Whenever any bond or recognizance is required, or permitted, by law to be made, given or filed, conditioned upon the doing or not doing of anything specified therein and to be signed by one or more persons as sureties, each of such sureties shall be a resident of this state; but no attorney-at-law, sheriff, clerk of any court of record, or other officer of such court, shall be permitted to become such surety.
RCW 19.72.020
Individual sureties—Eligibility.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 61 Wash. 2d 206 - In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Kosher (1963)
Most recently applied in 61 Wash. 2d 206 - In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Kosher (January 1963)
1927 c 162 s 1; RRS s 958-1.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.