Wisconsin Statutes 818.17 – Qualification of bail
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 818.17
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
Each surety must be a resident and freeholder within the state and be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, above all the surety’s liabilities, in property within this state, not exempt from execution; but a judge, on justification, may allow more than 2 sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order, if the whole justification equals twice the sum specified in the bond.