A public administrator has to file their certificate of election (if they were elected), their official oath, and their bond with the probate court clerk. Copies of these documents, stamped with the court's seal, count as legal proof. If someone gets hurt because the public administrator broke the rules of their bond, that person can take the administrator to court over it.
473.733. and — , how sued on. — The 's certificate of , if applicable, and bond shall be filed and with the , and copies thereof, under the seal of such court, shall be evidence. Any person injured by the of such bond may sue upon the same in the name of the state for his own use.
(RSMo 1939 § 297, A.L. 1996 S.B. 719, A.L. 2013 H.B. 163 with S.B. 99)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 297; 1919 § 294; 1909 § 300
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