2007 Minnesota Statutes

574.12 MODES OF JUSTIFICATION.
The justification of sureties mentioned in section 574.01 shall be by affidavit, annexed to the
bond or other security, wherein each surety shall state, under oath, that it is worth a certain definite
amount above its debts and liabilities and exclusive of its property exempt from execution, but the
aggregate of the amount sworn to as aforesaid by all the sureties shall be not less than double
the amount of the penalty of such bond or other security. Where in the cases provided by law
exception is taken to sureties, they shall be examined by the judge or officer before whom they are
required to attend for purposes of justification, in such manner as the judge or officer shall deem
proper. The examination shall be reduced to writing and filed in the cause and, on deeming the
sureties sufficient, the judge or officer shall endorse approval upon the instrument, and return the
same to the proper custodian thereof.
History: (9686) RL s 4524; 1907 c 311 s 1; 1986 c 444