When an officer, executor, or administrator within this state, by misconduct or neglect of duty, forfeits his or her bond or commercial insurance policy or renders his or her sureties liable, any person injured thereby, or who is by law entitled to the benefit of the security, may bring an action thereon in his or her own name against the officer, executor, or administrator, and his or her sureties, to recover the amount to which he or she may be entitled by reason of the delinquency. The action may be instituted and proceeded in on a certified copy of the bond or commercial insurance policy, which copy shall be furnished by the person holding the original thereof.

Source

  • R.S.1867, Code § 643, p. 507;
  • R.S.1913, § 8216;
  • C.S.1922, § 9169;
  • C.S.1929, § 20-2101;
  • R.S.1943, § 25-2101;
  • Laws 2004, LB 884, § 13.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 25-2101

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801