Pennsylvania § 1124 Official security and officers

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1124 — Official security and officers

Pennsylvania § 1124

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 16COUNTIES

PartPART I

Ch. 11GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subch.REQUIRED FISCAL SECURITY FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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Bluebook

16 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1124 (2026).

Text

(a)Official security.--Each county shall obtain official security in the form of bonds, a blanket bond or a crime-fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful performance of duty coverage, that protects the county from losses caused by acts of the officers set forth in subsection (b) or the equivalent officers in home rule or optional plan counties, whether elected, appointed or appointed to fill a vacancy, before those officers begin their official duties.

(b)Officers.--The following are the officers or equivalent officers in home rule or optional plan counties upon whose behalf official security shall be obtained in accordance with subsection (a):

(1)Each county commissioner.

(2)The chief clerk of the county commissioners.

(3)The controller.

(4)The county treasur

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(a) Official security.--Each county shall obtain official security in the form of bonds, a blanket bond or a crime-fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful performance of duty coverage, that protects the county from losses caused by acts of the officers set forth in subsection (b) or the equivalent officers in home rule or optional plan counties, whether elected, appointed or appointed to fill a vacancy, before those officers begin their official duties.

(b) Officers.--The following are the officers or equivalent officers in home rule or optional plan counties upon whose behalf official security shall be obtained in accordance with subsection (a):

(1) Each county commissioner.

(2) The chief clerk of the county commissioners.

(3) The controller.

(4) The county treasurer.

(5) The prothonotary of the court of common pleas.

(6) The sheriff.

(7) The coroner.

(8) The clerk of the courts of the court of common pleas.

(9) The clerk of the orphans' court division of the court of common pleas.

(10) The recorder of deeds.

(11) The register of wills.

(12) Probation and parole officers, if required by order of court to obtain official security.