Section 533.220 Sheriff and sureties liable, when.

MO Rev Stat § 533.220 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1939

533.220. Sheriff and sureties liable, when. — If the sheriff, or other officer, fail to take or return a bond, as required by law, or if the bond taken is adjudged insufficient at the term next after the same was taken, and be not made sufficient as herein provided, he and his sureties shall be liable to the party injured for all damages by him sustained, to be recovered by civil action, or by civil action on the officer's official bond.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1809)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1645; 1919 § 2093; 1909 § 2658