Official bonds, including blanket bonds, and each rider or attachment thereto, required by law to be filed in the office of the county clerk or secretary of state, shall be filed therein within forty (40) days after the election or appointment of the principal named on the bond, rider, or attachment, or within twenty (20) days after the term of the office legally begins. In all other cases, such bonds shall be filed in the proper office within thirty (30) days after such election or appointment, or within ten (10) days after the term of office legally begins.
Code 1858, §§ 764, 765; Shan., §§ 1085, 1086; Code 1932, §§ 1826, 1827; Acts 1978, ch. 620, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1915; Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 3.
Compiler's Notes. Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 31 provided that the act, which amended this section, shall apply to the renewal or obtaining an official bond for any bonding after April 29, 2013.
Collateral References.
Time of giving bond, provisions mandatory or directory. 158 A.L.R. 639.