RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 205 (HB 219) 2017 Regular Session Leopold
Prior law provided that a bail undertaking ceases and a surety is relieved of all obligations
upon conviction and imposition of a sentence or the pronouncement of a sentence or
condition of probation of a defendant in misdemeanor cases.
Prior law further provided that the bail undertaking ceases and the surety is relieved of all
obligations upon conviction in felony cases.
New law provides that a surety's bail obligation is relieved upon conviction in any case.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 331(A)(1) and (2); Repeals C.Cr.P. Art. 331(A)(3))