DocketNumber: 04-01-00126-CV
Filed Date: 4/11/2001
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/7/2015
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice
Sarah B. Duncan, Justice
Karen Angelini, Justice
Delivered and Filed: April 11, 2001
DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
On November 7, 2000, Jerre Kneip's bail bond was forfeited for failure to appear. On January 2, 2001, the court entered a judgment nisi against Kneip and Davis Bonding Company and citations were issued. The record does not reflect whether either Kneip or Davis Bonding answered or appeared. On February 2, 2001, Kneip filed a notice appealing the judgment nisi. No final judgment of forfeiture has been signed.
A judgment nisi is a judicial declaration of forfeiture; it is an interlocutory judgment, not a final judgment. Hokr v. State, 545 S.W.2d 463, 465 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977). A bail bond forfeiture is not final and appealable until a final judgment, disposing of both the principal and surety, is signed. See Bostick v. State, 81 Tex. Crim. 402, 195 S.W. 863 (1917); Lozano v. State, 978 S.W.2d 645, 647-48 (Tex. App.-Eastland 1998, no pet.). We therefore dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH