The officer whose duty it is to approve official bonds required of officers of a county or judicial district not named in Section 1458 shall not accept or approve any such bond unless the affidavit of each of the personal sureties on the bond contains a statement that the surety is a resident, and either an owner of real property or householder, within the county or within an adjoining county.
Official BondsQualifications of Sureties
Section § 1530
This law specifies that certain officials responsible for approving official bonds in a county or judicial district must not approve these bonds unless each personal guarantor (surety) states under oath they live in the county or an adjoining county and either own real estate or are a household head there.
official bonds personal sureties affidavit requirement
Section § 1531
This law states that the people (sureties) who guarantee the bonds of certain county or judicial district officers must have their approval granted by the presiding judge of the superior court. This approval is necessary before the officers’ bonds can be officially recorded and filed.
The sureties on the bonds of all officers of a county or judicial district named in Section 1458 shall first be approved by the presiding judge of the superior court as is provided for the approval of the bond of their principals, before their principals’ bonds may be recorded and filed.
sureties approval bond approval superior court presiding judge
Section § 1532
This law prevents any member of a county's board of supervisors from serving as a guarantor (or surety) on the official bond of any county or judicial district officer. It also prohibits certain county officials like the sheriff, county clerk, tax collector, treasurer, recorder, auditor, assessor, and district attorney from being sureties for each other.
A member of the board of supervisors shall not be accepted as surety upon the official bond of any officer of a county or judicial district of his county. The sheriff, county clerk, tax collector, treasurer, recorder, auditor, assessor, or district attorney of the same county shall not become sureties upon official bonds for each other.
board of supervisors officer bond surety restrictions
