Idaho Code 8-117 – Qualifications of Bail
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The qualifications of bail are as follows:
1. Each of them must be resident and householder or freeholder within the state.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 8-117
- 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.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
2. Each must be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, or the amount to which the order is reduced, as provided in this chapter, over and above all his liabilities, exclusive of property exempt from execution; but the judge, on justification, may allow more than two (2) sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order, if the whole justification be equivalent to that of two (2) sufficient bail.