MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative McLean
AN ACT TO PROVIDE WHEN A BAIL BOND OR OBLIGATION THEREUNDER IS DISCHARGED AND BECOMES NULL AND VOID; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 99-5-41, Mississippi Code of 1972:
99-5-41. A bail bond and the obligation thereunder is discharged and becomes null and void when:
(a) The defendant is found guilty and sentence is pronounced;
(b) The charge is dismissed or nolle prosequi;
(c) The charge is retired or remanded to the files;
(d) The defendant is surrendered by a bail agent in open court or to the sheriff or chief of police or respective jailer of the proper jurisdiction or a verbal or written, including electronic detention, notice of surrender is delivered thereto as required in Section 99-5-27; or
(e) The defendant is sentenced to nonadjudication, an alternative sentence, or an intervention court program.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.