Sec. 10. (a) Recognizances for the appearance of prisoners shall in all cases and in all courts be in writing, be taken with at least one (1) resident freehold surety or be secured by a surety company, and be substantially in the following form:

STATE OF INDIANA

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-10-2-10

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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.
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
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State of Indiana.

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John Doe

We, A B and C D, jointly and severally acknowledge ourselves bound to the state of Indiana in ______ dollars. If A B (the prisoner) shall appear on the ____ day of ________, 20___, in the ___________ court, to answer a charge of (here state the offense) and from day to day and from term to term thereof, and abide the order of the court until the cause is determined and not depart therefrom without leave, then this recognizance shall be void, else to remain in full force.

If the above named defendant does not appear at any time fixed in this bond, the court shall order CD (the surety) to produce the defendant. The court shall mail notice of this order to CD, the surety at __________ and __________ in __________ county and state of Indiana. If the surety does not produce the defendant, and does not pay all costs and late surrender fees in compliance with IC 27-10-2-12, the court shall, three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the mailing of the above notice to the surety, declare the bond forfeited, enter judgment forthwith against the surety, and certify the judgment to the clerk for record. Such forfeiture shall be without pleadings and without change of judge or change of venue. The obligors on such bond may appeal to the ruling of the court and appeal to the court of appeals as in other civil cases, and on appeal the evidence may be reviewed. Execution shall issue forthwith to the sheriff against the properties of each of us to be levied as other executions are levied.

 

Witness our hand and seals this ___ day of _________, 20___.

 

A B __________ (SEAL)

 

C D __________ (SEAL)

 

taken and approved this ___ day of _________, 20___.

 

 

__________________________

 

 

 

(Officer taking surety)

 

Affidavits shall be taken from each personal surety substantially

as follows:

 

State of Indiana

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County of ______________

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I, C D, being duly sworn, on oath say, that I am worth in my personal rights and name, over and above all debts and liabilities of any and every kind, not less than _______ dollars, and that I possess real estate in my own name, located in the above-named county, which is worth over and above all encumbrances and liens, more than ______ dollars; that I am surety on the following recognizance bonds and none other, aggregating the total amount of ________ to-wit: (Here name bonds and amounts, if any) ________, And that I am not surety on any recognizance bond of any kind in any court which bond has been forfeited which judgment remains unpaid.

C D _______________ (SEAL)

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ___ day of __________, 20___.

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(Officer administering oath)

     (b) Printed forms of the above bonds shall be kept by all clerks of court that are authorized by law to admit prisoners to bail and shall be supplied by the clerks to sheriffs.

     (c) For the purposes of this article, a cause is determined when a:

(1) judgment of conviction or acquittal is entered for a misdemeanor;

(2) judgment is withheld in a misdemeanor case;

(3) judgment of acquittal is entered in a felony case;

(4) sentence is imposed in a felony case; or

(5) defendant has been ordered or admitted to a diversion program.

As added by P.L.261-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.355-1989(ss), SEC.3; P.L.2-2005, SEC.73.

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