Nevada Revised Statutes Section 179.340 - Procedure in Criminal Cases

Bail: After arrest and before preliminary examination. An undertaking for bail after arrest and before preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:

A warrant having been issued on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ......., by ........................, a justice of the peace of ........................ County, for the arrest of ........................ (stating name of the accused), upon a charge of ........................ (stating briefly the nature of the offense), upon which he has been arrested and duly ordered admitted to bail in the sum of .................. dollars and ordered to appear before the magistrate who issued the warrant, we, ......................., of ........................, and ........................ (stating their names and place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named ........................ shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned, at ............. o’clock ...m., on the ....... day of the month of ........... of the year ......., before ........................, the magistrate issuing the warrant, at his office in ....................., ..................... County, State of Nevada, and that the above-named (insert name of accused) shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned in whatever court and before whatever magistrate it may be prosecuted, or before which he may be required to appear by law, and shall at all times render himself amenable to the orders and process of the court and the requirements of the law, and if convicted shall appear for judgment and render himself in execution thereof; or if he fail to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of ............. dollars (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).

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(Signatures of Sureties)

Last modified: February 25, 2006