HRS §46-26

County employee bonds: who they pay and what they need

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section says that any bond required from a county officer, deputy, assistant, clerk, or employee must be made out to the county and follow the form set by the official who keeps the bond. The bond is only valid if the surety is a corporation allowed by state law.

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The statute, as written — Bonds of county officers; form

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Every bond required to be given by any officer, deputy, assistant, clerk, or employee, in any department, bureau, office, or service, of any county, shall be made payable to the county, and shall be in such form as the officer with whom the bond is required to be deposited prescribes; provided that no such bond shall be deemed sufficient or be accepted unless the surety thereon is a corporation such as is mentioned in section 78-20.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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