Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-5-3 - Recordation of Official Bonds of County or Municipal Officers, Agents, Etc.

Every official bond of a county or municipal officer, agent or employee required by law to be filed with any public officer must be by such officer recorded word for word in a well-bound book and properly indexed.

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.