§ 18-2-206. Scope of Liability on Bonds
The official bonds of clerks, executed under this code, are obligatory on the principal and sureties for every wrongful act or failure of duty in the clerk’s official capacity, whether embraced in the condition of the bond or not, or growing out of a law passed subsequently to its execution. Code 1858, § 335 (deriv. […]
§ 18-2-207. Chancellors to Examine Bonds
It is the duty of the chancellors, on the first day of each term of their respective courts, to examine the bonds of the respective clerks and masters of those courts, and to ascertain whether they are in conformity to law and whether the sureties on the bonds are good and solvent and worth the […]
§ 18-2-201. Official Bond
Every clerk of a court except the clerk of the supreme court and chief deputy clerks of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of the clerk’s office, shall enter into an official bond, which shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, to the satisfaction of the clerk’s court, in the […]