HB-5846, As Passed House, June 17, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5846

                                                                             A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled                                             

"The code of criminal procedure,"                                           

by amending section 28 of chapter V (MCL 765.28), as amended by             

2002 PA 659.                                                                

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1                               CHAPTER V                                       

2       Sec. 28.  (1) If default is made in any recognizance in a                   

3   court of record, the default shall be entered on the record by              

4   the clerk of the court.  After the default is entered, the court            

5   , upon the motion of the attorney general, prosecuting attorney,           

6   or the attorney for the local unit of government,  shall give               

7   each surety immediate notice not to exceed 7 days after the date            

8   of the failure to appear.  The notice shall be served upon each             

9   surety in person or left at the surety's last known business                

10  address.  Each surety shall be given an opportunity to appear               

1   before the court on a day certain and show cause why judgment               

2   should not be entered against the surety for the full amount of             

3   the recognizance.  If good cause is not shown, the court shall              

4   enter judgment against the surety on the recognizance for an                

5   amount determined appropriate by the court but not more than the            

6   full amount of the recognizance.  Execution shall be awarded and            

7   executed upon the judgment in the manner provided for in personal           

8   actions.                                                                    

9       (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the court shall set               

10  aside the forfeiture and discharge the bail or surety bond within           

11  1 year from the date of forfeiture judgment if the defendant has            

12  been apprehended, the ends of justice have not been thwarted, and           

13  the county has been repaid its costs for apprehending the                   

14  person.  If the bond or bail is discharged, the court shall enter           

15  an order to that effect with a statement of the amount to be                

16  returned to the surety.                                                     

17      (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the defendant was                      

18  apprehended more than 56 days after the bail or bond was ordered            

19  forfeited and judgment entered and the surety did not fully pay             

20  the forfeiture judgment within that 56-day period.