1. Any surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of the State Treasurer shall file with the Governor or Secretary of State a statement in writing duly subscribed by the surety, or someone in the surety’s behalf, setting forth:
(a) The name and office of the person for whom the surety is surety;
(b) The amount for which the surety is liable as surety; and
(c) The surety’s desire to be released from further liability on account thereof.
A notice containing the objects of such statement shall be served personally on the State Treasurer unless the State Treasurer has left the State, in which case the notice may be served by publication for 20 days in some newspaper printed at Carson City, or if none is printed there, then in such newspaper as shall be designated by the Governor or Secretary of State.
2. Any surety desiring to be released from the official bond of any county officer shall file and serve a similar statement. The statement, except when it concerns the county clerk personally, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and when the county clerk is personally concerned, the statement shall be filed with the county auditor.
3. Any surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of a city officer shall file and serve a similar statement with the city clerk or other proper officer.
4. Any surety desiring to be released from an executor’s or administrator’s bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar statement with the clerk of the district court.
5. Any surety desiring to be released from any other official bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar statement with the proper officer, person or authority.
6. All statements provided for in this section must be served as provided in subsection 1, except:
(a) That the notice, if served by publication, may be published in a newspaper in the same county, and if no newspaper is published therein, then in an adjoining or other county, without any order from any court or other authority.
(b) That in all cases for which publication is provided, a printed or written notice, posted in at least 10 conspicuous places within the county, for the time specified, shall be deemed legal notice thereof.
[2:15:1867; B § 2930; BH § 1751; C § 1888; RL § 2881; NCL § 4908]—(NRS A 1975, 342)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths
NRS 282.010 - Oaths and official bonds of officers; when term of office begins.
NRS 282.020 - Form of official oath.
NRS 282.030 - No fee to be charged for administering and certifying oath.
NRS 282.050 - Bond in force during term of office; effect of subsequent law; conditions.
NRS 282.060 - Bond for benefit of injured or aggrieved person; action on bond without assignment.
NRS 282.070 - Defects in bond immaterial.
NRS 282.080 - Approval, filing and recording of official bonds.
NRS 282.100 - Insufficiency of State Treasurer’s bond: Procedure for procurement of additional bond.
NRS 282.110 - Additional bond: Force and liabilities.
NRS 282.120 - Number of sureties on official bond.
NRS 282.130 - Subscription to official bond: Manner; liability.
NRS 282.140 - Justification of surety on bond of county or township officer.
NRS 282.170 - Companies which may execute bond; payment of premiums; acceptance of bond.
NRS 282.210 - Liability of sureties on original and new or additional bond.
NRS 282.220 - Amount or penalty of new or additional bond or undertaking: How determined.
NRS 282.290 - Faith of State pledged; consent of State to suit on bond; restitution.
NRS 282.305 - Secretary of State to ensure compliance by state officers.
NRS 282.350 - Revocation of bond by State Board of Examiners: Grounds.