Title 45 — Title 45

The approval of all official bonds shall be in writing, endorsed on the bonds, and shall show the day and year on which they were approved; and such bonds shall not be filed until thus approved. (Orig. Code 1863, § 145; Code 1868, § 140; Code 1873, § 150; Code 1882, § 150; Civil …

The official bonds of public officers, required by law to be filed in the office of the comptroller general, Secretary of State or with the office of the Governor, shall be filed within 40 days after the election or appointment of such officers. All county officers shall have unt…

Every officer in whose office the official bond of any public officer is filed shall endorse on such bond the day and year when the same was filed and shall sign his name to such endorsement. (Orig. Code 1863, § 151; Code 1868, § 146; Code 1873, § 157; Code 1882, § 157; Civil Cod…

When any officer of whom bond is required shall fail to make and file the same, as prescribed in Code Section 45-4-14, the court or officer in whose office the bond is required to be filed shall at once certify such failure to the appointing power and to the power whose duty it m…

Deputies shall give bonds with surety, payable to their principals, for their conduct as deputies, conditioned as and for the same amounts, unless otherwise provided by law, as their principals’ bonds. Such bonds shall be recorded in the same office and in the same manner as the …

(a) No public officer required by law to give bond shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required. (b) Any such public officer who shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Orig. Code …

All bonds taken from public officers shall be kept in the places specified by law and copies thereof shall be furnished to any person desiring them. (Orig. Code 1863, § 14; Code 1868, § 12; Code 1873, § 12; Code 1882, § 12; Civil Code 1895, § 12; Civil Code 1910, § 12; Code 1933,…

Actions on bonds taken from public officers may be brought by any person aggrieved by the official misconduct of the officer, in his own name, in any court in this state having jurisdiction thereof, without an order for that purpose. No such action shall be instituted or maintain…

Any person who claims damages of any principal officer for the act of his deputy may, at his option, bring an action on the deputy’s bond instead of on that of the principal, in the same manner as an action may be brought on the principal’s bond. (Orig. Code 1863, § 158; Code 186…

Official bonds of public officers shall not be discharged by a single recovery, but proceedings against the officer or his sureties or both may be had from time to time until the whole penalty is exhausted; and said bonds are joint and several whether or not so set forth. (Laws 1…

The measure of damages recoverable in actions upon all official bonds for the misconduct of the officer, unless otherwise specially enacted, shall be the amount of injury actually sustained, including the reasonable expenses of the action to the plaintiff and the costs of court. …

All bonds taken by public officers under the laws of this state shall be returned to the offices specified by law; and any person interested therein may bring an action thereon, in his own name, in any court having jurisdiction thereof. (Orig. Code 1863, § 15; Code 1868, § 13; Co…

This chapter shall apply to the official bonds of all public officers of this state, including those whose offices may be established hereafter, unless the contrary is expressly provided. (Orig. Code 1863, § 163; Code 1868, § 158; Code 1873, § 169; Code 1882, § 169; Civil Code 18…

Official bonds of all officers who are entitled to commissions from the Governor and who are required to give bonds shall be prepared and furnished by the office of the Governor at the time of forwarding the dedimus potestatem. (Orig. Code 1863, § 144; Code 1868, § 139; Code 1873…

All bonds that this chapter applies to shall have at least two and not more than 20 good and solvent sureties who shall be worth the amount of said bond, over and above their homestead, in case of county officers, all of whom must be permanent residents of the state and two of wh…

Guaranty or surety companies incorporated under the laws of this state or which have complied with all requirements to transact business in this state may become sureties upon the bonds of all state or county officers; and the various officers of this state whose duty it is to ap…

No attorney at law or county officer shall be accepted as surety on the bond of any county officer. (Ga. L. 1876, p. 13, § 1; Code 1882, § 152; Civil Code 1895, § 248; Civil Code 1910, § 283; Code 1933, § 89-416.) 45-4-9. New bond and surety when surety relieved or insufficient.

The Governor shall require a new surety and bond for the performance of any public duty by any officer under this chapter when, in the Governor’s discretion: (1) The surety gives written notice to the Governor of his desire to be relieved from future liability for good cause stat…