Indiana § 5-6-1-1 - Officers authorized to appoint deputies; bonds
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§ 5-6-1-1. Officers authorized to appoint deputies; bonds
Sec. 1. (a) The secretary of state, the state comptroller, the treasurer of state, the sheriff of the supreme court, and every clerk of the circuit court may appoint deputies, when necessary or when required, if provision shall have been made for paying such deputies for their services from the funds of the state or of the county or from fees received for their services.
(b) Any such officer may require any deputy so appointed to give bond, in such amount as may be prescribed by law or as may be fixed by such officer, conditioned for the proper and faithful discharge of all official duties as such deputy, and for the safe accounting of all funds received by the deputy or entrusted to the deputy's care, control, or management.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.28, s.1; Acts 1855, c.41, s.1; Acts 1925, c.164, s.1; Acts 1959, c.314, s.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.17; P.L.14-2004, SEC.181; P.L.9-2024, SEC.120.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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