Texas Local Government Code - Section 85.001. Oath And Bond
Legal Research Home >
Texas Lawyer > Local Government Code > Texas Local Government Code - Section 85.001. Oath And Bond
§ 85.001. OATH AND BOND. (a) A person elected as sheriff,
before beginning to perform the duties of office, must execute a
bond with:
(1) two or more good and sufficient sureties; or
(2) a solvent surety company authorized to do business
in this state.
(b) The bond must be:
(1) approved by the commissioners court of the county;
(2) made payable to the governor;
(3) in an amount established by the commissioners
court, but not less than $5,000 or more than $30,000; and
(4) conditioned that the sheriff will:
(A) faithfully perform the duties of office
established by law;
(B) account for and pay to the person authorized
by law to receive them the fines, forfeitures, and penalties the
sheriff collects for the use of the state or a county;
(C) execute and return when due the process and
precepts lawfully directed to the sheriff, and pay to the person to
whom they are due or to the person's attorney the funds collected by
virtue of the process or precept; and
(D) pay to the county any funds illegally paid,
voluntarily or otherwise, to the sheriff from county funds.
(c) The sheriff must take and subscribe the official oath,
which, together with the certificate of the officer administering
the oath, must be endorsed on the bond.
(d) A person elected or appointed as sheriff who has
executed the bond and taken the official oath may enter at once on
the duties of office, and that person's acts shall be as valid under
law before the receipt of a commission as after the receipt of a
commission.
(e) The bond is not void on the first recovery, but may be
sued on from time to time in the name of any injured person until the
entire amount of the bond is recovered.
(f) A sheriff or deputy sheriff is not liable on an official
bond, and is not personally liable, for having received or confined
a prisoner delivered or surrendered to the sheriff or deputy by a
state ranger.
(g) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 973, § 1, eff.
June 18, 1997.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 973, § 1, eff. June 18, 1997; Acts
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1094, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 84.007 84.008 84.0085 84.009 84.021 84.901 84.902 85.001 85.0011 85.002 85.0025 85.003 85.004 85.005 85.006
Last modified: August 11, 2007
|
