RCW 42.08.020
Who may maintain action.
When a public officer by official misconduct or neglect of duty, shall forfeit his or her official bond or render his or her sureties therein liable upon such bond, any person injured by such misconduct or neglect, or who is by law entitled to the benefit of the security, may maintain an action at law thereon in his or her own name against the officer and his or her sureties to recover the amount to which he or she may by reason thereof be entitled.
[ 2012 c 117 § 95; Code 1881 § 653; 1877 p 135 § 656; 1869 p 152 § 593; RRS § 959.]
NOTES:
Action on official bond: RCW 42.08.080.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies
Chapter 42.08 - Official Bonds.
42.08.005 - Official bonds—Payment of premiums.
42.08.010 - Scope of coverage.
42.08.020 - Who may maintain action.
42.08.030 - Leave of court required.
42.08.040 - Judgment no bar to further action.
42.08.050 - Recoveries limited to amount of bond.
42.08.060 - Form of official bonds.
42.08.080 - Who may bring action on bond.
42.08.090 - Defective bonds validated.
42.08.100 - Approval and filing.
42.08.110 - Procedure when bond of county or township officer is insufficient.
42.08.130 - Remedy when bond of state officer becomes insufficient.
42.08.140 - Force of additional bond.
42.08.150 - Number of sureties.
42.08.160 - Justification of sureties.