15A-544.4. Notice of forfeiture.
(a) The court shall give notice of the entry of forfeiture by mailing a copy of the forfeiture to the defendant and to each surety whose name appears on the bail bond.
(b) The notice shall be sent by first-class mail to the defendant and to each surety named on the bond at the surety's address of record.
(c) If a bail agent on behalf of an insurance company executed the bond, the court shall also provide a copy of the forfeiture to the bail agent, but failure to provide notice to the bail agent shall not affect the validity of any notice given to the insurance company.
(d) Notice given under this section is effective when the notice is mailed.
(e) Notice under this section shall be mailed not later than the 30th day after the date on which the defendant fails to appear as required and a call and fail is ordered. If notice under this section is not given within the prescribed time, the forfeiture shall not become a final judgment and shall not be enforced or reported to the Department of Insurance. (2000-133, s. 6; 2009-550, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act
§ 15A-532 - Persons authorized to determine conditions for release.
§ 15A-533 - Right to pretrial release in capital and noncapital cases.
§ 15A-534.2 - Detention of impaired drivers.
§ 15A-534.3 - Detention for communicable diseases.
§ 15A-534.4 - Sex offenses and crimes of violence against child victimsbail and pretrial release.
§ 15A-534.5 - Detention to protect public health.
§ 15A-534.6 - Bail in cases of manufacture of methamphetamine.
§ 15A-534.7 - Communicating a threat of mass violence; bail and pretrial release.
§ 15A-535 - Issuance of policies on pretrial release.
§ 15A-536 - Release after conviction in the superior court.
§ 15A-537 - Persons authorized to effect release.
§ 15A-538 - Modification of order on motion of person detained; substitution of surety.
§ 15A-539 - Modification upon motion of prosecutor.
§ 15A-540 - Surrender of a defendant by a surety; setting new conditions of release.
§ 15A-541 - Persons prohibited from becoming surety.
§ 15A-542 - False qualification by surety.
§ 15A-543 - Penalties for failure to appear.
§ 15A-544.1 - Forfeiture jurisdiction.
§ 15A-544.2 - Identifying information on bond.
§ 15A-544.3 - Entry of forfeiture.
§ 15A-544.4 - Notice of forfeiture.
§ 15A-544.5 - Setting aside forfeiture.
§ 15A-544.6 - Final judgment of forfeiture.
§ 15A-544.7 - Docketing and enforcement of final judgment of forfeiture.
§ 15A-544.8 - Relief from final judgment of forfeiture.
§ 15A-547 - Right to habeas corpus.
§ 15A-547.1 - Remit bail bond if defendant sentenced to community or intermediate punishment.