25-2222. Sureties; affidavit of qualifications; effect.

Ministerial officers, whose duty it is to take security on undertakings, bonds and recognizances, provided by this code, shall require the person offered as surety to make an affidavit of his qualifications. The taking of such an affidavit shall not exempt any ministerial officer, or other officer acting in a ministerial capacity, from any liability to which he might otherwise be subject for taking insufficient surety.

Source:R.S.1867, Code § 894, p. 549; Laws 1905, c. 179, § 1, p. 672; R.S.1913, § 8571; C.S.1922, § 9522; Laws 1923, c. 112, § 1, p. 270; Laws 1927, c. 68, § 1, p. 231; C.S.1929, § 20-2223; R.S.1943, § 25-2222; Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 145.

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