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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-84-116

Recommitment after bail or deposit of money

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wickham v. State (2009)

Most recently applied in Wickham v. State (June 2009)

Acts 1989, No. 417, § 5.

(1) The court in which a prosecution for a public offense is pending may, by an order, direct the defendant to be arrested and committed to jail until legally discharged, after he or she has given bail, or deposited money in lieu thereof, in the following cases: When by having failed to appear, a forfeiture of bail or of the money deposited has been incurred;

(2) When the court is satisfied that his or her surety, or either of them, is dead, or insufficient, or has moved from the state;

(3) Upon an indictment's being found for an offense not bailable.

(4) Upon the order being made, the clerk shall issue process for the arrest and recommitment of the defendant. If the order is made on account of either of the cases mentioned in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, the defendant shall be admitted to bail as upon his or her first commitment, in a sum to be fixed by the court and named in the process for his or her arrest.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.