Section 10-2-12 – [Insufficient bond of county or precinct officer; new bond required; failure to provide; procedure; decree of vacancy by district court.]
It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county at each regular meeting thereof on the first day of each meeting to examine and inquire into the sufficiency of all the official bonds given or to be given by any county or precinct officer as required by law, and if […]
Section 10-2-13 – Short title.
Sections 10-2-13 through 10-2-16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Surety Bond Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 5-2-13, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 132, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1978, ch. 132, § 1, repealed 5-2-13, 1953 Comp. (former 10-2-13 NMSA 1978), relating to the short title, and enacted the above […]
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. […]