SECTIONS 1450-1463 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 1450-1463

1450. Unless otherwise provided, every official bond shall be filed
in the proper office within the time prescribed for filing the oath.

1451. The approval of every official bond shall be indorsed thereon
and signed by the officer approving the bond.

1452. No officer with whom any official bond is required to be
filed shall file such bond until approved.

1453. Official bonds shall be recorded in a book kept for that
purpose entitled "Record of Official Bonds."

1454. Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of state
officers prescribed by law shall be approved by either the Governor
or the Director of General Services and filed and recorded in the
office of the Secretary of State.

1455. Unless otherwise provided, all official bonds of state
officers and employees not expressly prescribed by law shall be
forwarded to the Department of General Services for recordation. Upon
such recordation the Department of General Services shall forward
the bonds to the Secretary of State where they shall be filed.

1456. The official bond of the Secretary of State shall be filed in
the office of the Treasurer after it is recorded.

1457. Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of officers of
a county and judicial district shall be approved by the presiding
judge of the superior court, recorded in the office of the county
recorder, and then filed in the county clerk's office.

1458. The bonds of supervisors, treasurers, county clerks,
auditors, sheriffs, tax collectors, district attorneys, recorders,
assessors, surveyors, superintendents of schools, public
administrators, and coroners shall be approved by the presiding judge
of the superior court before the bonds can be recorded and filed.

1459. After being recorded, the official bond of the county clerk
shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer.

1460. Every officer with whom official bonds are filed shall
carefully keep and preserve the bonds. He shall give certified copies
thereof to any person demanding copies, upon being paid the same
fees as are allowed by law for certified copies of papers in other
cases.

1460.1. The county recorder shall record the bond and return it to
the county officer with whom it is required to be filed. Such officer
shall keep the bond on file for one year following the expiration of
the term of the office for which the bond was issued at which time
said bond may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

1461. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall give a bond,
corresponding in substance and form with the bond required of the
officer originally elected or appointed, before entering upon the
duties of the office.

1462. No fee shall be charged by any officer to file or record any
official bond of any official of this state or any political
subdivision of this state.

1463. For the purposes of this chapter, a government crime
insurance policy or employee dishonesty insurance policy, including
faithful performance, may be provided as an alternative to the
official bond by any county or city, subject to approval by the
presiding judge of the superior court and recording and filing as
provided in Sections 1457 to 1460.1, inclusive. An insurance policy
procured pursuant to this section may be used as a master bond as
though it were an official bond, subject to approval of the
appointing power or the legislative body as provided in Section 1481.