ENROLLED
ACT No. 221
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 445
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 335, relative to bond forfeitures;
3 to provide relative to procedures for bond forfeiture; to provide time periods for
4 filing; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 335 is hereby amended and reenacted
7 to read as follows:
8 Art. 335. Rule to show cause; bond forfeiture
9 If the defendant fails to make an appearance and has not been surrendered or
10 constructively surrendered within one hundred eighty days of the execution of the
11 certificate that notice of warrant for arrest was sent, the prosecuting attorney may file
12 a rule to show cause requesting that a bond forfeiture judgment be rendered. The
13 rule to show cause shall be mailed to the defendant and served on all other parties
14 against whom a judgment is sought. The rule to show cause shall be set for a
15 contradictory hearing. The time period for filing a rule to show cause to obtain a
16 judgment of bond forfeiture does not begin until shall be within five years after the
17 notice of warrant for arrest is sent.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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