• The surety is required to bring the accused to court immediately.
• If they fail to bring the accused to court, they will be required to pay to court money which was stated on the bail form. If they will be arrested and imprisoned.
• In case there is a good reason for the failure of accused to appear in court, the surety has to inform court why the accused has failed to appear in court.

• A person stops being a surety when the court allows a person to stop performing the duties of a surety.
• One can stop being a surety if he applies to the court to be allowed to stop standing surety for the accused or the suspect.
• If the accused has been convicted or acquitted.

The decision is up to the magistrate/ judge to give cash or non-cash bail basing on the circumstances surrounding the case.

However, this may depend on:

• The seriousness of the offence. For example, violent crimes may attract a lot of money in cash bail costs.
• Public interest.
• Simple offences are usually granted with non-cash bail.
• The estimated worth of the case, for example, a case of theft, the bigger the amount stolen, the more money is required for cash bail.