Surety Company Bond Ac-

ceptable Any surety company chartered by this state or authorized to do business herein may be accepted as surety or recognizor upon any bond or recogni- zance required by law in any civil action or in any proceeding instituted under the statutes of this state and, in any case where a bond or recogni- zance is required by law, the bond of such com- pany, duly executed and conditioned for the per- formance of the obligations expressed in such bond or recognizance, may be accepted by the person having authority thereto, who shall file it with the court where the action or proceeding is returnable or pending. (See General Statutes § 52-189 and annotations.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 58.) (Amended June 24, 2016, to take effect Jan. 1, 2017.)