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		Section/Rule:	No. 30
Subject:	Forms - Rules of Criminal Procedure - Criminal Procedures Forms	Publication / Adopted Date:
Topic:	Bond in Any Misdemeanor Case or in Felony Case Where Defendant Has Been Indicted	Revised / Effective Date:

FORM NO. 30

BOND IN ANY MISDEMEANOR CASE OR IN FELONY CASE WHERE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN INDICTED

(Where bond is signed by personal surety or surety company)

STATE OF MISSOURI )
) ss.
COUNTY OF ___________ )

IN THE ______________ COURT WITHIN AND FOR THE SAID COUNTY

STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff, )
vs. ) No.________
____________________, Defendant. )

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we ___________, as principal, and ____________, as surety, whose address is _______________________, do acknowledge ourselves to owe and to be held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the full sum of $____________, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns to be levied of our goods and chattels, lands and tenements unto the said State rendered, on this condition, however, to-wit:

THAT WHEREAS, the defendant herein, to-wit: the above bounden ____________, stands charged in this court with the commission of a criminal offense, to-wit:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NOW, THEREFORE, if the said defendant shall personally be and appear in this court to answer the said charge at the courthouse in the City of ____________, County and State aforesaid, and on the _________ day of _____________, 19___, not thence to depart without leave and shall be and appear in this court from time to time thereafter as required by the court and throughout the pendency of this action, for trial and all other proceedings herein, including the rendition of final judgment and sentence herein and shall abide and submit himself to the orders, judgment, sentence and process of the court herein (and shall likewise personally be and appear in and before any other court, or division of any court, subsequently having jurisdiction of this cause upon change of venue, and shall continue to be and appear in said court, or division, from time to time as required by the court, and shall abide and submit himself to the orders, judgment, sentence and process of said court or division), > [FN1] then, in such event, this bond shall be null, void, and of no effect. Otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with law, and all sureties herein submit themselves to the jurisdiction of this court and of any other court to which this cause may be taken on change of venue and irrevocably appoint the clerk of the court in which said cause may be pending as their agent for the purpose of receiving service of notice, motions, pleadings and process in connection with any forfeiture proceeding hereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have set their hands this_____ day of _____________, 19___,

_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

Approved this _____ day of _____________, 19___..

_______________________________
Judge/Clerk of ________ Court

This bond is recorded in Book ____ at Page ___.

Where bond is signed by a surety company, the agent of the company should attach his power of attorney.

* In the event that this bond is first given after a change of venue has been taken and in the court to which the cause has been transferred upon said change of venue, the language included in the parentheses is to be stricken out.