Official bond books, 1933- .

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Official bond books, 1933- .

Each county official in Alabama must file a performance bond with the probate judge of their respective county (see Ala. Code, 11-2-3 [1975]). This series consists of transcriptions or photoduplications of the bonds filed by county officials. Information includes name of individual bonded, effective dates, amount of bond, bond sureties, and office that the individual is filling. The books may also contain oaths of office, powers of attorney, statements, and other performance surety bonds. This record began in 1933 and continues to the present.

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Authorities: Acts of Alabama, 1849-50. Code of Alabama, 1975, Vol. 2, Constitutional Amendment No. 328. Norman, Keith B., ed. Handbook for Alabama Probate Judges. 3rd ed. Atlanta: Darby Printing Co., 1982. A court of probate was established in each Alabama county in 1850. The act that created the probate court abolished the county court and the orphans' court and transferred most of the jurisdiction of the county court to the court of ...