RCW 7.44.030
Recognizance of defendant.
The sheriff shall require the defendant to enter into a bond, with sufficient surety, personally to appear within the time allowed by law for answering the complaint, and to abide the order of the court; and in default thereof the defendant shall be committed to prison until discharged in due course of law; such special bail shall be liable for the principal, and shall have a right to arrest and deliver him or her up, as in other cases, and the defendant may give other bail.
[ 2011 c 336 § 208; 1891 c 42 § 3; Code 1881 § 638; 1877 p 133 § 641; 1869 p 149 § 578; 1854 p 209 § 420; RRS § 780, part. FORMER PARTS OF SECTION: Code 1881 § 639; 1877 p 133 § 642; 1869 p 150 § 579; 1854 p 209 § 421 now codified as RCW 7.44.031.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions
7.44.010 - Affidavit for writ.
7.44.021 - Arrest and bail—Bond.
7.44.030 - Recognizance of defendant.
7.44.031 - Recognizance of defendant—Discharge by securing performance.
7.44.040 - Subrogation of surety—Rights of contractor.
7.44.050 - Habeas corpus available to defendant.