Indiana § 5-4-3-2 - Defenses
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 5-4-3-2 — Defenses, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-4-3-2. Defenses
Sec. 2. The sureties in any official bond, taken and acknowledged as contemplated in the foregoing section, shall, as between such sureties and the state, be deemed and taken to be principals; and it shall not be competent for any surety in such bond to set up, as a defense to an action brought for a breach of the condition thereof, any matter which would not be available as a defense to the principal in such bond.
Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.76, s.2.
IC 5-4-4Chapter 4. Insufficiency, Release, and Liability of Sureties
5-4-4-1Officers ceasing to do business; insufficient sureties; proceedings against officer 5-4-4-2Notice of hearing to judge 5-4-4-3Hearings; dismissal; new bond 5-4-4-4Failure to file bond; vacating office 5-4-4-5Repealed 5-4-4-6Repealed 5-4-4-7Failure to comply with order of court; vacating office 5-4-4-8Release of surety 5-4-4-9Release of surety; notice to judge 5-4-4-10Taxation of costs 5-4-4-11Filing new bond 5-4-4-12Complaint against clerk of circuit court; duties assumed by auditor 5-4-4-13Liabilities of old and new sureties 5-4-4-14Liabilities of new sureties on old bond 5-4-4-15Examination of official bonds; proceedings on insufficiency
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Section 5-4-3-2 ("Defenses") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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