At the expiration of a term of office, every recorder shall deliver promptly to the successor all books, records, papers, and other property pertaining to office and if, on application of the duly qualified successor, the recorder refuses to do so, the recorder shall forfeit and pay to the use of the county $50 for each and every day of refusal, which may be recovered in an action brought upon the recorder's official bond.
History:(874) RL s 532; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444