Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-10-2-10

Sec. 10. (a) Recognizances for the appearance of prisoners shall in all cases and in all courts be in writing, be taken with at least one (1) resident freehold surety or be secured by a surety company, and be substantially in the following form:

We, A B and C D, jointly and severally acknowledge ourselves bound to the state of Indiana in _______ dollars.  If A B (the prisoner) shall appear on the ____ day of _______, 20___, in the _______ court, to answer a charge of (here state the offense) and from day to day and from term to term thereof, and abide the order of the court until the cause is determined and not depart therefrom without leave, then this recognizance shall be void, else to remain in full force.

If the above named defendant does not appear at any time fixed in this bond, the court shall order CD (the surety) to produce the defendant.  The court shall mail notice of this order to CD, the surety at _______ and _______ in _______ county and state of Indiana.  If the surety does not produce the defendant, and does not pay all costs and late surrender fees in compliance with IC 27-10-2-12, the court shall, three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the mailing of the above notice to the surety, declare the bond forfeited, enter judgment forthwith against the surety, and certify the judgment to the clerk for record.  Such forfeiture shall be without pleadings and without change of judge or change of venue.  The obligors on such bond may appeal to the ruling of the court and appeal to the court of appeals as in other civil cases, and on appeal the evidence may be reviewed.  Execution shall issue forthwith to the sheriff against the properties of each of us to be levied as other executions are levied.

Witness our hand and seals this ___ day of _______, 20___.

A B _______ (SEAL)

C D _______ (SEAL)

taken and approved this ___ day of _______, 20___.

(Officer taking surety)

Affidavits shall be taken from each personal surety substantially as follows:

State of Indiana )

County of _______)

I, C D, being duly sworn, on oath say, that I am worth in my personal rights and name, over and above all debts and liabilities of any and every kind, not less than _______ dollars, and that I possess real estate in my own name, located in the above-named county, which is worth over and above all encumbrances and liens, more than _______ dollars;  that I am surety on the following recognizance bonds and none other, aggregating the total amount of _______ to-wit:  (Here name bonds and amounts, if any) _______, And that I am not surety on any recognizance bond of any kind in any court which bond has been forfeited which judgment remains unpaid.

C D _______ (SEAL)

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ___ day of _______, 20___.

(Officer administering oath)

(b) Printed forms of the above bonds shall be kept by all clerks of court that are authorized by law to admit prisoners to bail and shall be supplied by the clerks to sheriffs.

(c) For the purposes of this article, a cause is determined when a: