I bailed someone out for 10% of their total bail and now the case is over.
2007-05-01 02:55:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You don't, that money is theirs. Good luck getting it out of the one you bailed out.
2007-05-01 02:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
You paid the 10%, if that is the case, you do not get that money back. That is how they make their money, someone could not post the full bail, so you bonded them out through a bondsman, hello, the bondsman signed taking the responsibility to the court if that person did not show up for court. Why would he put up money if he was not going to get paid for it.
2007-05-01 03:42:54 · answer #2 · answered by HappyGoLucky 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your friend owes you the money. That is the bail bondsman's fee for putting up the bail. I bailed a friend out, and he had to pay me back. The bail bondsman will not refund this fee. This is how they are making a living, and they do not put up the money for free.
2007-05-01 02:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you have to get it from the person you bailed out...the bondsman gets to keep the 10% as his fee for guaranteeing the bond...if your friend had jumped bond then the bondsman would have had to pay the other 90%.
2007-05-01 02:59:26 · answer #4 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was always my impression that the 10% was the fee for the bail Bondsman to risk his 90% and that you never got it back.
-HtJ
2007-05-01 02:59:20 · answer #5 · answered by hesterthehester 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Call the bondsman and ask...When you go to a bondsman you are purchasing an insurance policy that the person will show up for court dates...Look over the paperwork he gave you. There may be a time factor
2007-05-01 02:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by Patches6 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You don't; that is the fee that you paid so that the "someone" could be out of jail pending trial. Your only hope would be to sue the "someone" that you bailed out is Small Claims Court.
2007-05-01 03:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't get your money back from the bailbonds company.
The 10% you paid is essentially the cost of the "loan" for their providing the bond set at the time of your friends arrest and incarceration.
If anybody owes you money....it's the friend who was arrested!
Best wishes.
2007-05-01 02:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You don't. The 10% is theirs regardless of outcome.
2007-05-01 02:58:40 · answer #9 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You don't... how do you think they get paid? That money isn't yours anymore.
2007-05-01 02:58:44 · answer #10 · answered by lovepink317537 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋