Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 10.19 RCW
BAIL AND APPEARANCE BONDS
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10.19.040Officers authorized to take recognizance and approve bail.
10.19.055Class A or B felony offensesBail for release determined by judicial officer.
10.19.060Certification and filing of recognizances.
10.19.065Taking and entering recognizances.
10.19.090Forfeiture, exoneration of recognizancesJudgmentExecution.
10.19.100Stay of execution of forfeiture judgmentBond.
10.19.105Forfeiture judgment vacated on defendant's productionWhen.
10.19.110Recognizances before district judge or magistrateForfeitureAction.
10.19.120Actions not barred by defect of form or formality.
10.19.140Return of bond to surety, when.
10.19.150Liability of surety, limitation.
10.19.160Surrender of person under surety's bond.
10.19.170Violent offendersReasons for release without bail.
NOTES:
Bail
arresting officer's duties regarding: RCW 10.31.030.
pending appeal to supreme court: RCW 10.73.040.
traffic offenses, nonresidents: RCW 46.64.035.
Fugitives, bail: Chapter 10.88 RCW.
Recognizance
for stay of execution: RCW 10.82.020, 10.82.025.
to keep the peace as incidence of conviction of crime: RCW 10.64.070, 10.64.075.
Recognizances relative to preliminary hearings: Chapter 10.16 RCW.