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Board of Commissioners

Posted on: December 1, 2022

[ARCHIVED] SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Monday, December 5, 2022

10:30 am

Administration Building – Commissioners’ Boardroom

406 Craven Street

New Bern, NC

Topic:  Sheriff’s Bond 

Newly Elected Sheriff’s Bond: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-8 requires the sheriff

to furnish a bond payable to the State of North Carolina. The amount of

the bond shall be determined by the Board of County Commissioners but

shall not exceed $25,000. The bond currently maintained on the Sheriff is

$10,000. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-9 provides that the Board of County

Commissioners shall take and approve the Sheriff’s bond and have it

registered and the original deposited with the Clerk of Superior Court for

safekeeping prior to the sheriff taking office. 

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