideration.C. The Board shall adopt regulations as to what constitutes impermissible solicitations by bondsmen, their employees and agents.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.10. Collateral received in the course of business; standards and requirements

A. A licensed bail bondsman shall be permitted to accept collateral security or other indemnity from the principal, which shall be returned upon final termination of liability on the bond, including the conclusion of all appeals or appeal periods. Such collateral security or other indemnity required by the bail bondsman shall be reasonable in relation to the amount of the bond.B. When a bondsman accepts collateral, he shall give a written receipt to the depositor. The receipt shall provide a full description of the collateral received and the terms of redemption or forfeiture. The receipt shall also include the depositor's name and contact information.C. Any bail bondsman who receives collateral in connection with a bail transaction shall receive such collateral in a fiduciary capacity, and prior to any forfeiture of bail shall keep it separate and apart from any other funds or assets of such bail bondsman. In the event a bondsman receives collateral in the nature of a tangible good, it shall be a per se violation of the bail bondsman's fiduciary duty to make personal use of any such collateral unless there is a proper forfeiture of bail.D. Any collateral received shall be returned with all due diligence to the person who deposited it with the bail bondsman or any assignee other than the bail bondsman as soon as the obligation is discharged and all fees owed to the bail bondsman have been paid. In any event, after a specific request for the return of the collateral by the depositor, the collateral shall be returned within 15 days after all fees owed have been paid.2004, c. 460.
VA Code § 9.1-185.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Department of Criminal Justice Services|§ 9.1-185.11. Firearms, training and usage; standards and requirements

A. If a bail bondsman chooses to carry a firearm in the course of his duties, he shall be required to:1. First complete basic firearms training, as defined by the Board; and2. Receive ongoing in-service firearms training, as defined by the Board.B. In the event a bail bondsman discharges a firearm during the course of his duties, he shall report it to the Department within 24 business hours.2004, c. 460.