Official bonds, including blanket bonds, and each rider or attachment thereto, required by law to be filed in the office of the county clerk or secretary of state, shall be filed therein within forty (40) days after the election or appointment of the principal named on the bond, rider, or attachment, or within twenty (20) days after the term of the office legally begins. In all other cases, such bonds shall be filed in the proper office within thirty (30) days after such election or appointment, or within ten (10) days after the term of office legally begins.
Code 1858, §§ 764, 765; Shan., §§ 1085, 1086; Code 1932, §§ 1826, 1827; Acts 1978, ch. 620, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1915; Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 3.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers
Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds
§ 8-19-103. Recording of Bonds of County Officers
§ 8-19-104. Special Book for Recording Bonds
§ 8-19-105. Loss of Original of Recorded Bond
§ 8-19-106. Premiums and Registration Fees
§ 8-19-107. Provisions Supplemental
§ 8-19-108. County Official Prohibited as Sureties for Other County Officials
§ 8-19-109. Approval of County Official as Surety Prohibited
§ 8-19-110. Penalty for Violation
§ 8-19-112. Irregular Bonds Not to Be Approved
§ 8-19-114. Unapproved Bond Not to Be Filed
§ 8-19-116. Endorsement of Time of Filing
§ 8-19-117. Failure to File in Time
§ 8-19-118. Notice of Failure to File
§ 8-19-119. Acting Before Approval of Bond