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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
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Chapter 4. OFFICIAL BONDS |
| § 45-4-1. Bonds to be payable to Governor and conditioned upon faithful discharge of duties |
| § 45-4-2. Deputies to give bond to principals; conditions, amount, and recording same as bonds of principals |
| § 45-4-3. Return of bonds to specified officers; actions on bonds |
| § 45-4-4. Bonds of officers commissioned by Governor to be prepared by office of Governor |
| § 45-4-5. Bonds to have sureties; number and qualifications of sureties generally |
| § 45-4-6. Corporate sureties authorized |
| § 45-4-7. County officials required to have corporate surety on bond; county to pay premiums |
| § 45-4-8. Attorney at law or county officer not to be surety |
| § 45-4-9. Governor to require new bond and surety when surety relieved or insufficient |
| § 45-4-10. Officer failing to comply with requisition of Governor to be removed from office |
| § 45-4-11. Blanket bonds covering two or more political subdivisions, officers authorized; amount and coverage period; recording; entities |
| § 45-4-12. Approval to be endorsed on bonds; bonds not to be filed until approved |
| § 45-4-13. Approval, filing, and recording of bonds of court clerks, magistrates, sheriffs, coroners, surveyors, treasurers, and tax collectors |
| § 45-4-14. Time for filing bonds |
| § 45-4-15. Filing time to be endorsed on bonds |
| § 45-4-16. Manner in which power of attorney to be attested and filed where bond signed by attorney in fact |
| § 45-4-17. Probate court judge to certify to Governor taking of oaths and giving of bonds |
| § 45-4-18. Certification of failure of officer to make and file bond |
| § 45-4-19. Notice to Attorney General of failure of officer to file bond |
| § 45-4-20. Nonconforming bond to stand in place of official bond though not approved and filed |
| § 45-4-21. Effect of failure of officer to mark bond or give required notice |
| § 45-4-22. Performance by public officer of official act before bond approved and filed |
| § 45-4-23. Places for keeping bonds and copies of bonds |
| § 45-4-24. Bond obligations of principal and surety; conditions required for existence of cause of action on bond |
| § 45-4-25. Actions on bonds of public officers authorized; name in which action to be brought; jurisdiction |
| § 45-4-26. Institution of action on deputy's bond |
| § 45-4-27. Effect of recovery on bond upon subsequent proceedings thereupon |
| § 45-4-28. Officer liable when bond penalty exhausted or invalid and when acting without bond |
| § 45-4-29. Measure of damages in actions on official bonds |
| § 45-4-30. Applicability of chapter |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 45 Chapter 4 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Giving of bonds by persons collecting tax, revenue, or other moneys on behalf of state, political subdivision, etc., § 45-8-2 et seq.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BOND NOT REQUIRED FROM FORESTRY INVESTIGATORS. --Forestry investigators provided for by O.C.G.A. § 12-6-20 are not "public officers" of the state, but are "employees" only, and as such are under no requirement to give bond or take an oath, other than the loyalty oath. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 95.
O.C.G.A. 15-16-5 MUST BE CONSTRUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH O.C.G.A. § 45-4-1 ET SEQ., relating to official bonds in general. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-31.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Liability on general bond of public officer for acts covered by a special bond, 4 ALR 1431; 140 ALR 1459.
Liability of officer or his sureties in respect of public funds as affected by settlement or compromise agreement with other officials or board or committee, 103 ALR 1048.
Statutory conditions prescribed for public officer's bond as part of bond which does not in terms include them, or which expressly excludes them, 109 ALR 501.
Personal liability of public officer or sureties on his bond for nonperformance or improper performance of a duty imposed upon a board of corporate body of which he is a member, 123 ALR 756.
Liability of public officer or his bond for loss of public funds due to insolvency of bank in which they were deposited, 155 ALR 436.
Time from which interest begins to run on fidelity or public officer's bond, 57 ALR2d 1317.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BOND NOT REQUIRED FROM FORESTRY INVESTIGATORS. --Forestry investigators provided for by O.C.G.A. § 12-6-20 are not "public officers" of the state, but are "employees" only, and as such are under no requirement to give bond or take an oath, other than the loyalty oath. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 95.
O.C.G.A. 15-16-5 MUST BE CONSTRUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH O.C.G.A. § 45-4-1 ET SEQ., relating to official bonds in general. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-31.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Liability on general bond of public officer for acts covered by a special bond, 4 ALR 1431; 140 ALR 1459.
Liability of officer or his sureties in respect of public funds as affected by settlement or compromise agreement with other officials or board or committee, 103 ALR 1048.
Statutory conditions prescribed for public officer's bond as part of bond which does not in terms include them, or which expressly excludes them, 109 ALR 501.
Personal liability of public officer or sureties on his bond for nonperformance or improper performance of a duty imposed upon a board of corporate body of which he is a member, 123 ALR 756.
Liability of public officer or his bond for loss of public funds due to insolvency of bank in which they were deposited, 155 ALR 436.
Time from which interest begins to run on fidelity or public officer's bond, 57 ALR2d 1317.