CHAPTER 3. Official Bonds [1450. - 1653.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.
§§ 1450–1653 · 29 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 1450–1463 · 14 sections
- § 1450 Unless otherwise provided, every official bond shall be filed in the proper office within the time prescribed for filing the oath.
- § 1451 The approval of every official bond shall be indorsed thereon and signed by the officer approving the bond.
- § 1452 No officer with whom any official bond is required to be filed shall file such bond until approved.
- § 1453 Official bonds shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose entitled “Record of Official Bonds.”
- § 1454 Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of state officers prescribed by law shall be approved by either the Governor or the Director of General Services…
- § 1455 Unless otherwise provided, all official bonds of state officers and employees not expressly prescribed by law shall be forwarded to the Department of General…
- § 1457 Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of officers of a county and judicial district shall be approved by the presiding judge of the superior court,…
- § 1458 The bonds of supervisors, treasurers, county clerks, auditors, sheriffs, tax collectors, district attorneys, recorders, assessors, surveyors, superintendents…
- § 1459 After being recorded, the official bond of the county clerk shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer.
- § 1460 Every officer with whom official bonds are filed shall carefully keep and preserve the bonds. He shall give certified copies thereof to any person demanding…
- § 1460.1 The county recorder shall record the bond and return it to the county officer with whom it is required to be filed. Such officer shall keep the bond on file…
- § 1461 Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall give a bond, corresponding in substance and form with the bond required of the officer originally elected or…
- § 1462 No fee shall be charged by any officer to file or record any official bond of any official of this state or any political subdivision of this state.
- § 1463 For the purposes of this chapter, a government crime insurance policy or employee dishonesty insurance policy, including faithful performance, may be provided…
ARTICLE 2. Bonds Not Required by Statute §§ 1480–1482 · 4 sections
- § 1480 Every officer, agent or employee not required by statute to give an official bond may be required to give an individual official bond, or other form of…
- § 1481 (a) When deemed expedient by the appointing power, a master official bond or other form of master bond may be used which shall provide coverage on more than…
- § 1481.1 For the purposes of Section 1481 the board of supervisors of a county is deemed to be the appointing power of the adult probation officer, his assistants and…
- § 1482 Each such bond may contain a provision authorizing the appointing power to cancel it, if it is an individual bond, or the contract of coverage of any officer,…
ARTICLE 3. Form and Conditions §§ 1500–1505 · 4 sections
- § 1500 All official bonds shall be made payable to the State of California in such penalty and with such conditions as required by this article, or the law creating…
- § 1501 The condition of an official bond shall be that the principal will well, truly, and faithfully perform all official duties then required of him by law, and…
- § 1504 Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein for: (a) Any and all breaches of…
- § 1505 Whenever, except in criminal prosecutions, any special penalty, forfeiture, or liability is imposed on any officer of a county or judicial district for…
ARTICLE 4. Qualifications of Sureties §§ 1530–1532 · 3 sections
- § 1530 The officer whose duty it is to approve official bonds required of officers of a county or judicial district not named in Section 1458 shall not accept or…
- § 1531 The sureties on the bonds of all officers of a county or judicial district named in Section 1458 shall first be approved by the presiding judge of the superior…
- § 1532 A member of the board of supervisors shall not be accepted as surety upon the official bond of any officer of a county or judicial district of his county. The…
ARTICLE 8. Payment of Premiums §§ 1650–1653 · 4 sections
- § 1650 This article does not apply to notaries public.
- § 1651 The premium or charge for bonds given by surety companies for the officers, herein named, and for their deputies, clerks, assistants or subordinate officers…
- § 1652 No premium or charge paid by the state, a county, city, or district shall exceed one-half of 1 percent per annum on the amount of the bond, but a minimum…
- § 1653 The payment of premiums for all bonds of deputies, clerks, assistants or subordinate officers of county officers shall not be a county charge unless the amount…