TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 45

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE

19-4518.  Forfeiture of bail. If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the judge or magistrate, by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited and order his immediate arrest without warrant if he is within the state. Recovery may be had on such bond in the name of this state, as in the case of other bonds given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this state.

History:

[(19-4518) 1927, ch. 29, sec. 18, p. 31; I.C.A., sec. 19-4618; am. 2008, ch. 136, sec. 19, p. 391.]