All bonds and recognizances taken for the appearance of any party, either as defendant, prosecutor, or witness in any criminal proceeding or matter, shall be made payable to the state, and shall have the effect to bind the accused and his sureties on the bond or recognizance until the principal shall be discharged by due course of law, and shall be in full force, from term to term, for a period of three (3) years, except that a bond returnable to the Supreme Court shall be in full force for a period of five (5) years. If it is necessary to renew a bond, it shall be renewed without additional premium. At the end of the applicable period, a bond or recognizance that is not renewed shall expire and shall be uncollectible unless the collection process was started on or before the expiration date of such bond or recognizance. Any bond or recognizance taken prior to July 1, 1996, shall expire on July 1, 1999. If a defendant is charged with multiple counts in one (1) warrant only one (1) bond shall be taken.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 99-5-3. Form of bail; taken in open court by entry on minutes
§ 99-5-5. Bonds to be made payable to state; effect; expiration and renewal
§ 99-5-7. Fidelity or surety insurance company may give bail
§ 99-5-13. Court may make adjustments to excessive or insufficient bail
§ 99-5-15. Duty of officer to release defendant from custody; approval of sureties
§ 99-5-17. Sheriff to return bail-bond to clerk
§ 99-5-19. Person who takes insufficient bail-bond, etc., to stand special bail
§ 99-5-21. Bond good though it does not describe offense
§ 99-5-29. Surety may cause arrest of principal by officer
§ 99-5-31. Mittimus in bailable cases to fix the bail
§ 99-5-33. Accused committed to prison if injured party is dangerously wounded
§ 99-5-35. When prisoner charged with capital offense entitled to bail