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Ohio Rev. Code § 2713.22 (2026)

Bail may arrest defendant

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October 1, 1953
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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the bail may arrest him at any time or place before he is finally charged, or, by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bond, may empower any person of suitable age and discretion to do so.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2001–2012 · leading case: State v. Kole, 750 N.E.2d 148 (Ohio 2001).
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State v. Kole, 750 N.E.2d 148 (Ohio 2001). · cites it 11× “*306 R.C. 2713.22 provides: “For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the bail may arrest him at any time or place before he is finally charged, or, by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bond, may empower any person of suitable age and discretion to do…”
Mota v. Gruszczynski, 2012 Ohio 275 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 9× “*755 Relevance of Bounty-Hunter Statute, R.C. 2713.22, to Criminal Trespass, as Defined in R.”
State v. Kole, 2001 Ohio 191 (Ohio 2001). · cites it 11× “{¶ 13} R.C. 2713.22 provides: “For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the bail may arrest him at any time or place before he is finally charged, or, by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bond, may empower any person of suitable age and discretion to…”
Commonwealth v. Cabral, 819 N.E.2d 951 (Mass. 2005). “80 (McKinney 1995) (permitting surety “by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bail bond,” to “empower any person over twenty years of age” to surrender principal); Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2713.22 (West 1994) (permitting surety “by a written authority indorsed…”
State v. Bryant, 2012 Ohio 3909 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “{¶29} Although trial counsel raised a common law privilege in defense to the charges, that privilege was narrower than the statutory privilege that R.C. 2713.22 provided a bail-bonding agent to surrender a defendant.”
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