Early surrender without cause.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Insurance Code
4. Bail Bond Act
5. Prohibitions and Penalties
6. Early surrender without cause.

• (1) The bail or bail bond premium shall be returned in full if a bail bond producer without good cause surrenders a defendant to custody before:
  • (a) the time specified in the undertaking of bail or the bail bond for the appearance of the defendant; or
  • (b) any other occasion where the presence of the defendant in court is lawfully required.

• (2) As used in this section, "good cause" includes:
  • (a) the defendant providing materially false information on the application for bail or a bail bond;
  • (b) the court's increasing the amount of bail beyond sound underwriting criteria employed by:
    • (i) the bail bond producer; or
    • (ii) the bail bond agency;
  • (c) a material and detrimental change in the collateral posted by:
    • (i) the defendant; or
    • (ii) a person acting on the defendant's behalf;
  • (d) the defendant changing the defendant's address or telephone number without giving reasonable notice to:
    • (i) the bail bond producer; or
    • (ii) the bail bond agency;
  • (e) the defendant commits another crime, other than a minor traffic violation, as defined by department rule, while on bail;
  • (f) failure by the defendant to appear in court at the appointed time; or
  • (g) a finding of guilt against the defendant by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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