Chapter 17
Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians

Index of Sections

§ 33-17-1. Conditions of bond.

§ 33-17-1.2. When surety not required.

§ 33-17-1.3. When surety not required for guardians.

§ 33-17-2. Meaning of condition in bond of “faithful performance”.

§ 33-17-3. Bond to pay debts, legacies, and allowances.

§ 33-17-4. Testamentary exemption from bond or surety.

§ 33-17-5. Failure to give bond as declination of trust.

§ 33-17-6. Defective bonds.

§ 33-17-7. Examination and approval of bond.

§ 33-17-8. Joint fiduciaries.

§ 33-17-9. Bonds payable to and suable by court — Lost bonds.

§ 33-17-10. Requiring further bond or sureties.

§ 33-17-11. Cancelation of bond — New bond.

§ 33-17-12. Release of surety — New surety — Action by surety against principal.

§ 33-17-13. Order to principal on bond to exhibit condition of estate.

§ 33-17-14. Copies of bond — Suit in name of court.

§ 33-17-15. Beneficiaries of suit on bond shown — Costs.

§ 33-17-16. Facts to be shown by creditor suing on bond.

§ 33-17-17. Decree of unfaithful administration.

§ 33-17-18. Evidence in action by distributee.

§ 33-17-19. Hearing and judgment of forfeiture of bond.

§ 33-17-20. Execution on judgment of forfeiture.

§ 33-17-21. Addition of parties to suit for forfeiture.

§ 33-17-22. Action on judgment for penalty.

§ 33-17-23. Obligors not released by judgment on bond.

§ 33-17-24. Suit on bond following judgment for obligor.

§ 33-17-25. Suit for benefit of all interested in estate.

§ 33-17-26. Suit on bond for failure to inventory or account for property.

§ 33-17-27. Judgment and execution in suit for failure to inventory or account.

§ 33-17-28. Administration of amount recovered in suit for failure to inventory or account.

§ 33-17-29. Consolidation of suits against joint fiduciaries — Execution.