Expense of bonds paid by county.

If a county treasurer, county attorney, recorder, auditor, sheriff, medical examiner, member of the board of supervisors, engineer, steward, or matron elects to furnish a bond with an association or incorporation as surety as provided in this chapter , the reasonable cost of the bond shall be paid by the county where the bond is filed. [S13, §1185; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1067; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.11 ] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10029, 10201 ; 89 Acts, ch 83, §16 ; 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §50 Referred to in §64.3 , 331.322