§ 62-83. Bond signed by surety through agent acting under power of attorney.

If an officer or employee of the department of corrections or clerk of the municipal court is charged with the duty of accepting and passing on the legality of an appearance or other bond, such officer or clerk may accept a bond signed by a surety through an agent acting under the power of attorney, whether the surety is a surety company or person, if the power is properly executed by the surety. However, the bond shall not be accepted, though the power of attorney is properly executed, if the officer or clerk passing upon the adequacy of the bond is not satisfied that the agent has authority to act for the alleged principal, and no power of attorney executed by a surety company shall be accepted by an officer unless this company has complied with the rules and regulations of the city and laws of the state. The bond shall not be accepted by the officer or clerk unless the person appearing before the officer or clerk, requesting to sign the bond, is an agent having the power of attorney to bind the surety, whether the surety is a company, corporation, firm, partnership, association or individual, and such person shall exhibit the power of attorney authorizing such person to bind the surety before being allowed to execute the bond.

(Code 1977, § 3-1033)