Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 35-33-8-1 (2026)
"Bail bond" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bail bond" means a bond executed by a person who has been arrested for the commission of an offense, for the purpose of ensuring:
(1) the person's appearance at the appropriate legal proceeding;
(2) another person's physical safety; or
(3) the safety of the community.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.221-1996, SEC.1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf & Clerk of Vanderburgh Cnty. (garnishee), 93 N.E.3d 1091 (Ind. 2018).
Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf & Clerk of Vanderburgh Cnty. (garnishee), 93 N.E.3d 1091 (Ind. 2018). “Indiana Code section 35-33-8-1 defines a “bail bond” as a bond that is “executed by a person who has been arrested for the commission of an offense, for the purpose of ensuring (1) the person’s appearance at the appropriate legal proceeding; (2) another person’s physical safety;…”
Loren Hamilton Fry v. State of Indiana, 990 N.E.2d 429 (Ind. 2013). “739 , 753–54 (1987) (“Nothing in the text of the Bail Clause [of the Eighth Amendment] limits permissible Government considerations solely to questions of flight.”). 3 That the right to bail is so deeply valued, however, does not mean that it is unqualified.”
Lake Cnty. Clerk's Off. v. Smith, 766 N.E.2d 707 (Ind. 2002). “I.C. § 35-33-8-1. A bail bond executed under Indiana Code section 35-33-8-3.”
Smith v. Lake Cnty., 863 N.E.2d 464 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). “I.C. § 35-33-8-1. A bail bond executed under Indiana Code section 35-33-8-3.”
Douglas Alan Wolff v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.), 87 N.E.3d 528 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “” I.C. § 35-33-8-1. On the other hand, the stated purpose of posting a bond under Indiana Code section 35-46-3-6(c) is to provide for the care of impounded animals where there is probable cause to support charges of animal neglect or cruelty.”
Dennis Garner v. Gregory Stewart Kempf & Vanderburgh Cnty. Clerk, 70 N.E.3d 408 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “CODE § 35-33-8-1. No other purpose is stated. To further these, and only these, purposes, the bail statutes Court of Appeals of Indiana | Opinion 82A01-1512-PL-2362 | January 30, 2017 Page 12 of 14 allow certain fees (including attorney fees) to be deducted from the amount of…”
State v. Boles, 792 N.E.2d 553 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “” Pursuant to Indiana Code Section 35-33-8-1, a “bail bond” is a bond executed by a person who has been arrested for the purpose of ensuring (1) the person’s appearance at the appropriate legal proceeding; (2) another person’s physical safety; or (3) the safety of the community.”
Alice M Flowers v. State of Indiana (Ind. Ct. App. 2025). “Ind. Code § 35-33-8-1 (1996). Bond revocation is the process of terminating the defendant’s conditional release and compelling him to reappear in court in person because he has violated conditions of his release while out on bond.”
Bartole v. Indiana State of (N.D. Ind. 2024). “§ 35-33-8-1. As detailed above, the scheme requires trial courts to consider factors that are materially relevant to these purpose, including numerous references to whether they are relevant to the risk of flight or nonappearance.”
Ind. Code § 35-33-8-1(1): 1 case
Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf & Clerk of Vanderburgh Cnty. (garnishee), 93 N.E.3d 1091 (Ind. 2018). “Indiana Code section 35-33-8-1 defines a “bail bond” as a bond that is “executed by a person who has been arrested for the commission of an offense, for the purpose of ensuring (1) the person’s appearance at the appropriate legal proceeding; (2) another person’s physical safety;…”
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