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Section 43-2-82 – Liability of Judge of Probate, etc., in Taking Bond.

Section 43-2-82 Liability of judge of probate, etc., in taking bond. When a party is required to give a bond and is not otherwise exempt from giving a bond, the judge of probate is liable for any wanton, fraudulent, or intentional misconduct for not requiring a bond or for taking an insufficient bond from any […]

Section 43-2-83 – Discharge of Surety; New Bond.

Section 43-2-83 Discharge of surety; new bond. (a) Upon the application in writing of any surety or sureties upon the bond of an executor or administrator requesting to be discharged from any future liability as such surety or sureties, or upon the application in writing of the personal representative or of an heir or devisee […]

Section 43-2-85 – Bond of General Administrator.

Section 43-2-85 Bond of general administrator. The general administrator of a county must give bond, with at least two sufficient sureties or a sufficient guaranty or surety company, in an amount to be prescribed by the judge of probate sufficient to secure all persons interested, payable to the judge of probate and conditioned faithfully to […]

Section 43-2-86 – Additional Bond of General Administrator.

Section 43-2-86 Additional bond of general administrator. An additional bond may also be required of the general administrator, whenever the judge of probate deems it necessary to secure the interests of the estate confided to his charge or the sureties may be unwilling to remain longer bound; and, if he fails to give such bond […]

Section 43-2-87 – Additional Bond of Sheriff.

Section 43-2-87 Additional bond of sheriff. When the administration of any estate is committed to the sheriff, the judge of probate, at such time or at any time thereafter, while the administration is in the hands of such officer, may require of him an additional bond if, in his opinion, the official bond of such […]

Section 43-2-88 – When Sureties Discharged by Additional Bond.

Section 43-2-88 When sureties discharged by additional bond. When an additional bond is given on the application of the surety of an executor or administrator, such surety is discharged as to all breaches subsequent to the execution and approval of the additional bond. (Code 1852, §1715; Code 1867, §2036; Code 1876, §2405; Code 1886, §2057; […]

Section 43-2-89 – Force and Obligations of Former Bonds Continued.

Section 43-2-89 Force and obligations of former bonds continued. When the additional bond is not given on the application of a surety, the former bonds are not discharged, but each remains of the same force and obligation as if such additional bond had not been given; and any person aggrieved, for a breach of the […]

Section 43-2-90 – Rights of Sureties Among Themselves.

Section 43-2-90 Rights of sureties among themselves. The sureties in either bond, who have been compelled to make any payment thereon for the principal obligor, on a breach subsequent to the execution of the last bond, have the same remedies against the sureties on the remaining bonds as cosureties have against each other and may […]

Section 43-2-91 – Bonds Valid and Operative as Statutory Bonds.

Section 43-2-91 Bonds valid and operative as statutory bonds. The bond of the general administrator of the county or of any executor or administrator is valid and operative as a statutory bond and is of the same obligation, force and effect as a statutory bond, though it may not be approved, or in the penalty, […]

Section 43-2-92 – Conditional Execution or Delivery of Bond.

Section 43-2-92 Conditional execution or delivery of bond. A surety on the bond of the general administrator of the county or on the bond of any executor or administrator cannot avoid liability thereon on the ground that he signed or delivered it on condition that it should not be delivered to the judge of probate […]

Section 43-2-93 – Reducing Amount of Bond.

Section 43-2-93 Reducing amount of bond. Upon the filing of any partial settlement by the executor under a will, or the administrator of the estate of a deceased person, in the court in which such estate is pending, such executor or administrator may pray for a reduction in the amount of his or her bond […]