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62.070 Action and recovery on bond.

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62.070 Action and recovery on bond. Actions may be brought from time to time on any bond required by law for the discharge <br>or performance of any public or fiducial office, trust or employment, in the name of the <br>Commonwealth, for its benefit or for that of any person injured by a breach of the <br>covenant or condition, at the proper costs of the party suing, against the parties jointly or <br>severally, together with the personal representatives, heirs and devisees or distributees of <br>such of them as may be dead. Recovery against the surety shall be limited to the amount <br>of the penalty fixed in the bond, but recovery against the principal shall not be limited by <br>the amount of the penalty fixed in the bond. Recovery on the bond shall not be restricted <br>to duties or responsibilities belonging to the office, trust or employment at the date the <br>bond is executed, but may include any duties or responsibilities thereafter imposed by law <br>or lawfully assumed. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History through 1968: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 186d-1, 3752.