§ 18-10. Authority of police department to accept bail bonds and prepayment bonds in cases of ordinance violations over which municipal court has jurisdiction; fee for service.

(a)

The Boonville Police Department is hereby authorized and empowered to accept bail bonds and prepayment bonds posted by or on behalf of defendants in all cases of ordinance violations over which the municipal court of Boonville has jurisdiction.

(b)

In all such cases wherein a bond is accepted as hereinabove set forth in subsection (a), said police department is authorized and empowered to charge a fee for said service, not to exceed ten per cent of the court costs set by the municipal judge therein. Said bond acceptance fees shall be assessed and collected by the court as part of said court costs and shall be paid over to the City of Boonville at regular intervals in accordance with the normal bookkeeping and banking procedures of the municipal court.

(Ord. No. 2357, §§ 1, 2, 4-16-79)

Editor's note

Section 18-10 is derived from Ord. No. 2357, §§ 1, 2, which ordinance was nonamendatory of this Code.

Cross reference

See also, § 18-11; municipal court, § 2-188 et seq.