(A) Acceptance authorized; forfeiture. The Chief of Police or any other officer is authorized to receive from any person arrested for violation of any section of this code, city ordinance or any state law of which the municipal court has jurisdiction, cash bails for the appearance of such persons before the municipal court. If such person voluntarily signs a written agreement in which he or she agrees that in the event of failure to make appearance by or upon the date therein named, his or her bail may be forfeited by the municipal court to the city by an order of judgment of the court, entered upon its minutes, without service of notice or citation of any kind upon him or her and will in the same instrument authorize such officer, in the event of such person’s failure to appear on said date, to plead guilty for him or her and apply said cash bail to the payment of the fine and costs which may be assessed against him or her.
(`87 Code, § 17-2) (Am. Ord. 2002-3, passed 2-5-02)
(B) Amount. Any officer so accepting any cash bail shall fix the same at not less than $5.00. Should such officer deem such amount of bail insufficient to compel the appearance of such person at the date fixed, then he or she may demand such sum as a cash bail as in his or her judgment will require the appearance of such person at the date set for trial; provided that no cash bail shall be accepted unless voluntarily offered by the person charged.
(`87 Code, § 17-3)
(C) Receipt. When a cash bail is tendered and accepted, the officer accepting the same shall issue a special cash bail receipt therefor to the person tendering such cash bail, a copy of which is to remain in the cash bail receipt book. When a cash bail is returned to the person who deposited it, a receipt shall be taken therefor. The same procedure shall apply where the person who deposited the money is present and orders such cash bail to be applied on the payment of any fine and costs assessed against him or her. When such person fails to make his or her appearance and the officer pleads guilty for him or her, such officer shall apply so much of the cash bail as may be necessary for the satisfaction of such fine and costs, and the balance shall be returned to the defendant. In the event such cash bail is forfeited, then the entire sum shall be paid to the proper officer of the city.
(`87 Code, § 17-4)