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27-50-612. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.
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27-50-612. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.
(a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as provided in § 27-50-611, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) as a bail bond to guarantee the appearance of the person in any court, including district courts, in this state at such time as may be required by the court, when the person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or ordinance of any municipality in this state except for the offense of driving while intoxicated or for any felony when the violation is committed prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
(b) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate so posted as a bail bond in any court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds posted in criminal cases, and that any guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a bail bond in any municipal court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions of the charter or ordinance of the particular municipality pertaining to bail bonds posted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-612
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27-50-612. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.
(a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as provided in § 27-50-611, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) as a bail bond to guarantee the appearance of the person in any court, including district courts, in this state at such time as may be required by the court, when the person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or ordinance of any municipality in this state except for the offense of driving while intoxicated or for any felony when the violation is committed prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
(b) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate so posted as a bail bond in any court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds posted in criminal cases, and that any guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a bail bond in any municipal court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions of the charter or ordinance of the particular municipality pertaining to bail bonds posted.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-50-611. Right of qualified surety company to become surety with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
(a) Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) with respect to any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automobile club or association by filing with the Insurance Commissioner of this state an undertaking thus to become surety.
(b) Such undertaking shall be in form to be prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the following:
(1) The name and address of the automobile club or automobile association with respect to the guaranteed arrest bond certificates of which the surety company undertakes to be surety;
(2) The unqualified obligation of the surety company to pay the fine or forfeiture in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) of any person who, after posting a guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which the surety company has undertaken to be surety, fails to make the appearance to guarantee which the guaranteed arrest bond certificate was posted.
(c) The term “guaranteed arrest bond certificate”, as used in this section, means any printed card or other certificate issued by an automobile club or association to any of its members, which is signed by the member and contains a printed statement that the automobile club or association and a surety company guarantee the appearance of the person whose signature appears on the card or certificate and that they will, in the event of failure of the person to appear in court at the time of trial, pay any fine or forfeiture imposed on the person in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-611
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 27-50-611. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.