If you post bail for some to get out of jail and they go to court and are aquited or proved inoccent does the bail money get reimburse?
2007-01-21 17:17:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Nope. Sorry, but you can try to get the person you bailed out to pay you back. Basically they take about ten percent of the total cost of bailing someone out. The Bond company fronts ther rest of the cash, the ten percent they keep as a fee for using their money. When the person shows in court the Bond Company keeps their cash plus your money. If the person does not show for court the Bond Company loses their cash, and you are the same either way. The Bond Company then will have a Bounty Hunter capture the person in order to recover their bail money.
2007-01-21 17:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jawsh3539 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you provided the bail money (or other property if that was acceptable to the court), you should get it all back. The purpose of the bail was to increase the odds that the person bailed out would actually show up for required court appearances. If they showed up, whether or not charges were dropped and, if not, whether or not convicted, it doesn't make any difference. If they didn't show up for required court appearances, the bail would be forfeited to the court. Theoretically, the bail would help defray costs for the government to try to go round up the person when they were a no-show.
If you paid a bail bond outfit (typically 10% of the bail amount) to provide the bail to the court, that's totally different. You lose that payment regardless. The reason is that the bond provider is in the business to gamble that your person is going to show up. If they do, they don't have to pay anything permanently to the court and the "fee" that you paid to them covers their risk. IF your person failed to show up for court, the bond provider has to pay the full bail amount to the court . . . which is probably 10 times as much as what you paid them.
Then, they decide if they want to go through the trouble and expense of hunting down the fugitive to get them to court.
2007-01-21 17:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by James 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of it but not all. Usually it's required that 10% be put up in cash and then something of value as collateral for the rest. For example a car or a house depending on the bail amount. Once the person goes to court and is for example acquitted. The bail bonds men releases their interest in the collateral but the 10% cash that was put up does not get refunded.
2007-01-21 17:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bail is just to guarantee their appearance in court. Once they've done that, the bail is discharged. If you used a bail bond company, you get your bail money back. You don't get the fee back (usually 10% of the bail amount)
2007-01-23 09:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by Renee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's supposed to be. bail money is to insure that the person goes to court when their supposed to, once court is over the bail money is returned, even if that person is found guilty
2007-01-21 17:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by sexie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2007-01-21 17:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Liz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of it. The bond company will keep some. Thats how they make their money. The % they keep depends on the company.
2007-01-21 17:32:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes as long as the go to court.
2007-01-21 17:23:52 · answer #8 · answered by Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the defendant shows up for his/her scheduled court appearances, the cash is returned to him/her. If s/he fails to appear, the cash bond is forfeited to the court.
2007-01-21 17:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by SHRAZZY 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you get your money back (Less a small service charge) if he even shows up for his hearing.
2007-01-21 17:55:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋