When a person charged with a criminal offense is admitted to bail or committed by the judge, the judge shall also bind by recognizance any witnesses against the accused whom the judge considers material, to appear and testify at any trial or hearing in which the accused is scheduled to appear. If the judge is satisfied that there is good reason to believe that a witness will not perform the conditions of the witness' recognizance unless other security is given, the judge may order the witness to enter into a recognizance for the witness' appearance, with sureties as the judge considers necessary. Except in case of murder in the first degree, arson where human life is destroyed, and cruel abuse of children, the judge may not commit any witness who offers to recognize, without sureties, for the witness' appearance.
Minn. Stat. § 629.54
WITNESS TO RECOGNIZE.
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 629.01 to 629.75 (89 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In the Matter of Justin Alexander Marshall Justin Alexander Marshall v. State of Iowa (2011)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of Justin Alexander Marshall Justin Alexander Marshall v. State of Iowa (September 2011)
(10589) RL s 5248; 1983 c 359 s 139; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1; 1986 c 444
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.