Sec. 15.
A surety in a recognizance to keep the peace has the same authority and right to take and surrender the principal as in other criminal cases. Upon the surrender the surety shall be discharged and exempt from all liability for an act of the principal subsequent to the surrender that would be a breach of the condition of the recognizance. The surety is not discharged or exempt from liability for costs on an appeal taken by the principal in the recognizance. The person surrendered by a surety may recognize anew, with sufficient sureties, before a judge of the same court for the remainder of the term, and, upon doing so, shall be discharged from custody.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17402 ;-- CL 1948, 772.15 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 71, Eff. July 1, 1994
Former Law: See section 18 of Ch. 162 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5976; CL 1871, § 7842; How., § 9452; CL 1897, § 11816; and CL 1915, § 15643.
Last modified: October 10, 2016