§ 22-2806 — Justification and approval of sureties

Every uncompensated surety, except an insurance company authorized to transact business pursuant to K.S.A. 40-1102(d), and amendments thereto, shall justify by affidavit and may be required to describe in the affidavit the property by which such surety proposes to justify and the encumbrances thereon, the number and amount of other bonds and undertakings for bail entered into by such surety and remaining undischarged and all such surety's other liabilities. No bond shall be approved unless the uncompensated surety appears to be qualified. The appearance bond and the uncompensated sureties may be approved and accepted by a judge of the court where the action is pending or by the sheriff of the county.

Legislative History

L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2806; L. 1992, ch. 314, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 85, § 14; July 1.