North Carolina General Statutes 15A-544.2. Identifying information on bond
(a) The following information shall be entered on each bail bond executed under Part 1 of this Article:
(1) The name and mailing address of the defendant.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 15A-544.2
- Accommodation bondsman: means a natural person who has reached the age of 18 years and is a bona fide resident of this State and who, aside from love and affection and release of the person concerned, receives no consideration for action as surety and who endorses the bail bond after providing satisfactory evidences of ownership, value, and marketability of real or personal property to the extent necessary to reasonably satisfy the official taking bond that such real or personal property will in all respects be sufficient to assure that the full principal sum of the bond will be realized in the event of breach of the conditions thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- 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.
- Bail agent: means any person who is licensed by the Commissioner as a surety bondsman under Article 71 of Chapter 58 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- Bail bond: means an undertaking by the defendant to appear in court as required upon penalty of forfeiting bail to the State in a stated amount. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Defendant: means a person obligated to appear in court as required upon penalty of forfeiting bail under a bail bond. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- Entered: means signed and filed in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county in which the document is to be entered. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-101.1
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Insurance company: means any domestic, foreign, or alien surety company which has qualified under Chapter 58 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- Professional bondsman: means any person who is approved and licensed by the Commissioner of Insurance under Article 71 of Chapter 58 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-531
- Surety: means :
(2) The name and mailing address of any accommodation bondsman executing the bond as surety.
(3) The name and license number of any professional bondsman executing the bond as surety and the name and license number of the runner executing the bail bond on behalf of the professional bondsman.
(4) The name of any insurance company executing the bond as surety, and the name, license number, and power of appointment number of the bail agent executing the bail bond on behalf of the insurance company.
(b) If a defendant is released upon execution of a bail bond that does not contain all the information required by subsection (a) of this section, the defendant’s order of pretrial release may be revoked as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-534(f). (2000-133, s. 6.)