Sec. 5. (a) Any time before there has been a breach of the undertaking in any type of bail and cash bond, the surety may surrender a defendant, or the defendant may surrender, to the official to whose custody the defendant was committed at the time bail was taken or to the official into whose custody the defendant would have been given if committed.
(b) A defendant shall be surrendered without the return of premium for the bond if the defendant has been guilty of:
(1) changing address without notifying the defendant's bail agent or surety;
(2) concealing one's self;
(3) leaving the jurisdiction of the court without the permission of the defendant's bail agent or surety or the court; or
(4) violating the defendant's contract with the bail agent or surety in a way that does harm to the bail agent or the surety or violates the defendant's obligation to the court.
As added by P.L.261-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.355-1989(ss), SEC.2; P.L.224-1993, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
27-10-2-1. Administration of Article; Rules; Employees
27-10-2-2. Prima Facie Evidence
27-10-2-3. Undertakings; Validity; Defect of Form or Other Irregularity; Expiration
27-10-2-4. Qualifications of Surety
27-10-2-4.1. Duty to Regulate a Charitable Bail Organization
27-10-2-4.5. Regulation of Charitable Bail Organizations
27-10-2-5. Surrender of Defendants
27-10-2-6. Surrender of Defendants; Detention; Exoneration of Sureties
27-10-2-7. Apprehension of Defendant; Time; Fees
27-10-2-8. Notice of Trial or Hearing; Breach of Undertaking; Record
27-10-2-9. Property Bonds; Recordings; Liens
27-10-2-10. Recognizances; Affidavits; Forms
27-10-2-11. Transcript of Proceedings; Docketing; Liens
27-10-2-13. Liability of Bail Agent or Surety
27-10-2-14. Collateral Securities; Receipts; Records