# § 22-16 Wording of bail.

Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 22-16 Wording of bail.

Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 22-16 (2026)

It shall be sufficient for recognizances taken in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, when signed by the judge or the clerk thereof, to conform to the following formula:

“You and each of you acknowledge yourselves to owe and stand indebted to the State of Maryland in the sum of ____________ dollars for the appearance of __________________ at this Court on the ____ day of ________ 19___ to answer the charge alleged against that person, and to attend this Court thereafter from day to day until discharged therefrom in due course of law.”