DE · rules
Del. Supr. Ct. R. 83
Attorneys and other court officers as bondsmen
A court of this State shall not accept any cash bail, special bail bond or surety bond in respect of which an attorney or court officer acts,
directly or indirectly, as bail or surety. This prohibition shall also apply to any agent, employee, member of the immediate family of any
such attorney or court officer, or any corporation in which such attorney or court officer owns a controlling interest. This prohibition
shall not apply to any bond in which the attorney, court officer, agent, employee or family member, as above defined, may be the principal.
The phrase “member of the immediate family” shall include the spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son, daughter,
brother, sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law or any such attorney or court officer.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
- Content hash
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