{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-35-43b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, § 43B","heading":"Recovery on surety bonds of officers and employees; effect of acceptance by county of additional annual bond","body":"Section 43B. Whenever an officer or employee of a county has been elected or appointed to an office the term whereof exceeds one year, and has filed a fidelity bond covering his entire term of office, and subsequent to such filing he is required by law to file such a bond annually, the acceptance of such an annual bond shall preclude recovery, under any such bond previously filed and accepted, whether for the term of one year or for a longer term, for any default occurring during the term of any such bond subsequently filed and accepted.","path":["Part I","Title VI","Chapter 35"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVI/Chapter35/Section43B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:27Z","sha256":"2caa3db3adf2be132f18c4e1d96ad00319bc748ebb68bfaaa5cac3807caf72b0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-35-43a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-35-44-to-46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}