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Panel hears bill to require warrants be provided to compensated sureties and to change forfeiture remission rules
Summary
Senate Bill 157 would require sheriffs to make copies of failure-to-appear warrants available to compensated sureties, change criteria for setting aside bond forfeiture, and require courts to remit 95% of appearance bonds if a defendant is returned within 180 days.
Senate Bill 157 would require sheriffs to make failure-to-appear warrants available to compensated sureties who posted appearance bonds, change the factors for setting aside bond forfeiture and add a mandatory remission provision if a defendant is returned to custody within 180 days.
Reviser staff told the committee the bill amends KSA 22-2807, adding a requirement that sheriffs make a copy of a warrant available to the compensated surety and updating the conditions under which a court must set aside a forfeiture. The bill also would require the court to remit 95% of the amount of the appearance bond if the defendant is returned to custody within 180 days.
Senator Stephen Owens, who testified as a proponent and described experience coordinating out-of-state fugitive recovery, said…
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