Requisitos para ser fiador en casos criminales en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Si alguien es arrestado y necesita salir bajo fianza, un fiador debe demostrar que tiene suficiente dinero o propiedades. Esto es para asegurarse de que el fiador pueda cubrir la fianza si la persona no se presenta ante el juez.

Es como cuando pides a un amigo que te preste su coche. Tu amigo quiere asegurarse de que tienes suficiente dinero para arreglarlo si algo le pasa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue arrestado por una falta y necesita salir de la cárcel. Su amigo Carlos quiere ser su fiador, pero debe mostrar que tiene una casa en Míchigan que vale más que la fianza solicitada. El juez revisa la propiedad de Carlos para asegurarse de que pueda cubrir la fianza si Juan no se presenta en la corte.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 765.20 - Administering oath to proposed surety to ascertain financial condition; requiring surety upon criminal recognizance to pledge real estate; value of surety's interest in real estate; executing recognizance and affidavit of justification; form; deposition of surety Sec. 20. (1) A judge listed in section 1(1) of this chapter or a district court magistrate may administer an oath to a proposed surety upon a recognizance given for the release of a person accused of a felony, misdemeanor, or ordinance violation, to ascertain his or her financial condition. A judge or district court magistrate may require a surety upon a criminal recognizance taken before the judge or magistrate, to pledge to the people of the state, real estate owned by the surety and located in the county in which the court is established. The value of the interest of the surety in the real estate shall be at least equal to the penal amount of the recognizance. If a pledge of real estate is required, the surety shall execute the usual form of recognizance and, in addition, there shall be included in the recognizance, as a part of the recognizance, an affidavit of justification in substantially the following form. The affidavit shall be executed by the proposed surety under an oath administered by the clerk, a district court magistrate, or a judge of the court. .................... residing at................................. who offers himself or herself as surety for...................... being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he or she owns in his or her own right real estate subject to levy of execution located in the county of ............... state of Michigan, consisting of .................................................. and described as follows, to-wit: ..........................