Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:5601 – Fees of the criminal sheriff for sureties for surrender of a defendant or arrest of a defendant
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:5601
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. The criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans shall collect from a surety the fee of twenty-five dollars, when a surety surrenders a defendant to the criminal sheriff pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 338.
B. The surety shall pay the fee for recalling the capias, accepting the surrender, processing the paperwork, and giving the surety a letter releasing him from his obligation under the defendant’s bond.
C. When a capias is issued by the court for a person who has not appeared in court as ordered and the sheriff’s office, acting on said capias, has to arrest the defendant, the surety shall pay a fee of fifty dollars to the criminal sheriff before the surety is released from the obligation of the bond.
D. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 502, §1; Acts 1991, No. 289, §10; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:1521.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.