(a) If the defendant is committed to jail and the application for bail is made to a judge or magistrate during vacation, it must be by written petition signed by the defendant or his or her counsel briefly stating the offense for which he or she is committed and naming the persons offered as surety.
(b) In all other cases, the application may be made orally to the judge or magistrate.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-84-102. Persons authorized to take bail
§ 16-84-103. Qualification of surety
§ 16-84-104. Additional security
§ 16-84-105. Responsibility of officer taking bail
§ 16-84-106. Attorneys and officers not to be sureties
§ 16-84-108. Bonds not void for want of form
§ 16-84-109. Irregularity of bail bond or recognizance
§ 16-84-110. Bail before conviction
§ 16-84-111. Bail during trial
§ 16-84-112. Entering of recognizance on court minutes
§ 16-84-113. Application for bail
§ 16-84-114. Surrender of defendant