(a) All bondsman's processes, when executed by sureties or other lawful authorized persons, shall be returned by the sheriff, chief of police, or other authorized law enforcement officer to the clerk of the court from which they were issued once the defendant is returned to the custody of the court of jurisdiction with the proper return thereon endorsed.
(b) If the bondsman's process is executed, the return shall be made within five days after service.
(c) When any writ of arrest or other warrant issued by the clerk of the court, in the same case as a bondsman's process, to any law enforcement officer and the warrant has been executed and returned to the clerk of the court, the clerk shall notify the surety which obtained the bondsman's process, and if the bondsman's process has not been executed at the time of the notice, then the surety shall return the process to the clerk of the court within five days and the surety shall endorse thereon, "not executed"; or the surety after notice from the clerk, if the surety desires to be relieved of further obligation of bail, shall surrender the defendant by executing the bondsman's process and producing it to the jailor having custody of the defendant. The sheriff or chief of police shall return it to the clerk as specified in subsection (a).
(d) In any case where the clerk of the court has issued a bondsman's process to the surety and the case is disposed of by the court or by operation of law, the clerk of the court shall notify the surety to whom the process was issued and the surety shall return the process to the clerk of the court within five days and endorse thereon, "not executed."
(e) Any surety who fails to comply with subsections (c) and (d) within the prescribed time, may be compelled to make the return by attachment and forfeit to the state or municipality $50. The $50 shall be paid to the clerk within three days notice of the default from the clerk. If the penalty is not paid within three days, the clerk shall not issue any further bondsman's processes to the surety until it is paid.
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