Bail Bond Board

PROFILE

Tarrant County Bail Bond Board

Description

The business of executing bail bonds is declared to be a business affecting the public interest. It is declared to be the policy of this state to provide reasonable regulation to the end that the right of bail be preserved and implemented by just and practical procedures governing the giving or making of bail bond and other security to guarantee appearance of the accused.

Active From

1989-08-01

Location

100 E. Weatherford Street, 5th Floor County Administration Building, Fort Worth, TX 76196

Committee Details

Pursuant to SB 610, Section 1 Subsection (b), Section 5, Chapter 550, Acts of the 63rd Legislature Regular Session 1973 (Article 2372 p-3, Vernon's Texas Civil Statures), as amended by Chapters 641 and 921, Acts of the 70th Legislature Regular Session, 1987, The Tarrant County Bail Bond Board is composed of:
(1) the county sheriff or a designee from his office who may be his administrator or a deputy sheriff of the rank of sergeant or greater;
(2) a district judge of the county having jurisdiction over criminal matters designated by the presiding judge of the administrative judicial district;
(3) the county judge or a member of the commissioners court designated by the county judge, or a designee approved by the commissioners court;
(4) a judge of a county court or a county court at law in the county having jurisdiction over criminal matters designated by the commissioners court;
(5) the district attorney or his designee if that person is an assistant district attorney;
(6) a licensed bondsman, licensed in the county, elected by other county licensees;
(7) a justice of the peace;
(8) the district clerk or his designee;
(9) the county clerk or a designee from his office, except in those counties where the county clerk has no criminal matters jurisdiction;
(10) the board may appoint a presiding judge of a municipal court located within the county
(11) the presiding municipal judge of the principal city in a county in which the principal city; designates a presiding judge in its municipal court system; and
(12) the county treasurer or the treasurer's designee except in those counties that have no county treasurer. in which case the county commissioners court may designate the person who carries out the duties of the county treasurer to serve on the board.

Meeting Time and Location

Bail Bond Board meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m.

 

MEMBERS

  • Tim O'Hare – County Judge or Commissioner
  • George Gallagher – County Criminal District Judge, Board Member
  • Lisa Woodard – Justice of the Peace, Board Member
  • Danny Rodgers – Municipal Court Judge from Principal City in the County, Board Member
  • Tom Wilder – Justice of the Peace, Board Member
  • Carey Walker – Judge of County Court or County Court at Law, Board Member
  • Christopher McGregor – District Attorney or Designee, Board Member
  • Mary Louise Nicholson – County Clerk, Vice-Chair
  • Stuart Milner – Municipal Court Judge within the County, Vice-Chair
  • Charles Eckert – County Sheriff or Designee, 2nd Vice-Chair
  • Paul Schuder – Licensed Bondsman, Board Member
  • Renee Tidwell – County Auditor, Board Member
  • Miles Brissette – Criminal Defense Attorney Practicing in Tarrant County, Board Member