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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.11. How Bail Bond Is Taken

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Art. 17.11. [277] [325] [313] HOW BAIL BOND IS TAKEN.  Sec. 
1. Every court, judge, magistrate or other officer taking a bail 
bond shall require evidence of the sufficiency of the security 
offered;  but in every case, one surety shall be sufficient, if it 
be made to appear that such surety is worth at least double the 
amount of the sum for which he is bound, exclusive of all property 
exempted by law from execution, and of debts or other encumbrances;  
and that he is a resident of this state, and has property therein 
liable to execution worth the sum for which he is bound.
	Sec. 2. Provided, however, any person who has signed as a 
surety on a bail bond and is in default thereon shall thereafter be 
disqualified to sign as a surety so long as he is in default on said 
bond.  It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court wherein such 
surety is in default on a bail bond, to notify in writing the 
sheriff, chief of police, or other peace officer, of such default.  
A surety shall be deemed in default from the time execution may be 
issued on a final judgment in a bond forfeiture proceeding under the 
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, unless the final judgment is 
superseded by the posting of a supersedeas bond.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1736, ch. 659, Sec. 14, eff. 
Aug. 28, 1967;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1506, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.

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