Connecticut General Statutes 54-65 – Procedure when surety believes principal intends to abscond. Application for release of surety from bond if principal absconds
(a) Any surety in a recognizance in criminal proceedings, who believes that such surety’s principal intends to abscond, shall apply to a judge of the Superior Court, produce such surety’s bail bond or evidence of being a surety, and verify the reason of such surety’s application by oath or otherwise. Thereupon, the judge shall immediately grant a mittimus, directed to a proper officer or indifferent person, commanding such officer or indifferent person immediately to arrest the principal and commit the principal to a community correctional center. The Community Correctional Center Administrator shall receive the principal and retain the principal in a community correctional center until discharged by due order of law. The surrender of the principal shall be a full discharge of the surety upon such surety’s bond or recognizance.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 54-65
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(b) If the principal of a surety in a recognizance in criminal proceedings absconds, such surety may apply, prior to six months after the date the bond is ordered forfeited, to a judge of the Superior Court to be released from such bond. The judge may release such surety from such bond for good cause shown.