Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 42 Public Officers And Agencies - Chapter 42.08 Official Bonds

42.08.005 Official bonds -- Payment of premiums
See RCW 48.28.040. ...

42.08.010 Scope of coverage
The official bond of a public officer, to the state, or to any county, city, town or other municipal or public corporation of like character ...

42.08.020 Who may maintain action
When a public officer by official misconduct or neglect of duty, shall forfeit his official bond or render his sureties therein liable upon such bond, ...

42.08.030 Leave of court required
Before an action can be commenced by a plaintiff, other than the state, or the municipal or public corporation named in the bond, leave shall ...

42.08.040 Judgment no bar to further action
A judgment in favor of a party for one delinquency shall not preclude the same or another party from maintaining another action on the same ...

42.08.050 Recoveries limited to amount of bond
In an action upon an official bond, if judgments have been recovered against the surety therein other than by confession, equal in the aggregate to ...

42.08.060 Form of official bonds
All official bonds required by law of officers shall be in form, joint and several, and made payable to the state of Washington, in such ...

42.08.070 Effect of bonds
Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law shall be deemed and taken to be in force, and shall be obligatory upon the ...

42.08.080 Who may bring action on bond
Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law, shall be in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein, to and for ...

42.08.090 Defective bonds validated
Whenever any such official bond shall not contain the substantial matter or condition or conditions required by law, or there shall be any defect in ...

42.08.100 Approval and filing
The official bonds of officers shall be approved and filed as follows, to wit: The official bond of the secretary of state shall be approved ...

42.08.110 Procedure when bond of county or township officer is insufficient
Whenever the sureties, or any one of them, in the official bond of any county or township officer shall die, remove from the state, become ...

42.08.120 Additional bond
Should such officer, after due notice, fail to appear at the time appointed, the matter may be heard and determined in his absence; if after ...

42.08.130 Remedy when bond of state officer becomes insufficient
Whenever the official bond of any state officer shall become insufficient from any cause whatever, the like proceedings may be had before the superior court ...

42.08.140 Force of additional bond
Every such additional bond shall be of like force and obligation upon the principal and sureties therein, and shall subject the officer and his sureties ...

42.08.150 Number of sureties
Unless otherwise expressly provided, there shall be at least two sureties upon the official bond of every officer.[1890 p 36 § 10; RRS § 9939.]Notes: ...

42.08.160 Justification of sureties
In all cases where official bonds are required or may be hereafter required, from state, county, township or precinct officers, the officer or officers whose ...

42.08.170 Liability of sureties
When the penal sum of any bond amounts to more than two thousand dollars, the sureties may become severally liable for portions, not less than ...

42.08.180 Release of sureties
Release of sureties (1937 act), see chapter 19.72 RCW. ...