Terms Used In Michigan Laws 765.24

  • 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.
  • Clerk: means the clerk or a deputy clerk of the court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or qualifying in any way the power of any such courts or any of the judges thereof to release any accused person upon his personal recognizance, or upon a recognizance executed by a surety in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 229 of the Public Acts of 1923, or upon the deposit with the clerk of such court of any cash bail or other security in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of Act No. 369, of the Public Acts of 1919. Whenever such surety deposits with the clerk of such court the penal amount of such recognizance in cash or in other security satisfactory to such court, an order shall issue releasing the lien on the real estate. Nothing in this act shall be construed as qualifying or in any way changing the usual and legal and existing procedure of collecting upon forfeited recognizances, as provided by law.