Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2713 | Arrest and Bail
Section 2713.21 | Surrender of Defendant Discharges Bail.

Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A surrender of a defendant to the sheriff of the county in which he was arrested, with a delivery of a certified copy of the bond of the bail, whether such surrender is made by the defendant himself or by his bail, discharges the bail. A surrender may be made before the return day of the summons in an action against the bail. The sheriff shall give to the bail a written acknowledgment of the surrender, and hold the defendant in his custody upon such copy of the bond of the bail as upon an order of arrest. The clerk of the court, on the production to him of the sheriff's acknowledgment of the surrender, shall enter on the bond an exoneration of the bail.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies

Chapter 2713 | Arrest and Bail

Section 2713.01 | Arrest.

Section 2713.02 | Order of Arrest.

Section 2713.03 | Bond.

Section 2713.04 | Time for Issuance of Order of Arrest.

Section 2713.05 | Contents of Order of Arrest.

Section 2713.06 | Return Day of Order of Arrest.

Section 2713.07 | Execution of Order of Arrest.

Section 2713.08 | Custody of the Defendant.

Section 2713.09 | Defendant May Deposit Money.

Section 2713.10 | Money to Be Paid Into Court.

Section 2713.11 | Control of Money.

Section 2713.12 | Sheriff and Sureties Liable for Money.

Section 2713.13 | Bail May Be Given Before Judgment.

Section 2713.14 | Plaintiff May Object to Bail.

Section 2713.15 | Notice of Justification.

Section 2713.16 | Manner of Justification.

Section 2713.17 | Sheriff Liable as Bail - Discharge.

Section 2713.18 | Extent of Sheriff's Liability.

Section 2713.19 | Insufficient Bail Liable to Sheriff.

Section 2713.20 | Liability of Bail.

Section 2713.21 | Surrender of Defendant Discharges Bail.

Section 2713.22 | Bail May Arrest Defendant.

Section 2713.23 | Bail Shall Be Exonerated.

Section 2713.24 | Bail May Be Substituted for a Deposit of Money.

Section 2713.25 | Stay of Proceedings Against Bail.

Section 2713.26 | Vacating Order of Arrest or Reducing the Amount of Bail.

Section 2713.27 | Motion May Be Supported and Opposed by Affidavits.

Section 2713.28 | Payment of Jail Fees.

Section 2713.29 | Sheriff May Discharge Prisoner.