(1) In addition to the sheriff or his deputy, court officers authorized by the chief judge may accept the payment of money in fulfillment of a cash bond from a person arrested pursuant to a bench warrant issued under MCL 552.631; MSA 25.164(31) or MCR 3.207(D)(5), immediately upon arrest or at any point thereafter prior to court appearance, subject to the conditions set forth at MCL 552.632; MSA 25.164(32).
(2) If the respondent is not brought before the court within 24 hours of arrest and is unable, thereafter, to post the required cash bond, or if the respondent cannot be lodged at the county jail because of a declared jail overcrowding emergency and a circuit judge is not readily available to arraign the respondent, a friend of the court referee may conduct a pre-arraignment bond review and authorize a lower cash bond pending the respondent's arraignment on the bench warrant before the court.
(3) In determining whether to lower a cash bond, the referee must take into account factors such as the respondent's available resources and the likelihood that he or she will appear before the court as further directed by the referee. The referee is without authority to authorize release upon personal recognizance pending arraignment before the court.
[Adopted as Rule 3.207(D) effective April 12, 1993 until further order of the Supreme Court; redesignated as Rule 3.208(B) effective May 1, 1993.]
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