Indiana § 36-2-17-13 - Bond for guardian, administrator, or executor destroyed; new bond; liability of surety on destroyed bond
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§ 36-2-17-13. Bond for guardian, administrator, or executor destroyed; new bond; liability of surety on destroyed bond
Sec. 13. A guardian, administrator, or executor whose official bond is destroyed in a general destruction of a county's records shall file a new bond with the proper officer within three (3) months after the bond is destroyed. The liability on the new bond commences with its filing in the proper office. Sureties on the destroyed bond are not liable for acts of their principal occurring after the filing of the new bond.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-15-8-20.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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