8-19-102 - Place of filing bonds Copies of bonds as evidence.
8-19-102. Place of filing bonds Copies of bonds as evidence.
(a) The official bonds of county officials required by law to execute such bonds shall be transmitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the county clerk for safekeeping, as the law so requires, immediately upon their execution, approval and recordation in the office of the county register of deeds. The bonds of all other county officials and employees shall be transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping immediately upon their execution, approval and recordation in the office of the county register of deeds.
(b) Where suit is necessary to enforce the obligation of any such bond or undertaking, the comptroller of the treasury or the county clerk shall make such bond available to the proper authorities. A copy of the official bond duly certified by the comptroller of the treasury or the county clerk is admissible as evidence in any suit on the bond to prove the execution of the bond and any condition thereof.
(c) The official bonds of state officials and state employees shall be lodged for safekeeping at an office designated by the governor.
[Acts 1957, ch. 289, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A., § 8-1902; 1998, ch. 677, § 1.]