Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-17 (2026)
Official bonds payable to state
✓ current as of July 2026
The bonds of all public officers and public employees required to give bond shall be made payable to the state, and shall be put in suit in the name of the state for the use and benefit of any person injured by the breach thereof. Such bonds shall not be void on the first recovery, but may be put in suit from time to time by any party injured by the breach thereof, until the whole penalty shall be recovered.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 188; 1871, § 311; 1880, § 404; 1892, § 3056; 1906, § 3464; Hemingway's 1917, § 2802; 1930, § 2889; 1942, § 4034; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 2, eff. 10/1/1986.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1982–2017 · leading case: Hooper v. State, 295 F. Supp. 3d 726 (S.D. Miss. 2017).
Hooper v. State, 295 F. Supp. 3d 726 (S.D. Miss. 2017). “See also Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-17 ("The bonds of all public officers and public employees required to give bond shall be made payable to the state, and shall be put in suit in the name of the state for the use and benefit of any person injured by the breach thereof.”
Jackson v. Hollowell, 685 F.2d 961 (5th Cir. 1982). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 25-1-17, supra. . Plaintiff Jackson appealed the dismissal of his damage claims to this Court, based on the district court’s Supplemental Order finding no reason to delay entering judgment as to plaintiff’s claims.”
Mathis v. Indem. Ins. Co. North Am., 588 F. Supp. 489 (S.D. Miss. 1983). “§ 25-1-17 (1972) provides: The bonds of all public officers shall be made payable to the state, and shall be put in suit in the name of the state for the use and benefit of any person injured by the breach thereof.”
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