(1) A surety shall execute an affidavit stating that she or he possesses the qualifications and net worth required to become a surety. The affidavit shall describe the surety’s property and any encumbrances and shall state the number and amount of any bonds entered into by the surety at any court that remain undischarged.
(2) A bond agent, as defined in s. 648.25(2), shall justify her or his suretyship by attaching a copy of the power of attorney issued by the company to the bond or by attaching to the bond United States currency, a United States postal money order, or a cashier’s check in the amount of the bond; but the United States currency, United States postal money order, or cashier’s check cannot be used to secure more than one bond. Nothing herein shall prohibit two or more qualified sureties from each posting any portion of a bond amount, and being liable for only that amount, so long as the total posted by all cosureties is equal to the amount of bond required.
History.—s. 52, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(52); s. 1, ch. 57-63; s. 23, ch. 70-339; s. 44, ch. 84-103; s. 5, ch. 86-151; s. 1477, ch. 97-102; s. 1919, ch. 2003-261.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
903.011 - “Bail” and “Bond” Defined; General Terms.
903.045 - Nature of Criminal Surety Bail Bonds.
903.046 - Purpose of and Criteria for Bail Determination.
903.047 - Conditions of Pretrial Release.
903.0471 - Violation of Condition of Pretrial Release.
903.05 - Qualification of Sureties.
903.06 - Validity of Undertaking by Minor.
903.08 - Sufficiency of Sureties.
903.09 - Justification of Sureties.
903.101 - Sureties; Licensed Persons; to Have Equal Access.
903.131 - Bail on Appeal, Revocation; Recommission.
903.132 - Bail on Appeal; Conditions for Granting; Appellate Review.
903.133 - Bail on Appeal; Prohibited for Certain Felony Convictions.
903.14 - Contracts to Indemnify Sureties.
903.16 - Deposit of Money or Bonds as Bail.
903.17 - Substitution of Cash Bail for Other Bail.
903.18 - Bail After Deposit of Money or Bonds.
903.20 - Surrender of Defendant.
903.21 - Method of Surrender; Exoneration of Obligors.
903.22 - Arrest of Principal by Surety Before Forfeiture.
903.27 - Forfeiture to Judgment.
903.28 - Remission of Forfeiture; Conditions.
903.29 - Arrest of Principal by Surety After Forfeiture.
903.33 - Bail Not Discharged for Certain Defects.