South Carolina § 8-3-200 - Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond.
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§ 8-3-200. Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond.
When any officer shall be required to execute a new bond, with surety, as provided for in Section 8-3-190, he shall proceed forthwith to execute such new bond and submit it for approval to the officer authorized by law to approve it. If he shall fail or neglect to so execute and submit such new bond or fail or neglect to execute and submit a bond satisfactory to the officer authorized to approve such bond within thirty days after having been required so to do, the officer authorized to approve such new bond shall forthwith report to the Governor that such officer has been duly required under the provisions of Section 8-3-190 to furnish a new bond and that such officer has failed so to do. Upon being so informed and upon receiving a certified copy of all the papers relative to the case, the Governor, by public proclamation shall forthwith declare the office held by such defaulting officer vacant and such office so made vacant shall be filled in the manner now provided by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 50-74; 1952 Code SECTION 50-74; 1942 Code SECTION 3057; 1932 Code SECTION 3057; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 748; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 666; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 598; R. S. 516; 1887 (19) 783.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-3-200 ("Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. 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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