Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1667

The clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County or the
administrative clerk of the District Court for Montgomery County
shall have the power at any time to take bond when authorized by
such court whether the court is in session or not, but in all court
cases before bail or bond is taken BY the said clerks, a judge, or
commissioner shall fix the amount thereof.

In all criminal or motor vehicle violations in Montgomery County
all bonds shall be executed so as to guarantee the appearance, of the
defendant at all stages of the proceeding in the District Court and
the Circuit Court.

4-10A.

Once a judge of the Circuit Court or a judge of the District Court
or a commissioner has set a bond no judge or commissioner shall
sua sponte increase the bond without good cause being shown to
warrant said increase upon a motion of the State's Attorney of
Montgomery County. Nothing contained herein shall limit the power
of a judge of the Circuit Court or a judge of the District Court at
any stage of the proceedings to reduce the amount of said bond.

The premium or compensation for becoming a surety on a bond
shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the amount of such bond where
the offense charged is a misdemeanor. The premium or compensation
for becoming a surety on a bond shall not exceed eight (8%) percent
of the amount of such bond where the offense charged is a felony.

4-10C.

(a)  Any judge of the Circuit Court or judge of the District Court,
or commissioner of the District Court or sheriff, deputy sheriff, or
clerk of any court of Montgomery County receiving or accepting
bonds shall forward within 24 hours copies of all bonds of those
persons arrested in Montgomery County to the central bail bond
clerk.

(b)  Those persons who are arrested in Montgomery County for a
criminal offense shall be taken immediately FOR WHICH THE SET-
TING OF BOND IS REQUIRED BY LAW SHALL BE TAKEN
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE before a judge of the Circuit Court or a
judge of the District Court or a commissioner of the District Court
in order that bond may be set.

(c)   The central bail bond clerk shall keep a properly indexed rec-
ord of each defendant for whom a bail bond is received and accepted
as aforesaid, the number of the case, indictment, information or
warrant, the crime or crimes charged, the amount and type bond
and any forfeiture thereof; and it shall be the duty of said central
bail bond clerk to enter on writs and process directed to him, affect-
ing a defendant for whom a bail bond has been received and accepted
as aforesaid, whether or not the bond of the defendant is in full
force and effect or has been forfeited.

4-10B.