Delivery of surety bond to court -- Persons not to be surety on -- Recording

Recording. (1) All fiduciaries required to execute a surety bond shall deliver to the clerk of the court of the county in which he or she is appointed a surety bond payable to and with the Commonwealth, subscribed to by the principal and sureties in the presence of a notary, in the amount, and with sufficient sureties, as may be approved by the court in its order of appointment. (2) The District Court shall not accept as surety, in any surety bond of a personal representative, any master or other commissioner whose duty is to settle the accounts of personal representatives, or any judge or clerk of a District Court or practicing attorney of that court. (3) The surety bond shall be filed by the clerk in his or her office in a record maintained for that purpose.