Section 36-5-18 – Legal Effect of Official Bonds.
Section 36-5-18 Legal effect of official bonds. (a) Every official bond is obligatory on the principal and sureties thereon for: (1) Every breach of the condition during the time the officer continues in office or discharges any of the duties thereof; (2) The faithful discharge of any duties which may be required of such officer […]
Section 36-5-61 – To Whom Application Addressed; Application to Be Sworn.
Section 36-5-61 To whom application addressed; application to be sworn. This application must be addressed to the official or to one of the officials required to approve such bond and must be sworn to. (Code 1852, §145; Code 1867, §184; Code 1876, §198; Code 1886, §293; Code 1896, §3125; Code 1907, §1541; Code 1923, §2675; […]
Section 36-5-2 – When Bonds to Be Filed.
Section 36-5-2 When bonds to be filed. In all cases, official bonds must be filed in the proper office within 40 days after the declaration of election or after the appointment to office, except bonds of tax assessors and tax collectors which shall be filed on or before September 1 next after their election or […]
Section 36-5-17 – Failure to Give Notice of Omission of Public Officer to File Official Bonds.
Section 36-5-17 Failure to give notice of omission of public officer to file official bonds. Any officer who omits to give notice of failure by a public officer to file his official bond as required by law must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00. (Code 1876, §4162; Code 1886, §3953; Code 1896, §5134; […]
Section 36-5-62 – Officer to Whom Application Addressed to Require Principal to Appear and Give New Bond; Form and Service of Requisition.
Section 36-5-62 Officer to whom application addressed to require principal to appear and give new bond; form and service of requisition. The officer to whom such application is addressed must require the principal named in such application to appear before him on and at a certain day and place and give a new bond, which […]
Section 36-5-3 – Recordation of Official Bonds of County or Municipal Officers, Agents, Etc.
Section 36-5-3 Recordation of official bonds of county or municipal officers, agents, etc. Every official bond of a county or municipal officer, agent or employee required by law to be filed with any public officer must be by such officer recorded word for word in a well-bound book and properly indexed. (Code 1896, §3084; Code […]
Section 36-5-19 – Conditions of Official Bonds; Effect of Irregularities in Form, Contents, Approval, etc., of Bonds Upon Validity Thereof Generally.
Section 36-5-19 Conditions of official bonds; effect of irregularities in form, contents, approval, etc., of bonds upon validity thereof generally. (a) The bonds of all officers required to give bond shall be conditioned in the following form: “Whereas the above bound A. B. was duly elected (or appointed) to the office of _____ on the […]
Section 36-5-63 – Approval and Filing of New Bond Upon Execution Thereof.
Section 36-5-63 Approval and filing of new bond upon execution thereof. On the execution of the additional bond provided for in this division, the same must be approved and filed with the application and requisition with the first official bond. (Code 1852, §148; Code 1867, §187; Code 1876, §201; Code 1886, §296; Code 1896, §3128; […]
Section 36-5-4 – Requirement of Additional Bonds of Agents or Employees of Departments, Commissions, Bureaus, etc.; Amounts, Conditions, etc., Thereof.
Section 36-5-4 Requirement of additional bonds of agents or employees of departments, commissions, bureaus, etc.; amounts, conditions, etc., thereof. The Governor, in his discretion, may and, with the approval of the Governor, the governing body or the director or head of any department, institution, commission, bureau or agency may, in their discretion, require a bond […]
Section 36-5-20 – Effect of Bonds Improperly Executed, Approved or Filed.
Section 36-5-20 Effect of bonds improperly executed, approved or filed. Whenever any officer required by law to give an official bond acts under a bond which is not in the penalty, payable and conditioned or without sureties of the requisite qualification and sufficiency as prescribed by law, such bond is valid and binding on the […]