Dearborn County, Indiana

Bail Schedule

STATE OF INDIANA       )
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COUNTY OF DEARBORN )                      CAUSE NO. 15-C01-09            MI-                                      

 BAIL ORDER

          The following bail procedures shall be in effect immediately for all persons incarcerated in the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center whose appearance is required in the Dearborn Circuit Court, Dearborn Superior Court No. 1, and Dearborn Superior Court II, and this Order supersedes all previous bail orders:

A PERSON CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING CRIMINAL OFFENSES
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO POST BAIL WITHOUT PERSONALLY APPEARING
BEFORE A JUDGE AT AN INITIAL HEARING

1. Any person charged with
2. Any person charged with any Class A, B, or C
3. Any person charged with a crime involving Domestic Violence which shall include the felony or misdemeanor offenses of Domestic Battery, Strangulation, Battery on a Child, Intimidation, Confinement, or Invasion of Privacy.
4. Any person arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement or Battery on a Police Officer;
5. Any person arrested for Non-Support of a Dependent Child;
6. Any person charged with Habitual Offender or is shown to have two (2) or more prior felony convictions;
7. Any person currently on probation or parole;
8. Any person currently on Southeast Regional Community Corrections Road Crew, Work Release, or In Home Incarceration;
9. Any person currently on release on bond for a felony offense;
10. Any person charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated who has two (2) or more prior Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicate convictions;
11. Any person who has been returned to Indiana from another state to face criminal charges; and
12. Any person who has been arrested in Indiana as a fugitive from another

THE BAIL SCHEDULE FOR ALL OTHER ARRESTS

 * A Dearborn County resident that is arrested for a Class B Misdemeanor and/or Class C Misdemeanor, may be released on their own recognizance if the NCIC criminal history shows no prior criminal arrests.

     All cash bail bonds shall become a personal asset of the defendant and shall be held in trust by the Clerk of Courts and shall be applied towards payment of the defendant’s fines, costs, fees, restitution, judgments, and public defender reimbursement. The cash bail system in Dearborn County is a fifty percent (50%) cash bail system and any person who fails to appear shall be responsible to the court for the full amount which is equal to two times the amount ordered to be posted.

     When multiple charges are filed against a person on the same arrest, the bond shall be set by the most serious charge placed against the person and shall not be stacked by the lesser charges.

     All persons released on bail prior to the initial hearing shall appear for their initial hearing at 9:00 A.M. on the next business day for court proceedings. All persons shall be further advised that a failure to appear will result in revocation of bail and the issuance of an arrest warrant for failure to appear.

     A corrections officer shall call the Judge on-call if any exceptional circumstances exist in a particular case which may warrant a deviation from this Bail order.

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