Every county auditor shall, before entering upon his or her duties as registrar of titles, give a bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by a judge of the superior court of the state of Washington in and for his or her county, payable to the state of Washington, in such sum as shall be fixed by the said judge of the superior court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, and to deliver up all papers, books, records, and other property belonging to the county or appertaining to his or her office as registrar of titles, whole, safe and undefaced, when lawfully required so to do; said bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and a copy thereof shall be filed and entered upon the records of the superior court in the county wherein the county auditor shall hold office.
[ 2012 c 117 § 214; 1907 c 250 § 10; RRS § 10631.]