Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-5-19 - Conditions of Official Bonds; Effect of Irregularities in Form, Contents, Approval, etc., of Bonds Upon Validity Thereof Generally.

(a) The bonds of all officers required to give bond shall be conditioned in the following form:
"Whereas the above bound A. B. was duly elected (or appointed) to the office of _____ on the _____ day of _____, for the term of _____ years from the _____ day of _____; therefore, if he shall faithfully perform and discharge all the duties of said office during his continuance therein, then the above obligation to be void."
(b) A failure to observe the form prescribed in subsection (a) of this section shall not vitiate any official bond. All official bonds shall be valid and binding in whatever form they may be taken, except so far as they may be conditioned for the performance of acts in violation of the laws or policy of the state, whether in the proper penalty or without any penalty, whether correct or incorrect in their recitals as to the term of office or otherwise, whether properly payable, whether approved by the proper officer or not approved by any or whether irregular in any other respect. Such a bond, if delivered as the official bond of the officer and serving as such, shall be obligatory on everyone who subscribed it for the purpose of making the official bond of such officer to the full penalty or, if it has no penalty, to the full penalty of the bond which might have been required.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.

Chapter 5 - Official Bonds.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 36-5-1 - Filing and Recordation of Official Bonds of State Officials, Agents, etc., Generally; Filing and Recordation of Bond of Secretary of State.

Section 36-5-2 - When Bonds to Be Filed.

Section 36-5-3 - Recordation of Official Bonds of County or Municipal Officers, Agents, Etc.

Section 36-5-4 - Requirement of Additional Bonds of Agents or Employees of Departments, Commissions, Bureaus, etc.; Amounts, Conditions, etc., Thereof.

Section 36-5-5 - To Whom Bonds Payable; Sureties; Conditions Generally.

Section 36-5-6 - Approval of Bonds Generally.

Section 36-5-7 - Liability of Officer Improperly Approving Bond.

Section 36-5-8 - Bonds Not to Be Filed Unless Properly Approved.

Section 36-5-9 - Date of Filing to Be Endorsed on Bonds.

Section 36-5-10 - Failure to Endorse Date of Filing on Bond.

Section 36-5-11 - Qualifications and Sufficiency of Sureties Generally.

Section 36-5-12 - Federal, Municipal, State, etc., Officers Required to Give Official Bonds Not Deemed Sufficient Sureties on Bonds Taken Under Article.

Section 36-5-13 - Attorneys Not Deemed Sufficient Sureties on Official Bonds of Probate Judges, Sheriffs, Constables, Etc.

Section 36-5-14 - Liability of Sureties on Bonds Conditionally Executed.

Section 36-5-15 - Failure of Officer to Give Bond Within Prescribed Time Vacates Office; Certification of Failure to File Bond to Appointing Power and Filling of Vacancy.

Section 36-5-16 - Notification of District Attorney of Failure of Public Officer to File Bond.

Section 36-5-18 - Legal Effect of Official Bonds.

Section 36-5-17 - Failure to Give Notice of Omission of Public Officer to File Official Bonds.

Section 36-5-19 - Conditions of Official Bonds; Effect of Irregularities in Form, Contents, Approval, etc., of Bonds Upon Validity Thereof Generally.

Section 36-5-20 - Effect of Bonds Improperly Executed, Approved or Filed.

Section 36-5-21 - Proof of Bonds or Recognizances.

Section 36-5-22 - Performance of Official Act by Public Officer Prior to Approval and Filing of Bond.

Section 36-5-23 - Bonds Not Discharged by Single Recovery.

Section 36-5-24 - Liability of State or County Officials Collecting and Paying Out Money and of Recipients Thereof Under Law Declared Unconstitutional, Void, Etc.

Section 36-5-25 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.