Eurosim.Org - Website Reviews » Bail Bonds http://www.eurosim.org General Reviews Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:41:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bail Bonds USA http://www.eurosim.org/2007/11/14/bail-bonds-usa/ http://www.eurosim.org/2007/11/14/bail-bonds-usa/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:21:48 +0000 admin http://www.eurosim.org/2007/11/14/bail-bonds-usa/ The USA has had a system of using bail bonds for nearly 100 years. In essence a bail bond is a financial contract between the court and a bail bond company to ensure that a criminal defendant turns up for a court hearing. It has the benefit of allowing the criminal defendant to remain free upto the court date. Furthermore, by providing the bond for a fee (usually around 10%) it means that defendants don’t need to find the full total of their bail in order to remain free on licence. A number of states: Kentucky, Oregon, Wisconsin and Illinois do not allow commercial bail bonds and the courts in these areas simply hold 10% of the bail amount as surety.

The other aspect to the bail bond business, is that of bounty hunters. In the event that a defendant does not turn upto court on the appointed date, it is the responsibility of the bondsmen to track down the defendant. This has been popularised by reality TV shows such as Dog the Bounty Hunter.

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