Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

The bonds of all municipal officers who are required to give bonds shall each be in such penal sum as may be provided by law or as the council shall from time to time prescribe by ordinance; but the council may provide for a surety bond running to the city and covering all city o…

1. Bonds required by law of deputy state, county, and city officers shall, unless otherwise provided, be in such amounts as may be fixed by the governor, board of supervisors, or the council, as the case may be, with sureties as required for the bonds of the principal, and filed …

The exemptions provided in section 561.16 and chapter 627 are applicable to any claim made against a state, county, or city officer and each bond shall so provide. 89 Acts, ch 153, §2

All bonds of public officers shall run to the state, and be for the use and benefit of any corporation, public or private, or person injured or sustaining loss, with a right of action in the name of the state for its or the corporation’s or person’s use. [C51, §325; R60, §555; C7…

Bonds shall be approved: 1. By the governor, in case of state and district officers, elective or appointive. 2. By the board of supervisors, in case of county officers, township clerks, and assessors. 3. By a judge of the district court for the county in question, in case of memb…

Bonds shall not be required of the following public officers: 1. Governor. 2. Lieutenant governor. 3. Members of the general assembly. 4. Judges of the supreme and district courts and district associate judges. 5. Township trustees. 6. City council members, including city commiss…

1. All other public officers, except as otherwise specially provided, shall give bond with the conditions, in substance, as follows: That as ................................................ (naming the office), in ................................ (city, township, county, or state…

All bonds shall be approved or disapproved within five days after their presentation for that purpose, and endorsed, in case of approval, to that effect and filed. [C51, §330; R60, §560; C73, §680; C97, §1188; S13, §1188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, …

When a bond, approvable by the board of supervisors, of any public officer is presented after the final adjournment of the January session of said board, except those of the county auditor and treasurer, the auditor may approve such bond, in which case the auditor shall report th…

If the board of supervisors refuses or neglects to approve the bond of any county officer, the officer may within five days thereafter, or after the expiration of the time allowed for such approval, present the same for approval to a judge of the district court of the proper dist…

The bonds and official oaths of public officers shall, after approval and proper record, be filed: 1. For all state officers, elective or appointive, except those of the secretary of state and judicial magistrates, with the secretary of state. Bonds and official oaths of judicial…

1. a. The secretary of state, each county auditor, district court clerk, and each auditor or clerk of a city shall keep a book, to be known as the “Record of Official Bonds” , and all official bonds shall be recorded therein in full as follows: (1) In the record kept by the secre…

1. Action by any officer in an official capacity without giving bond when such bond is required may be suspended from office until the officer gives a bond in compliance with this chapter . 2. Failure to give a bond in compliance with this chapter after a reasonable time followin…

1. In lieu of a bond, a public officer required to obtain a bond pursuant to this chapter may obtain an insurance policy in an amount not less than the amounts provided in section 64.8 , 64.10 , 64.13 , or 64.15 , as applicable. 2. An insurance policy obtained pursuant to this se…

All other bonds required by law, when not otherwise specially provided, shall be conditioned as the bonds of public officers. [S13, §1177-a, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1061; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.4 ]

All bonds required by law shall be construed as impliedly containing the conditions required by statute, anything in the terms of said bonds to the contrary notwithstanding. [C51, §337; R60, §567; C73, §689; C97, §1192; S13, §1177-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1062; C46, 50, 54, 58, …

State officials are not required to obtain bonds, but may be covered under a blanket bond for state employees. The blanket bond purchases shall be made in an amount and with the level of assumption of risk by the state that is determined by the department of administrative servic…

The bonds of members of the boards of supervisors, county attorneys, recorders, auditors, sheriffs, and assessors shall each be in a penal sum of not less than twenty thousand dollars. The amount of each bond shall be determined by the board of supervisors. [C51, §326, 327; R60, …