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Public Official Bond

An official’s duties depend on the office and appointment rather than a generic government role.

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Purpose

An official’s duties depend on the office and appointment rather than a generic government role. The form may secure faithful performance of specified official duties or accounting for entrusted public property.

Who needs it

Appointed or elected officials and organizations arranging a required official bond.

Who it protects

A public official bond is not automatically liability insurance for the official or a blanket bond covering an entire public body.

Category

Public Official Bond bonds (1–60)

Before you buy

  1. Bring the office title, appointment and term information.
  2. Bring the appointment or election information and exact office title.
  3. Identify the term of office and any public funds or property entrusted to the role.

Common questions

Which public duties and assets are entrusted to this office?

Bring the office title, appointment and term information. Compare that information with the exact capacity, activity and obligee named in the written request. Similar catalog labels do not establish an interchangeable form.

Is a type guide the bond I should purchase?

A type guide explains the activity. Choose a jurisdiction-associated parent listing and compare its actual source options with your written requirement; the type page is not a purchasable form.

Recorded states

All 50 states

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