2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 818 - Arrest and bail.
818.21 - Arrest of principal by bail.

Universal Citation:
WI Stat § 818.21 (2025)
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818.21 Arrest of principal by bail. For the purpose of surrendering the defendant the sureties, at any time before they are finally charged, may arrest the defendant or by a written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the bond may empower any discreet person to do so.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.21; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.21; 1993 a. 486.

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