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Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds
§ 8-19-103. Recording of Bonds of County Officers - The official bonds of all county officers covered by §...
§ 8-19-104. Special Book for Recording Bonds - The registers of deeds of the various counties whose duty...
§ 8-19-105. Loss of Original of Recorded Bond - When the original of any bond provided for or covered...
§ 8-19-106. Premiums and Registration Fees - The respective counties shall pay the premiums for such bonds...
§ 8-19-107. Provisions Supplemental - Sections 8-19-101 — 8-19-106 are cumulative and supplemental to all...
§ 8-19-108. County Official Prohibited as Sureties for Other County Officials - No county official shall sign as surety an official bond...
§ 8-19-109. Approval of County Official as Surety Prohibited - It is unlawful for any person, whose duty it now...
§ 8-19-110. Penalty for Violation - A violation of §§ 8-19-108 and 8-19-109 is a Class...
§ 8-19-111. Terms of Bond - That if the Principal shall: 1. Faithfully perform the duties...
§ 8-19-112. Irregular Bonds Not to Be Approved - The bond of any public officer which is not in...
§ 8-19-113. Form of Approval - The approval of all official bonds shall be in writing,...
§ 8-19-114. Unapproved Bond Not to Be Filed - No officer with whom any official bond is required to...
§ 8-19-115. Time of Filing - Official bonds, including blanket bonds, and each rider or attachment...
§ 8-19-116. Endorsement of Time of Filing - Every officer in whose office the official bond of any...
§ 8-19-117. Failure to File in Time - Any officer, required by law to give bond, who fails...
§ 8-19-118. Notice of Failure to File - Notice of the failure to file bond, as required, shall...
§ 8-19-119. Acting Before Approval of Bond - Any public officer required by law to give bond who...
§ 8-19-120. Cash Deposit in Lieu of Bond - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who is...
§ 8-19-121. Bond of Constable - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an official bond as...
§ 8-19-122. When Furnishing New Bond Required - No bond required by this chapter shall be renewed upon...
Part 2 - Examination, Approval, and Transmittal of Bonds
§ 8-19-201. Examination of Clerks' Bonds - The judges of the chancery and circuit courts, and of...
§ 8-19-203. Notice by Office of the County Clerk if Bond Not Filed - If, at the expiration of four (4) months after a...
§ 8-19-205. Action Upon Failure to Enter Bond - Upon the filing of a complaint alleging the failure of...
§ 8-19-206. Judgment — Filling of Vacancies - If, upon service and return of the summons and after...
§ 8-19-207. Bond of Persons Filling Vacancy - The person selected according to law to fill the office...
§ 8-19-208. Filing of Bonds of Revenue Officers - The bonds of the revenue officers, shall within ten (10)...
Part 3 - Liability on Bonds
§ 8-19-301. Obligations Covered by Bonds - Every official bond executed under this code is obligatory on...
§ 8-19-302. Obligation on Defective Bond - Whenever any officer, required by law to give an official...
§ 8-19-303. Estoppel to Deny Validity of Bond - If any officer or other person, as hereinafter provided, who...
§ 8-19-304. Bonds Not Discharged by Single Recovery - Official bonds are not discharged by a single recovery, but...
§ 8-19-305. Amount of Liability of Sureties - Sureties on the bonds of public officials shall be liable...
§ 8-19-306. Provisions Applicable to Future Offices - Sections §§ 8-19-111 — 8-19-119 and 8-19-301 — 8-19-307 apply...
§ 8-19-307. Provisions Applicable to Fiduciaries - Sections §§ 8-19-302 — 8-19-304 and 8-19-306 apply to the...
Part 4 - New and Additional Bonds
§ 8-19-402. New Bond From Other Officers - All public officers, except those included within the provisions of...
§ 8-19-403. Requisition to Give Additional Bond - The requisition to give additional bonds shall, in all cases,...
§ 8-19-404. Form of Additional Bond - Such additional bond shall be in the same penalty, conditioned,...
§ 8-19-405. Failure to Give Additional Bond - Such officer shall give the additional bond within ten (10)...
§ 8-19-406. Obligation of Additional Bond - From the time of its approval, every such additional bond...
§ 8-19-407. Effect of New Bond on Old - In no case provided for in any of §§ 8-19-402...
§ 8-19-408. Contribution Between Sureties of Different Bonds - The sureties on either bond, who have been compelled to...
§ 8-19-409. Relief of Surety - Any of the sureties upon the official bond of a...
§ 8-19-410. Notice to Furnish New Bond - The surety shall give the principal at least five (5)...
§ 8-19-411. Failure to Give New Bond - If the new bond is not given as required, the...
§ 8-19-412. New Bond by Consent of Principal - When an officer consents in any case, upon public or...
§ 8-19-413. Approval and Filing of New Bond - On the execution of the additional bond provided for in...
§ 8-19-414. Exoneration of Previous Sureties - On the execution, approval and filing of such additional bond,...
§ 8-19-415. Obligation of Additional Bond - Every such additional bond, approved and filed as provided in...
§ 8-19-416. Effect of Exoneration on Previous Liabilities - The exoneration of the applicant sureties does not affect the...
§ 8-19-417. Sureties' Remedies - Whenever the sureties on either bond, in such cases, have...
§ 8-19-418. Release of Sureties of Deputies - Sureties of deputy officers may in like manner be released...
§ 8-19-419. Costs of Proceeding to Relieve Surety - The costs of the application will be paid by the...
Part 5 - Unauthorized Settlements
§ 8-19-502. Demands on Bonding Companies — Prior Approval of Comptroller Required - No agency of the state nor any officer or employee...
§ 8-19-503. Unauthorized Settlement With Bonding Company - If any agency of the state or any official or...
§ 8-19-504. Legislative Intent - It is the declared intent of this part to hold...