Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 10.19.160 (2026)

Surrender of person under surety's bond

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The surety on the bond may return to custody a person in a criminal case under the surety's bond if the surrender is accompanied by a notice of forfeiture or a notarized affidavit specifying the reasons for the surrender. The surrender shall be made to the county or city jail affiliated with the jurisdiction issuing the warrant resulting in bail. Upon surrender, a person must be held until the next judicial day or until another bond is posted.

[ 2017 c 78 s 1; 1986 c 322 s 5.]

Notes:

Severability—1986 c 322: See note following RCW 10.19.090.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2016 · leading case: Johnson v. Kittitas Cnty., 11 P.3d 862 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000).

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Johnson v. Kittitas Cnty., 11 P.3d 862 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 19× “Francis Wayne Johnson, a surety writing bail bonds, asked the Kittitas County Superior Court to enter a declaratory judgment interpreting RCW 10.19.160 governing the surrender of persons (principals or prisoners) released on bail.”

Johnson v. Cnty. of Kittitas, 11 P.3d 862 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 19× “Johnson the discretion to surrender a principal to the Kittitas County Corrections Center (KCCC) whenever he believed himself insecure.”

State Of Washington v. Randall Smith (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “Although Smith is correct that the bail agents are merely private citizens, not police officers, RCW 10.19.160 confers limited authority on a bail agent to conduct apprehensions on arrest warrants for failure to appear.”

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