# D.C. Code § 16-704: Bail; collateral security

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-704

## Section

- **Citation:** D.C. Code § 16-704
- **Heading:** Bail; collateral security
- **Jurisdiction:** District of Columbia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / § 16-704

## Text

(a) A person charged with an offense triable in the criminal division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may give security for his appearance for trial or for further hearing, either by giving bond to the satisfaction of the court or by depositing money as collateral security with the appropriate officer at the court or the station keeper of the police precinct within which he is apprehended. When a sum of money is deposited as collateral security as provided by this section it shall remain, in contemplation of law, the property of the person depositing it until duly forfeited by the court. When forfeited, it shall be, in contemplation of law, the property of the United States of America or of the District of Columbia, according as the charge against the person depositing it is instituted on behalf of the United States or of the District. Every person receiving any sum of money deposited as provided by this section shall be deemed in law the agent of the person depositing it or of the United States or the District, as the case may be, for all purposes of properly preserving and accounting for money.
(b) This section does not affect the ultimate rights under existing law of the Washington Humane Society of the District of Columbia, in or to any forfeitures collected in the criminal division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

## Nearby sections

- [D.C. Code § 16-701 § 16-701. Rules and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-701.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-702 § 16-702. Prosecution by indictment or information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-702.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-703 § 16-703. Process of Criminal Division; fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-703.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-704 § 16-704. Bail; collateral security.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-704.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-705 § 16-705. Jury trial; trial by court.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-705.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-706 § 16-706. Enforcement of judgments; commitment upon non-payment of fine.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-706.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-707 § 16-707. Disposition of fines.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-707.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-708 § 16-708. Penalties for wrongful conversion of forfeitures and fines.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-708.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-709 § 16-709. Executions on forfeited recognizances and judgments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-709.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-710 § 16-710. Suspension of imposition or execution of sentence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-710.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-711 § 16-711. Restitution or reparation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-711.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-711.01 § 16-711.01. Restitution or reparation — Enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-711.01.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-712 § 16-712. Community service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-712.md)
- [D.C. Code § 16-713 § 16-713. Alien sentencing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T16_C7_S16-713.md)

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