Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the following county officers must be bonded for the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the same manner as other civil officers are bonded and in the following amounts: 1. The county auditor, recorder, and sheriff, fifteen thousand dollars, except in counties having a population of less than ten thousand, where the amount must be ten thousand dollars. 2. A county commissioner, two thousand dollars. 3. The county coroner, five hundred dollars. 4. The state's attorney, three thousand dollars. 5. The county surveyor, an amount, not to exceed two thousand dollars, as may be determined by the board of county commissioners. 6. The public administrator, not less than ten thousand dollars. 7. The county treasurer, an amount fixed by the board of county commissioners of not less than seventy-five thousand dollars, except in counties having a population of less than ten thousand, an amount of not less than forty thousand dollars. When the total amount of taxes to be collected by the county treasurer in any one year is less than the minimum amount of bond specified in this subsection, the bond may be in a sum equal to the amount of taxes to be collected. 8. Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 137, § 10. When the amount of any bond required under this section is dependent upon the population of a county, the population must be determined as provided in section 11-10-10.
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