Section 7-25-12 - Performance bond required of construction contractor.
7-25-12. Performance bond required of construction contractor. The board must further require a bond from the contractor in a sum equal to the contract price, conditioned that the contractor will execute his contract and complete the building or buildings according to the plans and specifications and to the full satisfaction of the board, and account for all moneys paid to him and pay all bills and claims on account of labor or materials furnished in and about the performance of the contract including all demands of subcontractors, such bond to stand as security for all such bills, claims, and demands and to be a surety bond issued by some surety company authorized to do a surety bonding business in the state or a personal bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners.
Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 49; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 45; CL 1887, § 609; SL 1889, ch 49, § 1; SL 1895, ch 53, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, § 5885; SDC 1939, § 12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51.