Bail Forms
The Second Called Session of the 87th Legislature (2021), enacted Senate Bill 6 which required the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to develop a statewide Public Safety Report System (PSRS) and requires magistrates who set bail for defendants charged with a Class B misdemeanor or higher category offense to consider a public safety report generated by the Public Safety Report System. The bill also requires any magistrate, judge, sheriff, peace officer or jailer who sets bail under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, for a defendant charged with a Class B misdemeanor or higher category offense to complete a bail form and to promptly (but no later than 72 hours) submit it to OCA through the Public Safety Report System.
The PSRS went live on April 1, 2022, and generates a public safety report with respect to a defendant for magistrates to consider before setting bail for defendants charged with a Class B misdemeanor or higher category offense, 2) provides the bail form that must be completed by magistrates, judges, sheriffs, peace officers and jailers who set bail under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, for a defendant charged with a Class B misdemeanor or higher category offense, and 3) provides a system for the bail form to be submitted to OCA to be placed on the bail form webpage for public view.
Information displayed on the Bail Forms is not an official court record. The information may contain errors or omissions and should not be considered complete or used as an official court record. Accuracy of the information is not warranted. Official records of court proceedings may only be obtained directly from the court maintaining the record.