Hallsville Court Bonds ordinance (§ 125.060)

A. Any person arrested for violation, failure, neglect or refusal to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of any ordinance may be admitted to bail by: executing a bail bond to the County with good and sufficient security to be approved by the Judge, or in his/her absence or inaccessibility, by the Clerk of the Court, in the amount of not less than two dollars ($2.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) conditioned that such person shall appear upon the day named therein (no later than thirty (30) days from the date of the bond), before the Court and await the trial upon the charge against him/her.

B. Every bail bond shall be filed forthwith with the Clerk of the Court by the officer taking the bond, provided that no attorney, Police Officer or any officer of the City, whether elected or appointed, shall be listed as a surety upon any bail provided for in this Section.

C. In lieu of sureties on the bond, the Judge or in his/her absence or inaccessibility, the Clerk of the Court, may permit the posting of a cash bond, and the Chief of Police or the Assistant Chief of Police or any officer in charge of the Police Department, shall state on the bail bond the receipt of the cash deposit.

D. The City shall in no manner be responsible to any depositor of a cash bail bond. However, the person receiving the cash deposit shall be prosecuted by the City Attorney or other proper officer for failure to account for and pay over the deposit.