(a) Requirements on Sureties. A surety securing a person’s appearance must:
(1) be a corporate surety that:
(A) holds a certificate of authority from the Secretary of the Treasury; and
(B) acts through a bondsman registered with the clerk; or
(2) own fee-simple title to real estate:
(A) in which the surety’s equity has a fair-market value at least double that
of the bond’s penalty;
(B) that is unencumbered except for current taxes and a first-mortgage lien;
and
(C) that is not subject to an existing appearance bond in any court in this
district—whether federal, state, county, or municipal.
(b) Sureties on Appearance Bonds. Only a corporate surety may charge a fee for an
appearance bond.
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Criminal Rule 47-1
