§ 75-7e01 Bail enforcement agents; definitions
§ 75-7e02 Same; license required
§ 75-7e03 Same; licensure; application; fee; grounds for denial of license
§ 75-7e04 Same; license; form; display; pocket card; change of information
§ 75-7e05 Same; license renewal
§ 75-7e06 Same; suspension or revocation of license; attorney general determination
§ 75-7e07 Same; attorney general exclusive control over licensing and regulation; rules and regulations
§ 75-7e08 Same; license, renewal or application; fee set by attorney general; rules and regulations
§ 75-7e09 Same; bail enforcement agents fee fund; receipts and expenditures

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 7e - Bail Enforcement Agents

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.