Sec. 27. No action brought upon any recognizance entered into in any criminal prosecution, either to appear and answer, or to testify in any court, shall be barred or defeated nor shall judgment thereon be arrested, by reason of any neglect or omission to note or record the default of any principal or surety at the time when such default shall happen, nor by reason of any defect in the form of the recognizance, if it sufficiently appear, from the tenor thereof, at what court the party or witness was bound to appear, and that the court or a magistrate before whom it was taken was authorized by law to require and take such recognizance.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.27
Action on recognizance; technicality as bar
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 85 Mich. App. 514 - People v. Woodall (1978)
Most recently applied in In Re BAIL BOND FORFEITURE (June 2014)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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