Legislation
SECTION 20
Action upon official bond or undertaking
Public Officers (PBO) CHAPTER 47, ARTICLE 2-A
§ 20. Action upon official bond or undertaking. Where a public
officer is required to give an official bond or undertaking, and special
provision is not made by law for the prosecution of the bond or
undertaking, by or for the benefit of a person who has sustained by his
default, delinquency or misconduct, an injury, for which the sureties
upon the bond or undertaking are liable, such a person may apply for
leave to prosecute such official bond or undertaking. Such application
shall be made to the supreme court except as otherwise provided in this
article.
officer is required to give an official bond or undertaking, and special
provision is not made by law for the prosecution of the bond or
undertaking, by or for the benefit of a person who has sustained by his
default, delinquency or misconduct, an injury, for which the sureties
upon the bond or undertaking are liable, such a person may apply for
leave to prosecute such official bond or undertaking. Such application
shall be made to the supreme court except as otherwise provided in this
article.