The general provision allowing conditions or terms of bond is found in Art. To secure a defendant's attendance at trial, a magistrate may impose any reasonable condition of bond related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community. Any term must be related to those goals. Such a term must be clearly stated and is subject to attack if it is vague or fails to put the defendant on notice of the conduct required or prohibited. Terms should be in writing and specifically read or explained to the defendant during the 15.17 hearing.
Actual notice is essential to later enforcement.
This general provision is supplemented by many more specific terms. Two articles apply to all offenses. The first, Art. 17.43, C.C.P., provides that a home curfew or electronic monitoring can be a condition of a personal bond. C.C.P. provides such authority in all other bonds.