RD 440-24, Position Fidelity Schedule Bond

Form RD 440-24
(Rev. 6-02)

FORM APPROVED
OBM NO. 0575-0015

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
POSITION FIDELITY SCHEDULE BOND

Bond No.

PART I - DECLARATIONS
Name and Address of Insured

Name and Address of Surety

Bond Period:
Subject to conditions of section 1 of part IV, this bond is effective on:
at 12 midnight and will continue until cancelled by either party.

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Schedule of Employees and Limit of Liability:
Each of the persons occupying any position named in the following schedule, or added as provided, in section 2 or 3 of part IV is
an insured employee. The liability of the surety shall not exceed amount of indemnity stated opposite the position occupied by the
employee in the following schedule or added as provided in this bond. The cumulative limit of liability of the surety is limited to the
highest amount of indemnity shown below for any insured employee, whether or not the loss is attributed to more than one
employee.

Position

Location

Total Number of
Employees in each
Position

Amount of Indemnity on
each Employee

Premium

The terms and conditions of the following riders are incorporated into this bond:

The Surety and Insured agree to terminate or cancel the following bond(s) or policy(ies) at the time this bond
becomes effective:
Notices:
All notices, acceptances, and requests required by the provisions in this policy will be sent to the insured and surety
at the addresses shown in this bond. All notices and requests that are required to be sent to the United States of
America will be sent to the following address: Rural Development
Signed and sealed on:

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Company

By:
Name:
Title:
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of ]995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
The valid 0BM control number for this information collection is 0575-0015. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

PART II - INSURED AGREEMENT
The Surety, in consideration of the payment of the premium, and subject to the declarations made a part hereof, the General
Agreements, Conditions and Limitations, and other terms of this bond, agrees to indemnify the Insured against any loss of money or
other property belonging to the Insured or in which the Insured has a pecuniary interest or which is held by the Insured as bailee,
trustee, or agent or in any other capacity or whether or not the Insured is liable for the loss thereof which the Insured shall sustain and
discover as provided in section 1 of the Conditions and Limitations through any fraudulent or dishonest act or acts committed by any of
the Employees occupying any position named in the Declarations (Part I), or added thereto as hereinafter provided, whether acting
alone or in collusion with others, not exceeding, however, the amount of indemnity stated opposite the name of such position in said
schedule or any applicable additions and subject to the cumulative limit of liability contained in part I.

PART III -GENERAL AGREEMENTS
METHOD OF CLAIM PAYMENT
A. Settlement of any claim shall be made by check or draft payable to
the Insured.
LOSS UNDER PRIOR BOND OR POLICY
B. If this bond is substituted for any prior bond or policy of insurance
carried by the insured or predecessor in the interest of the insured, the
following conditions shall apply:
(1)

Surety agrees this bond applies to any recoverable loss cov
ered by a prior bond or policy that is discovered as provided
in Section 1 of the Conditions and Limitations (Part IV) of this
bond;

(2)

(3)

(4)

The indemnity afforded by this General Agreement shall be
a part of, and not in addition to, the amount of insurance
afforded by this bond;
Such loss would have been covered under this bond had it
been in force when the acts or defaults causing such loss
were committed; and
Surety's liability will not exceed the lesser of the amount
recoverable under either this bond or any prior policy or
bond incorporated into this bond.

PART IV - THE FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENT AND GENERAL AGREEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:
BOND PERIOD, DISCOVERY
Section 1. This bond shall be effective from the beginning of the date
set forth the Declarations, standard time at the address of the Insured,
and shall be in force (a) as to any Employee occupying any position
named in said schedule during the period from the time set forth in Part
1, and (b) as to any Employee occupying any position added to said
schedule, as hereinafter provided, during the period from the beginning
of the effective date of such addition and in either case continuing as to
any such Employee until:
(1) The termination of employment of such Employee;
(2) The termination of cancellation of this bond as to such Employee
or Position as provided in section 9; or
(3) The termination or cancellation of this bond as an entirety as
hereinafter provided;
whichever shall first happen.
Loss is covered under this bond only if discovered and reported during
the bond period or within two years after the bond is cancelled.
Subject to General Agreement (B)(3), this bond applies only to loss
sustained by the Insured through fraudulent or dishonest acts committed during the Bond Period by any of the Employees.
ADDITIONS TO SCHEDULE
Section 2. If the Insured shall request the Surety to add to the
Schedule the name of any Position not named therein, and the Surety
shall elect to do so, the surety shall add the name of the Position to
Schedule by written acceptance, setting forth the amount of
suretyship and the time from which it will be effective.
NEW POSITION-SAME DESIGNATION
Section 3. If any new Position bearing the same designation as that
of any Position named in the Schedule or any acceptance notice shall
be created by the Insured, such new Position shall be automatically
added to the Schedule as of the effective date of creation thereof and
in the amount set opposite the Position so named in the Schedule or
the acceptance notice, provided the Insured gives the Surety written
notice of the creation of such Position within ninety (90) days after the
date of creation thereof.

NEW POSITION-DIFFERENT DESIGNATION
Section 4. If any position is created by the Insured with a different
designation from that of any position named in the schedule or prior
acceptance notice, such position shall be automatically added to the
schedule. Coverage in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000)
is effective upon creation of the new position provided the Insured
gives the Surety written notice of the creation of the new position within
90 days after its creation, Surety's liability hereunder, if any, by reason
of such notice shall terminate at the expiration of ninety (90) days from
the date of creation thereof, unless prior thereto the Surety shall have
added such position to said schedule and mailed Insured a revised
schedule of employees and limit of liability.
NOTICE AND PROOF OF LOSS
Section 5. Within a reasonable time after discovery by the Insured of
any loss hereunder, the Insured shall give the Surety written notice
thereof, and within 180 days, or any extension thereof as may be
requested by the Insured and agreed to, in writing, by the Surety, after
such discovery shall file with the Surety affirmative proof of loss
itemized and sworn to on forms furnished by the Surety.
RECOVERIES
Section 6. If the Insured shall sustain any loss covered by this bond
which exceeds the amount of indemnity provided by this bond, the
Insured shall be entitled to all recoveries (except from suretyship,
insurance, reinsurance, security, or indemnity taken by or for the
benefit of the Surety) by whomsoever made, on account of such loss
under this bond until fully reimbursed, less the actual cost of effecting
the same; and any remainder shall be applied to the reimbursement of
the Surety.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY
Section 7. Regardless of the number of years this bond shall
continue in force and the number of premiums which shall be payable or
paid, the Surety shall not be liable under this bond on account of any
Employee or their designated alternate for a larger amount, in the aggregate, than the amount stated opposite the position named in said Schedule occupied by such Employee or which is added thereto.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS BOND AND PRIOR INSURANCE
Section 8. With respect to loss caused by any Employee which occurs
partly during Bond Period and partly during the period of other bonds or
policies issued by the Surety to the Insured or to any predecessor in
interest of the Insured and terminated or canceled or allowed to expire and
in which the period for discovery has not expired at the time any such loss
thereunder is discovered, the total liability of the Surety under this bond
and under such other bonds or policies shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
the amount of indemnity stated opposite the Position named in the
Schedule occupied by such Employee or added thereto, or the amount
available to the Insured under such other bonds or policies, as limited by
the terms and conditions thereof, for any such loss, if the latter amount be
the larger.
CANCELLATION
Section 9. This bond shall be deemed canceled as to future acts of
any Employee:
(a) Upon discovery of any fraudulent or dishonest act upon the part
of such Employee with respect to the Insured. The Insured must immediately report such knowledge to the Surety;
(b) Upon the resignation, or removal of such Employee; or
(c) Or as provided in section 10.

Section 10. This bond shall be cancelled as of midnight of the date
specified in a written notice to the Surety by the insured, with a copy to the
United States of America. Notice must be delivered not less than 30 days
in advance by either mail or personal service with written receipt of delivery.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Section 11. No demand, suit, action, or proceeding of any kind to
recover an account of loss under this bond shall be made or brought
after the expiration of three (3) years from the cancellation of this bond
as to the Employee or Employees causing such loss, or the cancellation
of this bond as an entirety, whichever shall first happen, provided,
however, that if such limitation for making a demand, bringing suit,
action, or proceeding is prohibited or made void by any law controlling
the construction of this bond, such limitation shall be deemed to be
amended so as to be equal to the minimum period of limitation permitted
by such law.

In witness whereof, the Surety has caused this bond to executed on the Declaration page.