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16-84-102. Persons authorized to take bail.
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16-84-102. Persons authorized to take bail.
(a) The following may take bail:
(1) A judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court;
(2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff with respect to any person committed to the common jail of the county;
(3) Any law enforcement officer designated by a municipal police department with respect to any person committed to a municipal jail; and
(4) A law enforcement officer making an arrest as authorized under § 16-81-109.
(b) A constable shall not take bail.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-84-102
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16-84-102. Persons authorized to take bail.
(a) The following may take bail:
(1) A judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court;
(2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff with respect to any person committed to the common jail of the county;
(3) Any law enforcement officer designated by a municipal police department with respect to any person committed to a municipal jail; and
(4) A law enforcement officer making an arrest as authorized under § 16-81-109.
(b) A constable shall not take bail.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-81-109. Bail.
(a)(1) When any sheriff or other law enforcement officer makes an arrest, he or she is authorized to take and to approve bail in the manner provided by law wherever he or she makes the arrest.
(2) If the offense charged is a misdemeanor, the person arrested may immediately give bail for appearing on a day to be named in the bail bond before the judge or magistrate who issued the warrant or before the court having jurisdiction to try the offense. The sheriff or other officer making the arrest may be authorized by the judge or magistrate issuing the warrant to take the bail by an endorsement made on the warrant to that effect.
(b)(1) If the defendant gives bail for his or her appearance before the judge or magistrate for an examination of the charge, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the sheriff or officer taking the bail shall fix the day of the defendant's appearance.
(2) A deviation from the provisions of subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall not, however, render the bail bond invalid.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-81-109
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-81-109. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.