If the officer wilfully [willfully] fail to return a good and sufficient bond in any case where bond is required by law, he shall be held and considered as security for the performance of all acts and the payment of all money to secure the performance of which such bond ought to have been taken.
History: C.L. 1897, § 2685 (200), added by Laws 1907, ch. 107, § 1 (200); Code 1915, § 4315; C.S. 1929, § 105-1618; 1941 Comp., § 22-122; 1953 Comp., § 26-1-22.
ANNOTATIONS
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Law reviews. — For article, “Attachment in New Mexico – Part II,” see 2 Nat. Resources J. 75 (1962).