Legal Opinion

In Re BAIL BOND FORFEITURE

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 2014No. Docket 146033PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*323MARKMAN, J.

This Court granted leave to appeal to address whether the trial court’s failure to provide the appellant-surety notice within seven days of defendant’s failure to appear, as is required by MCL 765.28, bars forfeiture of the bail bond posted by the surety. Relying on In re Forfeiture of Bail Bond (People v Moore), 276 Mich App 482; 740 NW2d 734 (2007), the Court of Appeals held that a court’s failure to comply with the seven-day notice provision of MCL 765.28(1) does not bar forfeiture of a bail bond posted by a surety. Because we conclude that Moore was wrongly decided, we hold…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. People v. FranciscoMichigan Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Dolan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Browder v. International Fidelity InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
  4. People v. BurnsMichigan Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Nation v. W D E Electric Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by26 opinions

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