Section 10-2-9 – [Recording as prerequisite to discharging duties of office.]
Each and every person who may hereafter be elected or appointed to office in this state, required by law to give bond, shall file the same for record before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office. History: Laws 1893, ch. 56, § 5; C.L. 1897, § 3190; Code 1915, § 519; C.S. […]
Section 10-2-10 – [Action on bond; use of certified copy.]
In all actions at law upon the bond of any officer in this state wherein the original bond of such officer cannot be produced in court, the certified copy thereof, under the seal of the officer making the record, shall be received by any court for the same uses and purposes as the original bond; […]
Section 10-2-1 – [Sureties on bonds; qualifications.]
No bond of any public officer of this state executed by any individual, or firm as surety, shall be accepted or approved unless the persons or firm executing the same shall be the owners of unencumbered real estate or personal property in this state to an amount equal to the amount for which they respectively […]
Section 10-2-2 – [County or district officer not to be surety for another official.]
No county or district officer shall be in future surety on the official bond of another county officer, and no such officer who shall be required to give bond shall be considered as qualified, if any other of the officers above mentioned shall give such bond. History: Laws 1882, ch. 34, § 1; C.L. 1884, […]
Section 10-2-3 – [State and county officers prohibited from being sureties.]
It shall be unlawful for any state or county officer who is required by law to give official bonds to sign any bond or become surety for any other person or persons during the term for which he is required to give official bonds for himself. History: Laws 1903, ch. 57, § 1; Code 1915, […]
Section 10-2-4 – [Public officer becoming surety; misdemeanor in office.]
Any violation of the preceding section [10-2-3 NMSA 1978] shall constitute a misdemeanor in office. History: Laws 1903, ch. 57, § 2; 1905, ch. 85, § 1; Code 1915, § 514; C.S. 1929, § 17-110; 1941 Comp., § 10-204; 1953 Comp., § 5-2-4. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted “preceding […]
Section 10-2-5 – [Recording of bonds required.]
The bonds given by all persons elected or appointed to office in this state shall be recorded. History: Laws 1893, ch. 56, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 3187; Code 1915, § 515; C.S. 1929, § 17-111; 1941 Comp., § 10-205; 1953 Comp., § 5-2-5. ANNOTATIONS Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. […]