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 insolvent or insufficient, or the penalty of such bond shall become insufficient, on account of recoveries had thereon, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the proper county, of their own motion, or on the showing of any person, supported by affidavit, to summon any such officer to appear before them at a stated time, not less than five days after service of such summons, and show cause why he or she should not execute an additional official bond with good and sufficient sureties.
RCW 42.08.110
Procedure when bond of county or township officer is insufficient.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Riddle v. Elofson (2019)
Most recently applied in Riddle v. Elofson (April 2019)
2012 c 117 s 100; 1890 p 35 s 6; RRS s 9935.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.