§ 2-196. Custody and delivery of official property and records; penalty for violation of section.

(a)

Each and every officer of the village is the legal custodian of and shall safely keep and preserve all property and things received from the officer's predecessor or other persons and required by law to be filed, deposited, or kept in the officer's office, or which are in the lawful possession or control of the officer or the officer's deputies, or to the possession or control of which the officer or the officer's deputies may be lawfully entitled, as such officers.

(b)

Upon the expiration of each such officer's term of office, or whenever the office becomes vacant, the officer, or on the officer's death, the officer's legal representative, shall on demand deliver to the officer's successor all such property and things then in the officer's custody, and the officer's successor shall give a receipt therefor to such officer, who shall file such receipt in the office of the village clerk. If a vacancy occurs before such successor is qualified, such property and things shall be delivered to and be receipted for by such secretary or clerk, respectively, on behalf of the successor, to be delivered to such successor upon the latter's receipt.

(c)

Any person who violates this section shall, in addition to any other liability or penalty, civil or criminal, forfeit not less than $25.00, nor more than $2,000.00. Such forfeiture shall be enforced by a civil action on behalf of, and the proceeds to be paid into the treasury of the village.

(Code 1966, §§ 19.05—19.07)

State law reference

Similar provisions, W.S.A., § 19.21.