Effective - 02 Jan 1979
521.190. Officer liable for insufficient bond — motion for new bonds, when made. — If the officer fail to return a good and sufficient bond in any case where a bond is required by law, the court may, upon motion of the plaintiff, rule the officer to file a good and sufficient bond, to be judged of by the court on or before the day to which the writ is returnable; and in default thereof, such officer shall be held and considered as security for the performance of all acts, and the payment of all money, to secure the performance and payment of which such bond ought to have been taken, and he and his sureties shall be liable therefor on his official bond; but no such motion shall be made unless at the time when the writ is returnable or within six days thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1463, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1299; 1919 § 1750; 1909 § 2319
Effective 1-02-79