818.20 Surrender of principal. At any time before a failure to comply with their bond the sureties may surrender the defendant in their exoneration or the defendant may surrender to the sheriff of the county where the defendant was arrested. A certified copy of the bail bond shall be delivered to the sheriff, who shall detain the defendant in the sheriff's custody, as upon an order of arrest, and shall, in writing, acknowledge the surrender. Upon the production of a copy of the bond and the sheriff's certificate a judge may, upon 8 days' notice to the plaintiff, order that the bail be exonerated. But this section shall not apply to the arrest for the causes mentioned in s. 818.02 (3).
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758, 777 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.20; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.20; 1993 a. 481, 486; 1995 a. 225.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 818 - Arrest and bail.
818.02 - When arrests may be made.
818.03 - Order of arrest, by whom made.
818.06 - Order for arrest, what to contain.
818.07 - Execution of order of arrest.
818.11 - Deposit in lieu of bail.
818.14 - Application of deposit.
818.15 - Sheriff's return to plaintiff; notice of nonacceptance.
818.16 - Notice of justification of bail.
818.17 - Qualification of bail.
818.18 - Justification of bail.
818.19 - Proceedings on justification.
818.20 - Surrender of principal.
818.21 - Arrest of principal by bail.
818.22 - Custody of principal.
818.23 - Proceedings against bail.
818.26 - Proceedings against sheriff.
818.27 - Bail liable to sheriff.