Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 6, Chapter 84, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 16-84-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Admission to bail" means an order from a competent court or magistrate that the defendant be discharged from...
• § 16-84-102 - Persons Authorized to Take Bail.
  (a) The following may take bail: (1) A judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court; (2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff with respect to...
• § 16-84-103 - Qualification of Surety.
  (a) The surety shall be: (1) A professional bail bondsman acting through a professional bail bond company; or (2) A resident of the state,...
• § 16-84-104 - Additional Security.
  There shall be no rules, regulations, or requirements enacted by any judge, magistrate, sheriff, or other officer of the court, requiring any professional bail...
• § 16-84-105 - Responsibility of Officer Taking Bail.
  (a) The officer who takes bail shall be officially responsible for the sufficiency of the surety if taken other than through a professional bail...
• § 16-84-106 - Attorneys and Officers Not to Be Sureties.
  No attorney, solicitor, or counselor at law or in equity, clerk, sheriff, chief of police, law enforcement officer, or other person concerned in the...
• § 16-84-107 - Form of Bond.
  (a) The undertaking of the surety, other than by a professional bail bondsman, shall be substantially as follows: Click here to view form(b) If...
• § 16-84-108 - Bonds Not Void for Want of Form.
  No prosecution, appeal, nonresident, or attachment bond, nor any other statutory bonds of any party, plaintiff, or defendant in any court of justice, in...
• § 16-84-109 - Irregularity of Bail Bond or Recognizance.
  (a) No bail bond or recognizance shall be deemed to be invalid by: (1) Reason of any variance between its stipulations and the provisions...
• § 16-84-110 - Bail Before Conviction.
  Before conviction, the defendant may be admitted to bail for his or her appearance: (1) Before a judge or magistrate for an examination of...
• § 16-84-111 - Bail During Trial.
  (a) During the trial of an indictment for a misdemeanor, the defendant may remain on bail.(b) However, for a felony when a defendant is...
• § 16-84-112 - Entering of Recognizance on Court Minutes.
  All recognizances required or authorized to be taken in any criminal proceeding, in open court, by any court of record shall be entered on...
• § 16-84-113 - Application for Bail.
  (a) If the defendant is committed to jail and the application for bail is made to a judge or magistrate during vacation, it must...
• § 16-84-114 - Surrender of Defendant.
  (a) (1) At any time before the forfeiture of their bond, the surety may surrender the defendant or the defendant may surrender himself or...
• § 16-84-115 - Deposit of Money in Lieu of Bail.
  Notwithstanding any rule of criminal procedure to the contrary: (1) (A) Whenever the defendant is admitted to bail in a specified sum, he or...
• § 16-84-116 - Recommitment After Bail or Deposit of Money.
  (a) The court in which a prosecution for a public offense is pending may, by an order, direct the defendant to be arrested and...

Last modified: November 15, 2016