Tex. Gov't Code § 604.005 · Chapter 604. OFFICIAL BONDS
BOND NOT VOID ON FIRST RECOVERY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The official bond of a state, county, or precinct officer is not void on first recovery.
(b) An injured party may sue separately on a bond until the bond is exhausted.
(c) In no event may the surety be liable for more than the penal sum of the surety bond minus any amounts already paid out under the bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 421 (S.B. 1269), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.604.htm
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- sha256 39a67070f78540db45d1fa29de0c4748d52c312d34a7d0da67f45d9ba353dbb2
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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