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  2. Bail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2012 Nebraska and Maine in addition to the aforementioned Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon and Wisconsin prohibited surety bail bonds. [29] [failed verification] In 2021, Illinois abolished cash bail in a provision of the SAFE-T Act, which included a number of law enforcement reform measures. After legal challenges, the provision eliminating ...

  3. Bail - Wikipedia

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    A Bailable offence is defined as an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule of the Code or which is made bailable by any other law, and non-bailable offence means any other offence. A person who is arrested for a 'bailable' offence may secure bail at the police station, while those who fail to secure police bail and those ...

  4. Bail bondsman - Wikipedia

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    A bail bondsman, bail bond agent or bond dealer is any person, agency or corporation that will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a defendant in court. Bail bond agents are almost exclusively found in the United States because the practice of bail bonding is illegal in most other countries.

  5. Surety - Wikipedia

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    A surety bond is defined as a contract among at least three parties: [1] the obligee: the party who is the recipient of an obligation; the principal: the primary party who will perform the contractual obligation; the surety: who assures the obligee that the principal can perform the task; European surety bonds can be issued by banks and surety ...

  6. Peace bond - Wikipedia

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    Peace bonds are similar to a civil court restraining order, and are also based on the lesser burden of proof of civil law. [citation needed] A peace bond can be issued by a criminal court judge or a Justice of the Peace. [2] A peace bond is usually issued when the Crown Prosecutor is convinced that a strong case does not exist against the accused.

  7. Bounty hunter - Wikipedia

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    A bounty hunter is a private agent working for a bail bondsman who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty.The occupation, officially known as a bail enforcement agent or fugitive recovery agent, has traditionally operated outside the legal constraints that govern police officers and other agents of the state.

  8. Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or ...

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    A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S ...

  9. Exoneration - Wikipedia

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    The term "exoneration" also is used in criminal law to indicate a surety, i.e. bail bond has been satisfied, completed, and exonerated. The judge orders the bond exonerated; the clerk of court time stamps the original bail bond power and indicates exonerated as the judicial order.