Section 765.8 - Surety or bail posted by attorney or counselor prohibited.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927
765.8 Surety or bail posted by attorney or counselor prohibited.
Sec. 8.
A practicing attorney or counselor shall not become a surety or post bail for the appearance of a person charged with a felony, a misdemeanor, or an ordinance violation. A surety or bail posted by an attorney or counselor in violation of this section, taken by a judge or other officer authorized by law to take a recognizance, is void.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17170 ;-- CL 1948, 765.8 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Former Law: See section 75 of Chapter 1 of Act 314 of 1915, being CL 1915, § 12080; and section 1 of Act 61 of 1865, being CL 1871, § 5645; How., § 7196; CL 1897, § 1143.