Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the State Fiscal Officer that any warrant drawn by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasury has been lost or destroyed before having been paid, the State Fiscal Officer may issue a duplicate therefor upon a bond being executed by the State Fiscal Officer with such security as is approved by him, payable to the state in the penalty of double the amount of the warrant, and conditioned to save harmless the state from any loss occasioned by the issuing of the duplicate warrant, together with an affidavit relating the circumstances under which said warrant was lost or destroyed.Codes, 1942, § 3852-29; Laws, 1962, ch. 483, § 29; Laws, 1966, ch. 556, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 118; Laws, 1989, ch. 532, § 28, eff. 7/1/1989.
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