IV-26. Officials to give bonds.

All officers of government shall give bond as may be prescribed by law.

Source:Neb. Const. art. V, sec. 25 (1875); Transferred by Constitutional Convention, 1919-1920, art. IV, sec. 26; Amended 1964, Laws 1963, c. 302, sec. 2(2), p. 895.

Annotations

Bond required of public officers by Constitution may be defined as a contractual obligation that such officer will faithfully discharge the duties of his office. Laverty v. Cochran, 132 Neb. 118, 271 N.W. 354 (1936).