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Section 59-817 – DEFECTS IN BOND NOT TO AFFECT LIABILITY.

59-817. DEFECTS IN BOND NOT TO AFFECT LIABILITY. Whenever an official bond does not contain the substantial matter or conditions required by law, or there are any defects in the approval or filing thereof, it is not void so as to discharge such officer and his sureties; but they are equitably bound to the state, […]

Section 59-818 – ACTION ON EITHER BOND.

59-818. ACTION ON EITHER BOND. The officer and his sureties are liable to any party injured by the breach of any condition of any official bond, after the execution of the additional bond, upon either or both bonds, and such party may bring his action upon either bond, or he may bring separate actions on […]

Section 59-819 – SEPARATE JUDGMENT ON BOND.

59-819. SEPARATE JUDGMENT ON BOND. If separate judgments are recovered on the bonds by such party for the same cause of action, he is entitled to have execution issued on such judgments respectively, but he must only collect, by execution or otherwise, the amount actually adjudged to him on the same causes of action in […]

Section 59-820 – CONTRIBUTION BETWEEN SURETIES.

59-820. CONTRIBUTION BETWEEN SURETIES. Whenever the sureties on either bond have been compelled to pay any sum of money on account of the principal obligor therein, they are entitled to recover, in any court of competent jurisdiction, of the sureties on the remaining bond, a distributive part of the sum thus paid, in the proportion […]

Section 59-821 – DISCHARGE OF SURETIES BY NEW BOND.

59-821. DISCHARGE OF SURETIES BY NEW BOND. Whenever any sureties on the official bond of any officer wish to be discharged from their liability, they and such officer may procure the same to be done if such officer will execute a new bond, with sufficient sureties, in like form, penalty, and conditions, and to be […]

Section 59-822 – VACANCIES — BOND OF APPOINTEE.

59-822. VACANCIES — BOND OF APPOINTEE. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy, before entering upon the duties of the office, must give a bond corresponding in substance and form with the bond required of the officer originally elected or appointed, as hereinbefore provided. History: [59-822, added 1971, ch. 136, sec. 77, p. 522.]

Section 59-823 – RELEASE OF SURETIES.

59-823. RELEASE OF SURETIES. Any surety on the official bond of a city, district, precinct, county or state officer may be relieved from liabilities thereon afterward accruing by complying with the provisions of the three (3) sections following. History: [59-823, added 1971, ch. 136, sec. 78, p. 522.]

Section 59-824 – RELEASE OF SURETIES — APPLICATION FOR RELEASE.

59-824. RELEASE OF SURETIES — APPLICATION FOR RELEASE. Such surety must file with the judge, court, board, officer or other person authorized by law to approve such official bond, a statement in writing setting forth the desire of the surety to be relieved from all liabilities thereon afterward arising, and the reasons therefor, which statement […]