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Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15 (2026)

Conditions of official bonds; new bonds to be secured every four years

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(1) The bonds of all public officers required to give individual bond shall be conditioned in the following form, to wit:
"Whereas, the above bound A B was duly elected (or appointed) to the office of ____________________ on the ____________________ day of ____________________, for the term of ____________________ years from the ____________________ day of ____________________; therefore, if he shall faithfully perform all the duties of said office during his continuance therein, then the above obligation to be void."
A new bond in the amount required by law shall be secured at the beginning of each new term of office or every four (4) years, whichever is less.

(2) The bonds of all public employees required to give individual bond shall be conditioned in the following form, to wit:
"Whereas, the above bound A B was duly employed (or appointed) to the position of ____________________ on the ____________________ day of ____________________; therefore, if he shall faithfully perform all the duties of said position during his continuance therein, then the above obligation to be void."
A new bond in an amount not less than that required by law shall be secured upon employment and coverage shall continue by the securing of a new bond every four (4) years concurrent with the normal election cycle of the Governor or with the normal election cycle of the local government applicable to the employee.

(3) A failure to observe the form herein prescribed shall not vitiate any official bond; and all official bonds shall be valid and binding in whatever form they may be taken, except so far as they may be conditioned for the performance of acts in violation of the laws or policy of the state. Whether in the proper penalty or without any penalty, whether correct or incorrect in its recitals as to the term of office or otherwise, whether properly payable, whether approved by the proper officer or not approved by any, or if irregular in any other respect, such bond, if delivered as the official bond of the officer or employee and serving as such, shall be obligatory on everyone who subscribed it for the purpose of making the official bond of such officer or employee to the full penalty or, if it has no penalty, to the full penalty of the bond which might have been required.

(4) All blanket bonds given on positions of public employment shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of all the duties of the positions covered and insured by said blanket bond. A new bond in an amount not less than that required by law for public employees shall be secured at the beginning of each new term of office of the public or appointed official by whom they are employed, if applicable, or at least every four (4) years concurrent with the normal election cycle of the Governor.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art 12 (3); 1857, ch. 6, art 186; 1871, § 309; 1880, § 403; 1892, § 3055; 1906, § 3463; Hemingway's 1917, § 2801; 1930, § 2888; 1942, § 4033; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 426, § 1, eff. 7/1/2000.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2021 · leading case: Poole v. Brunt, 338 So. 2d 991 (Miss. 1976).

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Poole v. Brunt, 338 So. 2d 991 (Miss. 1976). · cites it 2× “GILLESPIE, Chief Justice, for the Court: The bond on which suit was brought in this case is required by Mississippi Code Annotated section 19-25-1 (1972), and is conditioned as provided by the general statute covering public officers, section 25-1-15, the condition being "if he…”

Gannett River States Pub. Corp., Inc. v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. 2004). “§ 25-1-15. ¶ 29. The trial court denied the relief requested concerning these two issues because it found that the event was not a meeting; thus, it concluded these statutes would not apply and no relief would be available to Gannett.”

Moore Ex Rel. City of Aberdeen v. Byars, 757 So. 2d 243 (Miss. 2000). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-1-15(3)(1999) requires that the bonds shall be binding and valid no matter the form.”

The State Auditor Shad White & Holmes Cnty., Mississippi v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. & Eddie Carthan (Miss. 2021). · cites it 7× “Moreover, the State Auditor asserted that, even though this 4 bond’s stated term was for one year, under Mississippi Code Section 25-1-15 (Rev. 2015), it necessarily covered Carthan’s entire term of four years.”

Mike Moore v. Ralph Thomas Byars (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15 (3)(1999) requires that the bonds shall be binding and valid no matter the form.”

Knight v. Newton Cnty., 806 F. Supp. 105 (S.D. Miss. 1992). · cites it 2× “In so holding, the court reasoned: The bond on which suit was brought in this case is required by Mississippi Code Annotated section 19-25-1 (1972), and is conditioned as provided by the general statute covering public officers, section 25-1-15, the condition being “if he shall…”

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15(1): 1 case

The State Auditor Shad White & Holmes Cnty., Mississippi v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. & Eddie Carthan (Miss. 2021). “Moreover, the State Auditor asserted that, even though this 4 bond’s stated term was for one year, under Mississippi Code Section 25-1-15 (Rev. 2015), it necessarily covered Carthan’s entire term of four years.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15(3): 1 case

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15(3)(1999): 1 case

Moore Ex Rel. City of Aberdeen v. Byars, 757 So. 2d 243 (Miss. 2000). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-1-15(3)(1999) requires that the bonds shall be binding and valid no matter the form.”

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Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-15 (2026)

Conditions of official bonds; new bonds to be secured every four years