TCA 40-11-123
Sufficiency of sureties – Evidence
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What does this charge mean?
Each bail surety (person backing the bail) must be worth at least the bail amount, but a court can accept multiple sureties who each promise less money if their combined promises equal the full amount; the court can question sureties under oath about whether they can actually afford to pay if the defendant fails to appear. This ensures sureties are financially capable.
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(a) Each of the sureties shall be worth the amount expressed in the undertaking, subject to the execution; but the court, magistrate or officer in taking bail may allow more than two (2) sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the undertaking, if the whole qualification is equivalent to two (2) sufficient sureties. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(b) The district attorney general, or the court, magistrate or officer, may examine the sureties on oath touching their sufficiency, in any manner that the district attorney general, or the court, magistrate or officer may deem proper. The court or magistrate may also receive other testimony, either for or against the sufficiency of sureties.
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TCA Section40-11-123