Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.

Contracts

• Bail Bond Agreements: Update client intake forms and indemnity agreements. Clauses promising "immediate release" upon posting bond must be revised to reflect the statutory four-hour delay for family violence charges.
• Private Detention SLAs: Operators managing jails for municipalities must review Service Level Agreements (SLAs). If your contract penalizes you for "processing delays" or "overcrowding," you must secure a waiver for delays caused by this statutory hold.

Hiring/Training

• Release Officers: Staff with release authority must be retrained immediately. They no longer have the discretion to release a family violence suspect immediately after bond is posted if the file indicates a risk of continued violence.
• Intake Screening: Intake staff must be trained to flag files where the arresting officer has indicated "probable cause for continued violence." This flag must trigger a hard-stop in the release workflow.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Jail Management Software (JMS): IT departments must configure a mandatory "Administrative Lock" on detainee profiles that triggers automatically when the offense code relates to family violence. This lock should expire exactly four hours after the "Bond Posted" timestamp.
• The "Probable Cause" Log: You must document *who* made the determination that violence would continue (e.g., "Arresting Officer determination per probable cause affidavit"). Without this specific data point, holding the individual could result in unlawful detention liability; releasing them could result in negligence per se.

Fees & Costs

• Operational Costs: Minimal direct cost increases. However, fractional increases in "bed hours" may impact staffing ratios in holding cells/intake areas during peak arrest times (weekends/holidays).