Bellingham Municipal Court

		
		
                                             RULE 10
                              PROCEDURES FOR QUASHING BENCH WARRANTS

The motion to quash a bench warrant may only be set under the following circumstances.

     1)  If no bail bond or cash bail has been ordered forfeit in any of the Defendant's cases for which
warrants have been issued and are then outstanding, the Clerk may set a motion to quash upon the warrant
quash calendar.

     2)  If a bail bond or cash bail has been ordered forfeit in any of the Defendant's cases for which
warrants have been issued and are then outstanding, the Clerk may set a motion to quash upon the warrant
quash calendar. The motion may only be set if all of the following conditions are met:

     (a)  If cash bail was ordered forfeit, the Defendant posts cash bail in an amount equal to the amount
of bail ordered forfeit; and

     (b)  If a bond was ordered forfeit, the Defendant posts a new bond in the amount ordered forfeit or
provides a written request from the bail bondsman requesting reinstatement of the bond, however, a request
to reinstate a bond that has previously been exonerated shall not be
sufficient to satisfy this requirement.


Revised 5/17