West Virginia § 6-2-11 Bonds of municipal officers

West Virginia Statutes

§ 6-2-11 — Bonds of municipal officers

West Virginia § 6-2-11

Ch. 6GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS

Art. 2OFFICIAL AND OTHER BONDS

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W. Va. Code § 6-2-11 (2026).

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Every officer or employee of a municipality who handles public funds or property, and every other officer or employee of a municipality of whom it shall be required, shall, unless otherwise provided by law, give bond, with good security, to be approved by the council or other similar body of such municipality, and in such penalty as such council or other similar body shall prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office or employment and the faithful accounting for and paying over, as required by law, of any funds or property coming into his possession.

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Every officer or employee of a municipality who handles public funds or property, and every other officer or employee of a municipality of whom it shall be required, shall, unless otherwise provided by law, give bond, with good security, to be approved by the council or other similar body of such municipality, and in such penalty as such council or other similar body shall prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office or employment and the faithful accounting for and paying over, as required by law, of any funds or property coming into his possession.