Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-5-22 - Performance of Official Act by Public Officer Prior to Approval and Filing of Bond.

Any public officer required by law to give bond who performs any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required by law must, on conviction, be fined not less than $500.00.

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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.