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State | No Cash Bail States | Details |
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Alabama | With Cash Bail | |
Alaska | With Cash Bail | Alaska largely eliminated cash bail in 2018, but reinstated it in 2019. |
Arizona | With Cash Bail | |
Arkansas | With Cash Bail | |
Colorado | With Cash Bail | |
Connecticut | With Cash Bail | |
Delaware | With Cash Bail | |
Florida | With Cash Bail | |
Georgia | With Cash Bail | |
Hawaii | With Cash Bail | |
Idaho | With Cash Bail | |
Indiana | With Cash Bail | Indiana's 2020 "Rule 26" guidelines recommend that arrestees who do not represent a flight risk or a danger to themselves or others should be released without bail. Exceptions exist for arrestees who are charged with murder or treason, are already on pre-trial release for a previous crime, or are on probation or parole. In 2022, House Bill 1414 sought to enshrine this recommendation as law, but languished in committee. |
Iowa | With Cash Bail | |
Kansas | With Cash Bail | |
Kentucky | With Cash Bail | |
Louisiana | With Cash Bail | |
Maine | With Cash Bail | |
Maryland | With Cash Bail | |
Massachusetts | With Cash Bail | |
Michigan | With Cash Bail | |
Minnesota | With Cash Bail | |
Mississippi | With Cash Bail | |
Missouri | With Cash Bail | |
Montana | With Cash Bail | |
Nebraska | With Cash Bail | |
Nevada | With Cash Bail | |
New Hampshire | With Cash Bail | |
North Carolina | With Cash Bail | |
North Dakota | With Cash Bail | |
Ohio | With Cash Bail | |
Oklahoma | With Cash Bail | |
Oregon | With Cash Bail | |
Pennsylvania | With Cash Bail | |
Rhode Island | With Cash Bail | |
South Carolina | With Cash Bail | |
South Dakota | With Cash Bail | |
Tennessee | With Cash Bail | |
Texas | With Cash Bail | |
Utah | With Cash Bail | |
Vermont | With Cash Bail | |
Virginia | With Cash Bail | |
Washington | With Cash Bail | |
West Virginia | With Cash Bail | |
Wisconsin | With Cash Bail | |
Wyoming | With Cash Bail | |
California | Variable | California's bail system eliminates cash bail for those who cannot afford to pay, but stops short of abolishing cash bail entirely. |
District of Columbia | No Cash Bail | Like an increasing number of states, the District of Colombia foregoes cash bail in favor of risk assessment system in which most arrestees are released, but judges may deny release to suspects deemed a danger or a flight risk. |
Illinois | No Cash Bail | Illinois' bill eliminating cash bail was delayed by legal challenges, but eventually went into effect in July 2023 |
New Jersey | No Cash Bail | New Jersey effectively eliminated cash bail in 2014, but support exists to reinstate it in some capacity, particularly against repeat offenders. |
New Mexico | No Cash Bail | New Mexico voters approved a constitutional amendment abolishing cash bail in favor of a system in which arrestees deemed dangerous are held without bail and non-dangerous arrestees are released. |
New York | No Cash Bail | New York effectively eliminated cash bail in 2019, but rolled back bail restrictions on three subsequent occasions. The issue remains contentious, and additional rollbacks are possible. |