§ 13.1-4. Cash bonds.

The desk officer or acting desk officer of the public safety department, acting under orders of the public safety director, shall determine and fix the amount of all cash bonds to be deposited by persons held in the city jail on charges preferred or to be preferred for violations of city ordinances. Such cash bonds, when deposited, shall be conditioned upon appearance before the municipal judge at the session of municipal court next after the deposit of such bond to answer the charges. The nonappearance to answer to such charges by any person so released on bond shall constitute and be a forfeiture of the bond to the city. The forfeiture of bond shall not be construed and considered as disposing of the charges against the defaulter and on orders by the municipal judge such defendant may be apprehended, brought into court and tried upon such charges. The ultimate disposition of such case shall have no bearing or effect upon the forfeited bond. The municipal judge shall determine and fix the amount, form and condition of all bonds when cases are continued or when there is an appeal.

(Ord. No. 80-23, § 1, 12-16-80)

State law reference

Bail and recognizances, Code 1976, Tit. 17, Ch. 15.