Category: Bail Bond News

A post from a favorite financial newsletter had this headline: “California youth crime just dropped to a level not seen since the 1950s… here’s why” In the Golden State, youth crime has plunged 30% since 2010. The number of high school dropouts is down 20%. So is the amount of youth drug overdoses. It’s thanks to a 2010 state law… Continue reading

Some people think that the cost of bail is the reason the jails are overcrowded and that the bail bond industry makes the problem worse. Nothing could be farther from the truth . . . and it’s important to understand as politicians are trying to change the whole system to a taxpayer funded one that will cost you money! Read this… Continue reading

It’s easy to say that someone who kills their own child should be locked up forever with the key thrown away, or worse. But in “$10 million bail set for Kayleigh Slusher’s mom” a very important principle of law, of freedom, is brought into discussion: Napa County Superior Court Judge Mark Boessenecker on Friday set bail at $10 million for… Continue reading

Often we have heard people say, “the price of bail bonds is too high.” “Bail Bondsmen charge too much!” What do you think? When you consider that part of the responsibility of a bail bondsman is to recover bailees who ‘skip,’ and then consider the risk of that, many have concluded that the price is too low! Look at the… Continue reading

In Randy Quaid sues Indiana bail bond company one has to question the grounds for the lawsuit: INDIANAPOLIS — Actor Randy Quaid has sued an Indianapolis bond company that bailed Quaid and his wife out of jail after they were arrested on squatting charges in California in 2010. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/RagjKM ) the 63-year-old “Independence Day” star sued… Continue reading

We could not help wondering how bail was granted to a baby! Amusing article… Lahore, Pakistan: A nine-month-old child was booked by Lahore police for the alleged attempted murder of a police officer and was even presented before a session judge’s court on Thursday. The ‘accused’ was granted an interim bail after he appeared in Judge Rafaqat Ali’s court with… Continue reading

One writer calls the bail bond process an “extrajudicial weapon against the poor and Blacks.” I am always amazed at how those in favor of more government-run programs can muster such lofty sounding arguments for programs that ‘sound’ great, but simply don’t work. Here’s one case from an author writing about the bail bond industry.  Note in particular where I… Continue reading

A couple of time in the past, the bail bond industry has taken legal issues all the way to the United State Supreme court. Well, this is the Ohio State high court regarding a clerk that refuses to accept Surety Bonds… Ohio high court to get bail bonds case Oct. 24, 2013 The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments… Continue reading

Bail bondsman law is pretty clear in Virginia: B. A licensed bail bondsman shall not:5. Give or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift of any kind to any nonelected public official or any employee of a governmental agency involved with the administration of justice, including but not limited to law-enforcement personnel, magistrates, judges, and jail employees, as well as attorneys.… Continue reading

In a number of jurisdictions across the United States, courts have chosen to usurp the traditional role that bail bondsmen fill . . . without fully calculating the additional risk to the courts and to the justice system. This news was published yesterday in the Independent Herald of Pineville, WV … WILLIAMSON – An administrative order signed by Chief Judge… Continue reading