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5-4-1-9. Time Limitation for Bond; Failure to Comply

Sec. 9. An officer required to give an official bond shall give the bond before the commencement of his term of office. If the officer fails to give the bond before that time, the officer may not take office. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-17-1 part; 17-3-23-1 part; 17-3-32-1 part; 17-4-11-1 part; 18-1-2-2 part; 18-2-11-1 part; […]

5-4-1-10. Bonds Payable to State

Sec. 10. All official bonds shall be payable to the state of Indiana; and every such bond shall be obligatory to such state, upon the principal and sureties, for the faithful discharge of all duties required of such officer by any law, then or subsequently in force, for the use of any person injured by […]

5-4-1-11. First Recovery; Exhaustion of Penalty

Sec. 11. No official bond shall be void on a first recovery, but suits may be instituted thereon, from time to time, until the penalty thereof is exhausted. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.11.

5-4-1-12. Defects in Form and Substance

Sec. 12. No official bond shall be void because of defects in form or substance or in the approval and filing thereof, but, upon the suggestion of such defects, such bond shall be obligatory as if properly executed, filed and approved. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.12.

5-4-1-13. Execution

Sec. 13. (a) All official bonds required by statute shall be executed by the principal and one (1) or more freehold sureties except as provided by subsection (b). (b) The official bonds of county surveyors and township trustees shall be executed by the principal and by two (2) or more freehold sureties or an authorized […]

5-4-1-14. Copies as Evidence

Sec. 14. A copy, a record, or a copy of a record of an official bond legally certified has the same effect in evidence as the original. Suit may be brought on a copy of an official bond as on the original. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-4-1-5 part.] Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.14. As […]

5-4-1-15. Repealed

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.10, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.26.

5-4-1-15.1. Deputies or Employees; Bonds and Insurance Policies

Sec. 15.1. (a) Whenever it is necessary, the appropriate administrative officer of any department or agency of the state may cover deputies or employees of the department or agency by individual bonds, or blanket bonds, or a crime insurance policy endorsed to cover the faithful performance of duties. The administrative officer shall determine the amount […]

5-4-1-16. Repealed

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.10, SEC.2. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.26.

5-4-1-17. Repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-5-1; 17-3-17-1 part; 17-3-23-1 part; 17-3-32-1 part; 17-3-39-1; 17-3-58-1 part; 17-3-61-1; 17-3-61-2 part; 17-3-61-3; 17-3-69.5-2 part; 17-4-11-1 part; 17-4-27.4-2 part; 18-1-2-2 part; 18-1-6-4 part; 18-1-6-14 part; 18-2-1-4.2 part; 18-2-1-4.4; 18-2-6-2 part; 18-2-6-3 part; 18-2-11-1; 18-3-1-28 part; 18-4-4-7 part; 33-15-11-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.36. Amended by Acts 1981, […]