(a) An assignee shall be a resident of this state and a resident of the county in which the assigning debtor resides, or in which the assigning debtor’s principal business was conducted.
(b) Immediately after the assignment instrument is executed and delivered to him, the assignee shall record it in the county of his residence and in each county in which there is real property conveyed to the assignee by the assignment.

(c) Within five days after delivery to him of the assignment instrument, the assignee shall execute a bond
(1) with a surety who must be approved by the judge of either the county or district court in the county of the assignee’s residence;
(2) conditioned that he will perform faithfully his duties as assignee and distribute proportionately the net proceeds of the assigned estate to the consenting creditors entitled to it under the assignment;
(3) in an amount fixed by the county or district judge;
(4) payable to the state; and
(5) which inures to the benefit of the assigning debtor and each of the creditors.
(d) The assignee shall file the bond with the county clerk of the county in which the assigning debtor resides and then the assignee shall take possession of the assigned estate and carry out the assignment.
(e) An assignment is valid as against an assigning debtor or his creditors even though the assignee fails to execute and file a bond as required by Subsections (c) and (d) of this section.