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Chapter 17

Bail

17.01Definition of "Bail"17.02Definition of "Bail Bond"17.021Public Safety Report System 17.022Public Safety Report 17.023Authority to Release on Bail in Certain Cases 17.024Training on Duties Regarding Bail 17.025Officers Taking Bail Bond 17.026Electronic Filing of Bail Bond 17.027Release on Bail of Defendant Charged with Felony Offense 17.028Bail Decision 17.029Review of Bail Decision 17.03Personal Bond 17.031Release on Personal Bond 17.032Release on Personal Bond of Certain Defendants with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability 17.033Release on Bond of Certain Persons Arrested Without a Warrant 17.04Requisites of a Personal Bond 17.045Bail Bond Certificates 17.05When a Bail Bond Is Given 17.0501Required Training 17.06Corporation as Surety 17.07Corporation to File with County Clerk Power of Attorney Designating Agent 17.071Charitable Bail Organizations 17.08Requisites of a Bail Bond 17.081Additional Requisites of Bail Bond Given by Certain Defendants 17.085Notice of Appearance Date 17.09Duration; Original and Subsequent Proceedings; New Bail 17.091Notice of Certain Bail Reductions Required 17.092Reduction in Amount or Conditions of Bond Prohibited in Certain Circumstances 17.10Disqualified Sureties 17.11How Bail Bond Is Taken 17.12Exempt Property 17.13Sufficiency of Sureties Ascertained 17.14Affidavit Not Conclusive 17.141Eligible Bail Bond Sureties in Certain Counties 17.15Rules for Setting Amount of Bail 17.151Release Because of Delay 17.152Denial of Bail for Violation of Certain Court Orders or Conditions of Bond in a Family Violence Case 17.153Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Bond Where Child Alleged Victim 17.16Discharge of Liability; Surrender or Incarceration of Principal Before Forfeiture; Verification of Incarceration 17.17When Surrender Is Made During Term 17.18Surrender in Vacation 17.19Surety May Obtain a Warrant 17.20Bail in Misdemeanor 17.21Bail in Felony 17.22May Take Bail in Felony 17.23Sureties Severally Bound 17.24General Rules Applicable 17.25Proceedings When Bail Is Granted 17.26Time Given to Procure Bail 17.27When Bail Is Not Given 17.28When Ready to Give Bail 17.29Accused Liberated 17.291Further Detention of Certain Persons 17.292MAGISTRATE'S ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION 17.293Delivery of Order for Emergency Protection to Other Persons 17.294Confidentiality of Certain Information in Order for Emergency Protection 17.30Shall Certify Proceedings 17.31Duty of Clerks Who Receive Such Proceedings 17.32In Case of No Arrest 17.33Request Setting of Bail 17.34Witnesses to Give Bond 17.35Security of Witness 17.36Effect of Witness Bond 17.37Witness May Be Committed 17.38Rules Applicable to All Cases of Bail 17.39Records of Bail 17.40Conditions Related to Victim or Community Safety 17.41Condition Where Child Alleged Victim 17.411Conditions for Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators 17.42Personal Bond Office 17.43Home Curfew and Electronic Monitoring as Condition 17.431Notification by Personal Bond Office Regarding Electronic Monitoring Device Violation 17.44Home Confinement, Electronic Monitoring, and Drug Testing as Condition 17.441Conditions Requiring Motor Vehicle Ignition Interlock 17.442Notification by Agency Supervising Defendant Regarding Electronic Monitoring Device Violation 17.45Conditions Requiring Aids and Hiv Instruction 17.46Conditions for a Defendant Charged with Stalking 17.465Conditions for Defendant Charged with Certain Trafficking or Prostitution Related Offenses Involving Adult Victims 17.47Conditions Requiring Submission of Specimen 17.48Posttrial Actions 17.49Conditions for Defendant Charged with Offense Involving Family Violence 17.50Entry into Texas Crime Information Center of Certain Information in Cases Involving Violent Offenses or Stalking; Duties of Magistrates, Sheriffs, and Department of Public Safety 17.51Notice of Conditions 17.52Reporting of Conditions 17.53Procedures and Forms Related to Monetary Bond