All bonds and recognizances taken for the appearance of any party, either as defendant, prosecutor, or witness in any criminal proceeding or matter, shall be made payable to the state, and shall have the effect to bind the accused and his sureties on the bond or recognizance until the principal shall be discharged by due course of law, and shall be in full force, from term to term, for a period of three (3) years, except that a bond returnable to the Supreme Court shall be in full force for a period of five (5) years. If it is necessary to renew a bond, it shall be renewed without additional premium. At the end of the applicable period, a bond or recognizance that is not renewed shall expire and shall be uncollectible unless the collection process was started on or before the expiration date of such bond or recognizance. Any bond or recognizance taken prior to July 1, 1996, shall expire on July 1, 1999. If a defendant is charged with multiple counts in one (1) warrant only one (1) bond shall be taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-5-5
Bonds to be made payable to state; effect; expiration and renewal
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Frontier Insurance Co. v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Brooks (March 2001)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 65, art. 2(57); 1857, ch. 64, art. 291; 1871, § 2791; 1880, § 3040; 1892, § 1393; 1906, § 1465; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1223; 1930, § 1245; 1942, § 248…
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