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NE Code § 11-109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-109 - Bonds; county and precinct officers; sureties; number; qualification.

11-109.  Bonds; county and precinct officers; sureties; number; qualification.All official bonds of county, precinct and other local officers shall be executed by the principal named in such bonds and by at least two sufficient sureties who shall be freeholders of the county in which such bonds are given; or any official bond of a county, precinct or local officer may be executed by the officer as principal and by a guaranty, surety, fidelity or bonding company as surety, or by two or more of such companies. Only such companies as are legally authorized to transact business in this state shall be eligible to suretyship on the bond of a county, precinct or other local officer.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 9, p. 96;   Laws 195, c. 10, § 1, p. 63;   R.S.1913, § 5715;   C.S.1922, § 5045;   C.S.1929, § 12-109;   R.S.1943, § 11-109.  Annotations  Principal is required to execute bond. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956). Expense of county treasurer's bond, when legally executed, with qualified bonding company as surety, and approved is a binding obligation of county. Haase v. Buffalo County, 86 Neb. 145, 124 N.W. 1130 (1910).
NE Code § 11-110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-110 - Bonds; recording; copies; fee.

11-110.  Bonds; recording; copies; fee.The officers with whom any official bonds are required by law to be filed shall carefully record and preserve the same in their respective offices, and shall give certified copies thereof, when required, under the seal of their office, and shall be entitled to receive for the same the usual fee allowed by law for certified copies of records in other cases.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 10, p. 96;   R.S.1913, § 5716;   C.S.1922, § 5046;   C.S.1929, § 12-110;   R.S.1943, § 11-110.  Annotations Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).
NE Code § 11-111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-111 - Bonds; endorsement of approval required.

11-111.  Bonds; endorsement of approval required.The approval of each official bond shall be endorsed upon such bond by the officer approving the same, and no bond shall be filed and recorded until so approved.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 11, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5717;   C.S.1922, § 5047;   C.S.1929, § 12-111;   R.S.1943, § 11-111.  Annotations  Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956). County judge will not be compelled by mandamus to approve bond of county commissioner where oath not endorsed thereon. State ex rel. Baird v. Slattery, 108 Neb. 415, 187 N.W. 899 (1922). If bond is executed by sufficient competent sureties, approval may be compelled by mandamus. Woodward v. State ex rel. Thomssen, 58 Neb. 598, 79 N.W. 164 (1899).
NE Code § 11-112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-112 - Bonds; terms.

11-112.  Bonds; terms.All official bonds shall obligate the principal and sureties for the faithful discharge of all duties required by law of such principal, and shall inure to the benefit of any persons injured by a breach of the conditions of such bonds.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 12, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5718;   C.S.1922, § 5048;   C.S.1929, § 12-112;   R.S.1943, § 11-112.  Annotations  Sheriff and surety on his official bond are required to respond in damages to any person for a breach of duty imposed by law. O'Dell v. Goodsell, 149 Neb. 261, 30 N.W.2d 906 (1948). Statute, by construction, constitutes part of bond, and the scope of statutory obligation cannot validly be limited by any other provision in the instrument. Village of Hampton v. Gausman, 136 Neb. 550, 286 N.W. 757 (1939). County judge is liable on his official bond for trust funds lost by reason of insolvency of bank in which he deposited them though he acted in good faith and without negligence in selecting depository. Ericsson v. Streitz, 132 Neb. 692, 273 N.W. 17 (1937). Recovery authorized thereon by person injured by negligent acts committed by policeman in exercise of municipal authority, although bond runs to city as obligee. Curnyn v. Kinney, 119 Neb. 478, 229 N.W. 894 (1930). A bond given for the faithful discharge of the duties of one legally entrusted with state and county funds is an official bond, and the statutory provisions relative thereto enter and become a part of the contract. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. McLaughlin, 76 Neb. 307, 107 N.W. 577 (1906). This section requires of a principal, who is a custodian of public money, the absolute accounting for and payment over of money coming into his official position. Adams v. Weisberger, 62 Neb. 326, 87 N.W. 16 (1901). Money paid to the clerk of district court by referee in partition proceeding, in obedience to court order directing money to be brought into court, is received by the clerk in his official capacity. Dirks v. Juel, 59 Neb. 353, 80 N.W. 1045 (1899). Counties may recover on official bonds of their officers for all damages caused by their neglect of duty. Toncray v. Dodge County, 33 Neb. 802, 51 N.W. 235 (1892). Liability on bond is original and primary, and action may be brought against both principal and sureties without suit having first been brought against the officer for the tort. Kane v. Union Pacific Railroad, 5 Neb. 105 (1876).
NE Code § 11-113 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-113 - Bonds; irregularities; effect.

11-113.  Bonds; irregularities; effect.No official bond shall be rendered void by reason of any informality or irregularity in its execution or approval.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 13, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5719;   C.S.1922, § 5049;   C.S.1929, § 12-113;   R.S.1943, § 11-113.  Annotations  Bond of public officer, joint and several in form, is not void as to surety because of failure of principal to sign it. Village of Hampton v. Gausman, 136 Neb. 550, 286 N.W. 757 (1939). Approval of bond after instead of before filing thereof is an irregularity which has no effect upon its validity. State v. Paxton, 65 Neb. 110, 90 N.W. 983 (1902). The making of official bond joint in form, instead of joint and several, is a mere irregularity which does not invalidate the instrument. Term need not be stated. Perkins County v. Miller, 55 Neb. 141, 75 N.W. 577 (1898).
NE Code § 11-114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-114 - Bonds; sureties; public officers or deputies and attorneys, ineligible.

11-114.  Bonds; sureties; public officers or deputies and attorneys, ineligible.No state or county officers, or their deputies, shall be taken as security on the bond of any administrator, executor, or other officer from whom by law bond is or may be required, and no practicing attorney shall be taken as surety on any official bond, or bond in any legal proceedings in the district in which he may reside.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 14, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5720;   C.S.1922, § 5050;   C.S.1929, § 12-114;   R.S.1943, § 11-114.  Annotations  A practicing attorney should not sign in a legal proceeding as surety, but if bond is approved, the attorney is estopped from alleging its invalidity and it may be enforced against him. In re Estate of Kothe, 131 Neb. 531, 268 N.W. 464 (1936), judgment of affirmance vacated on rehearing, 131 Neb. 780, 270 N.W. 117 (1936). A practicing attorney is not a proper surety on an appeal bond, but bond is not invalid. Chase v. Omaha L. & T. Co., 56 Neb. 358, 76 N.W. 896 (1898). Attorney should not become a surety upon a bond in a legal proceeding, and if he signs such a bond the clerk should not approve it. If it is approved, the surety is bound thereby. Luce v. Foster, 42 Neb. 818, 60 N.W. 1027 (1894); Tessier v. Crowley, 17 Neb. 207, 22 N.W. 422 (1885).
NE Code § 11-116 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-116 - Bonds; officers appointed to fill vacancies; requirements.

11-116.  Bonds; officers appointed to fill vacancies; requirements.Any person appointed to fill a vacancy, before entering upon the duties of the office, must give a bond corresponding in substance and form with the bond required of the officer originally elected or appointed, as herein provided.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 16, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5722;   C.S.1922, § 5052;   C.S.1929, § 12-116;   R.S.1943, § 11-116.
NE Code § 11-117 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-117 - Bonds and oaths; officers reelected, reappointed, holding over; requirements.

11-117.  Bonds and oaths; officers reelected, reappointed, holding over; requirements.When the incumbent of an office is reelected or reappointed he shall qualify by taking the oath and giving the bond as above directed, but when such officer has had public funds or property in his control, his bond shall not be approved until he has produced and fully accounted for such funds and property. When it is ascertained that the incumbent of an office holds over by reason of the nonelection or nonappointment of a successor, or of the neglect or refusal of the successor to qualify, he shall qualify anew within ten days from the time at which his successor, if elected, should have qualified.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 17, p. 97;   R.S.1913, § 5723;   C.S.1922, § 5053;   C.S.1929, § 12-117;   R.S.1943, § 11-117.  Annotations  Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956). Township officer must in addition to filing oath and bond under this section comply with requirements of section 23-242. State ex rel. Luckey v. Weber, 124 Neb. 84, 245 N.W. 407 (1932). Death of newly elected officer before beginning of term, without qualifying, does not create a vacancy where there is a qualified member who qualifies anew and whose term of office does not expire until successor is elected. State ex rel. Schroeder v. Swanson, 121 Neb. 459, 237 N.W. 407 (1931). Where officer appointed to fill vacancy is entitled to hold over, and files proper bond in due time, fact that county board refused to act upon same within time prescribed by law will not create vacancy. State ex rel. County Attorney v. Willott, 103 Neb. 798, 174 N.W. 429 (1919). If newly elected or appointed officer fails to qualify, present incumbent may qualify anew. State ex rel. Shaw v. Rosewater, 79 Neb. 450, 113 N.W. 206 (1907). Provisions of section are mandatory; incumbents reelected must qualify anew; and must render an accounting of all public funds on hand before bond can be approved. Woodward v. State ex rel. Thomssen, 58 Neb. 598, 79 N.W. 164 (1899). Officers or incumbents, reelected, reappointed, or holding over where successor has been elected but fails to qualify, must qualify in same manner as newly elected officers. State ex rel. Berge v. Lansing, 46 Neb. 514, 64 N.W. 1104 (1895). Incumbent holding over must qualify anew within ten days from time at which his successor should have qualified. State ex rel. Roche v. Cosgrove, 34 Neb. 386, 51 N.W. 974 (1892).
NE Code § 11-118 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-118 - Bonds; successive terms; sureties; qualification.

11-118.  Bonds; successive terms; sureties; qualification.No person shall be surety for the same officer for more than two successive terms of the same office; but this provision shall not apply to incorporated surety companies.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 18, p. 98;   Laws 1905, c. 11, § 1, p. 64;   R.S.1913, § 5724;   C.S.1922, § 5054;   C.S.1929, § 12-118;   R.S.1943, § 11-118.  Annotations Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).
NE Code § 11-121 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-121 - Bond or insurance; persons entrusted with public funds; penal sum; approval.

11-121.  Bond or insurance; persons entrusted with public funds; penal sum; approval.Any officer or person who is entrusted with funds belonging to the State of Nebraska or any county thereof, which may come into his or her possession by any appropriation or otherwise, shall be responsible for the same upon his or her bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy. When any officer or person is entrusted with any such fund and there is no provision of law requiring him or her to give a bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy in a certain specified sum, he or she shall give bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy in double the amount of the sum so entrusted to him or her, which in the case of state funds shall be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. In the case of county funds, such bonds or equivalent commercial insurance policy shall be approved by the county board and deposited in the county clerk's office. No warrant shall be issued or money paid over to such officer or person until the bond is filed as provided in this section. This section shall not be construed to require any additional bond or insurance to be furnished by state officers or employees bonded or insured as specified in section 11-201.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 21, p. 100;   Laws 1905, c. 11, § 2, p. 64;   R.S.1913, § 5727;   C.S.1922, § 5057;   C.S.1929, § 12-121;   R.S.1943, § 11-121;   Laws 1978, LB 653, § 7;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 9. Annotations  It is the duty of board to effect a settlement with county treasurer and approve his bond, if on a settlement, all funds in his hands are accounted for. State ex rel. Clark v. Vinnedge, 79 Neb. 270, 112 N.W. 858 (1907). Bonds given by state or county officers are official bonds, and statutory provisions relative thereto enter into and become part of contract. United States F. & G. Co. v. McLaughlin, 76 Neb. 307, 107 N.W. 577 (1906), affirmed on rehearing 76 Neb. 310, 109 N.W. 390 (1906). Purpose of Legislature was to make the county treasurer an insurer. Thomssen v. Hall County, 63 Neb. 777, 89 N.W. 389, 57 L.R.A. 303 (1902). Sureties, executing county treasurer's bond with this section in view as forming part of their contract, are not released by board requiring and taking additional sureties. Holt County v. Scott, 53 Neb. 176, 73 N.W. 681 (1897). Treasurer is insurer of all money officially coming into his hands; bondsmen are liable for all money lost. Bush v. Johnson County, 48 Neb. 1, 66 N.W. 1023 (1896). This section does not impliedly prohibit the deposit for safekeeping of funds received by officer. State v. Hill, 47 Neb. 456, 66 N.W. 541 (1896).
NE Code § 11-122 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-122 - Bonds; county treasurer; power of county board to require; failure to furnish; effect.

11-122.  Bonds; county treasurer; power of county board to require; failure to furnish; effect.The county board of any one of the counties of this state may require the county treasurer to give additional surety or sureties whenever in its opinion the existing security shall have become insufficient, and such board is hereby also empowered to demand and receive from such county treasurer an additional bond as required by law with good and sufficient surety or sureties in such sum as said board, or a majority thereof, may direct, whenever in its opinion more money shall have passed or is about to pass into the hands of such treasurer than is or would be recovered under the penalty in the previous bond. If any county treasurer shall fail or refuse to give such additional security or bond for and during the time of ten days from and after the day on which said board shall have required such treasurer so to do, his office shall be considered vacant, and another treasurer shall be appointed agreeable to the provisions of law.Source   Laws 1881, c. 13, § 21, p. 100;   Laws 1905, c. 11, § 2, p. 65;   R.S.1913, § 5727;   C.S.1922, § 5057;   C.S.1929, § 12-121;   R.S.1943, § 11-122.  Annotations  Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956). No officer of the state is authorized to demand additional sureties of the State Treasurer after his bond has been approved and filed. Paxton v. State, 59 Neb. 460, 81 N.W. 383 (1899). Provision for requiring and receiving additional bond is sufficient consideration for execution of second bond. Stoner v. Keith County, 48 Neb. 279, 67 N.W. 311 (1896).
NE Code § 11-123 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-123 - Bonds; guaranty companies; eligibility; approval.

11-123.  Bonds; guaranty companies; eligibility; approval.Whenever any recognizance, stipulation, bond or undertaking, conditioned for the faithful performance of any duty or for doing or refraining from doing anything in such recognizance, stipulation, bond or undertaking specified, is, by the laws of this state, required or permitted to be given with one surety or with two or more sureties, the execution of the same, or the guaranteeing of the performance of the conditions thereof, shall be sufficient when executed or guaranteed solely by a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of this state, or of any state of the United States, having a paid-up capital of not less than one hundred thousand dollars and having power under its charter to guarantee or insure the fidelity of persons holding places of public and private trust, to become surety on bonds and obligations of persons and corporations, and to become surety on any bond, recognizance or other writing in the nature of a bond, in the same manner that natural persons may, subject to all the rights and liabilities of such persons; Provided, such corporation is approved as surety upon such recognizance, stipulation, bond or undertaking by the head of the department, court, judge, officer, board or body executive, legislative or judicial, required or authorized to approve or accept the same.Source   Laws 1895, c. 22, § 1, p. 122;   R.S.1913, § 5728;   C.S.1922, § 5058;   C.S.1929, § 12-122;   Laws 1935, c. 98, § 3, p. 327;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 12-122;   R.S.1943, § 11-123.  Annotations  This section as originally enacted in 1895 was unconstitutional. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Libby, 72 Neb. 850, 101 N.W. 994 (1904). Surety company must be empowered to transact business in Nebraska before mandamus will lie to compel approval of bond. Woodward v. State ex rel. Thomssen, 58 Neb. 598, 79 N.W. 164 (1899).
NE Code § 11-124 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-124 - Bonds; guaranty companies; failure to pay judgment; penalty.

11-124.  Bonds; guaranty companies; failure to pay judgment; penalty.If any such corporation fails, neglects, or refuses to pay any fine, judgment, or decree rendered against it upon any such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking, from which no appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas is taken for ninety days after the entry of such judgment or decree, it shall forfeit all rights to do business in this state until such judgment or decree is fully paid or satisfied.Source   Laws 1895, c. 22, § 3, p. 123;   R.S.1913, § 5730;   C.S.1922, § 5059;   C.S.1929, § 12-123;   R.S.1943, § 11-124;  Laws 2000, LB 921, § 1.
NE Code § 11-125 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-125 - Bonds; county officers; premium paid by county; conditions.

11-125.  Bonds; county officers; premium paid by county; conditions.If any county treasurer, county attorney, clerk of the district court, county clerk, county assessor, register of deeds, county sheriff, county commissioner or supervisor, or acting officer who is appointed as provided by section 32-561 furnishes a bond executed by a surety company authorized by the laws of this state to execute such bond and such bond is approved by the county board, then the county may pay the premium for such bond. Any surety bond so executed and approved shall contain a covenant to the effect that when the stated term of the bond is reduced to a shorter term by reason of the death, resignation, or removal from office of such official for a cause not imposing liability on the bond, the obligor shall refund to the county the unearned portion of the premium so paid for the term of the bond subject to a reasonable minimum premium charge.Source   Laws 1905, c. 49, § 1, p. 294;   R.S.1913, § 5731;   C.S.1922, § 5060;   C.S.1929, § 12-124;   Laws 1935, c. 25, § 1, p. 118;   Laws 1941, c. 17, § 1, p. 101;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 12-124;   Laws 1943, c. 21, § 1(1), p. 112;   R.S.1943, § 11-125;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 94;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 467;  Laws 1999, LB 272, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB355, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations  Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956). It is mandatory that county board pays premiums upon bonds of officers and employees designated, if and when bonds are approved. Douglas County v. Belitz, 142 Neb. 376, 6 N.W.2d 370 (1942). The expense of county treasurer's bond legally executed by qualified bonding company as surety, approved and accepted by board, is a binding obligation of county. Haase v. Buffalo County, 86 Neb. 145, 124 N.W. 1130 (1910).
NE Code § 11-126 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-126 - Bonds; deputies or employees of county officers; alternatives.

11-126.  Bonds; deputies or employees of county officers; alternatives.Whenever any deputy or employee of any county treasurer, county attorney, clerk of the district court, county clerk, county assessor, register of deeds, county sheriff, or county commissioner or supervisor shall be required by law or the order of the county board of any county to supply bond, either (1) such deputy or employee shall furnish a bond by a surety company, which bond shall be approved by the county board, and the county may pay the premium for such bond; or (2) the county board may arrange and pay for the writing of a blanket corporate surety bond for the benefit of the county, bonding (a) all such employees of the county or (b) all such deputy county officials or (c) both subdivisions (a) and (b) of this subdivision.Source   Laws 1941, c. 17, § 1, p. 101;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 12-124;   Laws 1943, c. 21, § 1(2), p. 113;   R.S.1943, § 11-126;   Laws 1947, c. 78, § 1, p. 245;   Laws 1983, LB 369, § 2;  Laws 1999, LB 272, § 3. Annotations Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).
NE Code § 11-127 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 11 - Bonds and Oaths, Official|11-127 - Bonds; premium paid by county; manner of paying.

11-127.  Bonds; premium paid by county; manner of paying.Upon the execution and approval of the bonds upon which the county pays premium, the county board shall direct the county clerk to draw warrants upon the county treasurer in payment of such premiums against the general fund of the county, such warrants to be signed by the chairman of the county board, countersigned by the county clerk, and sealed with the county seal.Source   Laws 1905, c. 49, § 2, p. 295;   C.S.1913, § 5732;   C.S.1922, § 5061;   C.S.1929, § 12-125;   Laws 1941, c. 17, § 2, p. 102;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 12-125;   R.S.1943, § 11-127.  Annotations Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).