The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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SHERIFFS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 291)
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§ 291. Bond; oath
Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a sheriff shall become bound
to the treasurer of the county in the sum of $100,000.00, with two or more sufficient
sureties by way of recognizance, before the two assistant judges in such county, or
give a bond to the treasurer executed by such sheriff with sufficient sureties in
like sum to be approved by the two assistant judges, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his or her duties and shall take the oath of office before one of the
judges, who shall certify the same on the sheriff’s commission. Such recognizance
or bond and the commission shall be forthwith recorded in the office of the county
clerk. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 176.)