31.700 - Liability of sheriff for escape or rescue.
31.700 Liability of sheriff for escape or rescue. If, after being arrested, the defendant escape or be rescued, the sheriff shall be liable as bail; but the sheriff may discharge himself or herself from such liability by the giving and justification of bail at any time before judgment.
[1911 CPA § 168; RL § 5110; NCL § 8666]