Minnesota Statutes 629.44 – Recognizance by Offender; Cases Not Punishable by Imprisonment in Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater
A person arrested with a warrant for an offense not punishable by imprisonment in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, may ask to enter into a recognizance. If the person asks, the peace officer making the arrest shall take the arrested person before a judge of the county in which the arrest is made, for a recognizance without trial or hearing. The judge may take from the arrested person a recognizance with sufficient sureties for that person’s appearance before the court having jurisdiction of the offense in the county. After the recognizance is taken, the judge shall release the arrested person. The judge taking bail shall certify the release of the arrested person on bail upon the warrant and deliver it, with the recognizance, to the person making the arrest. The person making the arrest shall deliver it without unnecessary delay to the court administrator before which the accused was recognized to appear. On application of the complainant, the judge who issued the warrant or the county attorney shall summon any witnesses the judge or county attorney considers necessary.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 629.44
- 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.
- court administrator: means the court administrator of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending, and "court administrator's office" means that court administrator's office. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.