An appearance bond shall be deemed sufficient if it states substantially as follows:

Appearance Bond.

In the Municipal Court of Topeka, Kansas. The City of Topeka, Kansas vs. ________, the accused person, as principal, and ________, as surety, (where surety is used) acknowledge ourselves to be indebted to the City of Topeka, Kansas in the sum of ________ Dollars, secured as required by law, upon these conditions:

That said accused person shall personally appear before the Municipal Court of Topeka, Kansas, on the ________ day of _________, ________, at ____________ o’clock a.m. and, if an appeal is taken, shall appear in the District Court of Shawnee County, and from time to time as required by the court to answer to the complaint, according to his or her promise to do so, which the accused person hereby makes then this bond shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in force.

Dated this ___________ day of ________, ________.

_______________________
(Accused Person)

_________________________________
(Address)

_________________________________
(Surety) (Where Applicable)

_________________________________
(Address)

Receipt for cash surety

Received from ________, accused person, ________ Dollars cash security on above bond this _____________ day of ________, ________.

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(Clerk of Municipal Court or Law Enforcement Officer)

OR

Receipt for guaranteed arrest bond certificate security

Received from ________ a guaranteed certificate issued by ________, as security on above bond this ____________ day of ________, ________.

_________________________________
(Clerk of Municipal Court or Law Enforcement Officer)

OR

Receipt for operator’s license security

Received from ________, accused person, operator’s license issued by the State of ________, bearing number ________, issued to said accused person, as security on above bond this ________ day of ________, ________.

_________________________________
(Clerk of Municipal Court or Law Enforcement Officer)

OR

Approval of surety

Surety approved this ________ day of ________, ________.

/s/________________________
(Municipal Judge)

OR

Bond without surety

This bond approved without surety.

/s/________________________
(Municipal Judge or
Law Enforcement Officer)