LOCAL CIVIL RULE 65.1 - SECURITY;
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SURETIES

LR65.1.1 Qualifications of Sureties
LR65.1.2 Court Officers Not to Be Sureties

LR65.1.1  Qualifications of Sureties

        Every bond furnished in connection with a civil proceeding in this court must have as surety either (1) a cash deposit equal to the amount of the bond, (2) an obligation of the United States Government, or (3) a corporation authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to act as surety on official bonds, pursuant to 31 USC 9303-9309, except that a bond for costs may instead have as surety an individual resident of the district who satisfies the clerk that he/she owns real or personal property within the district sufficient to justify the full amount of the suretyship.

        Only by stipulation of the parties or by order of the court may some other form of surety be permitted.

LR65.1.2  Court Officers Not to Be Sureties

        No clerk, marshal, member of the bar, or other officer of this court will be accepted as surety on any bond or undertaking in any action or proceeding in this court.