Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 54 - County Treasurers
Section 54.070 - Bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945
54.070. Bond. — The person elected or appointed county treasurer under the provisions of this chapter, shall, within ten days after his election or appointment as such, enter into a surety bond or bonds with a surety company or surety companies, authorized to do business in Missouri, to the county in a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars nor more than the highest amount of money held by the treasurer at any one time during the year prior to his election or appointment, to be fixed and approved by the county commission, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the cost of said bond shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county; provided, that the county treasurer in any county of the third class or fourth class may furnish either a personal bond or a surety bond and in case a surety bond is required by the county commission in said county said surety bond shall be paid for by said county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13795, A.L. 1945 p. 1968)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12133; 1919 § 9531; 1909 § 3752
CROSS REFERENCE:
Official bonds, regulations governing, 107.010 to 107.110

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government

Chapter 54 - County Treasurers

Section 54.010 - Office created — election.

Section 54.030 - Term of office.

Section 54.033 - County treasurer vacancy caused by death, interim treasurer appointed, how.

Section 54.040 - Qualifications of county treasurer.

Section 54.070 - Bond.

Section 54.080 - New bond or additional security to be given, when.

Section 54.090 - Oath to be taken.

Section 54.100 - To keep office at county seat — county commission to provide vault.

Section 54.110 - Shall provide books and stationery.

Section 54.120 - Shall give duplicate receipts — inspection of books.

Section 54.130 - Shall report receipts and expenditures to commission.

Section 54.140 - County revenue to be kept separate; warrants, how paid out, violation, penalty.

Section 54.145 - Certain accounts and reports to be certified (second class and certain first class counties).

Section 54.150 - Accounts settled with commission semiannually — death, interim treasurer appointed, how — duty of commission.

Section 54.160 - Custodians of school funds — township organization counties excepted — bond required.

Section 54.170 - Settlement of county or township treasurer with the county commission for school moneys — vacancy caused by death, interim treasurer appointed, how.

Section 54.180 - Statement of accounts delivered to clerk of each school district.

Section 54.190 - Penalty for failure to make settlement.

Section 54.200 - Treasurer shall turn over papers, equipment to successor.

Section 54.230 - Deputies and assistants, compensation (second, third and certain first class counties).

Section 54.243 - Additional compensation of county treasurers, effective when (certain first class counties).

Section 54.245 - Additional duty (certain first class counties).

Section 54.261 - Compensation — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation — vacancy, procedure (counties of the second, third and fourth classification and Clay County).

Section 54.265 - County governing body may authorize additional compensation for county treasurer — maximum allowed (second class and certain first, third and fourth class counties).

Section 54.267 - Compensation for attendance at training session for county officials (second, third, fourth and certain first class counties)

Section 54.280 - County collector-treasurer, duties — fees authorized.

Section 54.290 - Annual settlements.

Section 54.300 - Suit on official bond.

Section 54.310 - Appropriation of moneys recovered.

Section 54.320 - Collector-treasurer, compensation — fees — deputies and assistants, compensation — training program, attendance required, expenses, compensation (township counties).

Section 54.323 - Tax maintenance fund established in certain counties of the third and fourth classification.

Section 54.325 - Delinquent and back taxes, additional amount to be collected by ex officio collector, use of moneys — audit of fund.

Section 54.327 - Moneys provided for budget purposes in certain counties of the third and fourth classification — moneys remaining in fund at end of calendar year, requirements.

Section 54.330 - Candidate requirements and bonds of collector-treasurers — bond requirements for deputies and assistants — vacancies.