59-804. SURETY BONDS — BLANKET SURETY BOND — CRIME INSURANCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. (1) Each official surety bond, blanket surety bond or suitable crime insurance policy of a public official or an employee shall be payable to the state or appropriate political subdivision, and shall be in the appropriate form as defined in section 59-802, Idaho Code. The surety bond, blanket surety bond, or suitable crime insurance shall be executed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state in the amount fixed by the administrator, or by the governing body of the political subdivision.
(2) In lieu of individual bonds, the administrator or the governing body of a political subdivision may elect to provide a schedule or blanket corporate surety bond, or suitable crime insurance covering all or any group of public officials or employees whenever the premiums would be less than the aggregate of premiums chargeable under individual coverage. Any blanket or schedule bond or crime insurance provided shall contain all terms and conditions required in subsection (1) of this section or as defined in section 59-802, Idaho Code.
(3) All official bonds of employees of the state and its agencies shall be approved by the governor and shall be approved as to form and legal sufficiency by the attorney general and shall be filed with the secretary of state without cost, except that the bond of the secretary of state or a certified copy of any master, blanket or schedule bond including the secretary of state shall be filed with the state controller.
(4) All official surety bonds, blanket surety bonds, or suitable crime insurance coverage of public officials or employees of a political subdivision shall be approved by the governing body of the political subdivision. After the governing body approves the form and legal sufficiency, the bonds or policies shall be filed with the clerk or secretary of the political subdivision.
History:
[59-804, added 1971, ch. 136, sec. 59, p. 522; am. 1974, ch. 34, sec. 14, p. 988; am. 1974, ch. 252, sec. 14, p. 1647; am. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 8, p. 234; am. 1991, ch. 281, sec. 2, p. 725; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 132, p. 507.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 59 - PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL
Chapter 8 - BONDS OF OFFICERS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Section 59-803 - SURETY BOND REQUIRED.
Section 59-804 - SURETY BONDS — BLANKET SURETY BOND — CRIME INSURANCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Section 59-805 - BOND REQUIRED UNDER OTHER LAWS.
Section 59-807 - INSUFFICIENCY OF SURETIES — ADDITIONAL BOND.
Section 59-808 - ORIGINAL BOND NOT DISCHARGED BY ADDITIONAL BOND.
Section 59-809 - RECORD OF OFFICIAL BONDS.
Section 59-810 - SURETIES FOR LESS THAN PENAL SUM.
Section 59-811 - CUSTODY OF OFFICIAL BONDS — CERTIFIED COPIES GIVEN.
Section 59-812 - FORM OF BOND.
Section 59-813 - EXTENT OF SURETIES’ LIABILITY.
Section 59-814 - EXTENT OF SURETIES’ LIABILITY — DUTIES SUBSEQUENTLY IMPOSED.
Section 59-815 - SUITS BY PERSONS INJURED.
Section 59-816 - SUCCESSIVE SUITS BY PERSONS INJURED.
Section 59-817 - DEFECTS IN BOND NOT TO AFFECT LIABILITY.
Section 59-818 - ACTION ON EITHER BOND.
Section 59-819 - SEPARATE JUDGMENT ON BOND.
Section 59-820 - CONTRIBUTION BETWEEN SURETIES.
Section 59-821 - DISCHARGE OF SURETIES BY NEW BOND.
Section 59-822 - VACANCIES — BOND OF APPOINTEE.
Section 59-823 - RELEASE OF SURETIES.
Section 59-824 - RELEASE OF SURETIES — APPLICATION FOR RELEASE.
Section 59-825 - RELEASE OF SURETIES — SERVICE OF STATEMENT.
Section 59-826 - RELEASE OF SURETIES — OFFICE DECLARED VACANT.
Section 59-827 - RELEASE OF SURETIES — REMAINING SURETIES LIABLE.
Section 59-828 - RELEASE OF SURETIES — ACCRUED LIABILITIES UNAFFECTED.
Section 59-829 - ACTION ON BONDS — LIS PENDENS.
Section 59-830 - LIS PENDENS — FILING AND RECORDING — EFFECT — CLERK’S FEES.