The State said:
"Most people", including you justalayman!
The State
Well aren't you just full of,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yourself. There is nothing incorrect about my post.
You may post the bail yourself, in which case it should all be returned to you - less any administrative processing charges which may be authorized. Or you may pay a bailbondsman to post the bail, in which case you will have to pay the bondsman 10% of the amount of the bail, and post collateral for the balance. When the bond is satisfied, the bondsman gets the entire bail back, keeps your 10% as his fee, and releases your collateral.
Now do you think the bolded section above (from your post mind you) would qualify as purchasing a bond? As with any bond I have dealt with, it is exactly what I stated. As a matter of fact, an insurance policy is in essence purchasing a bond. You pay a reduced fee to a bond agent who in turn promises to pay a larger amount in your sted if you fail to fulfill some agreed upon action. The only real basic difference is you do not need to pay the insurance company the full amount of the bond if said bond is claimed by another.
bail bond
n. a bond provided by an insurance company through a bail bondsman acting as agent for the company, to secure the release from jail of an accused defendant pending trial. Usually there is a charge of 10 percent of the amount of the bond (e.g. $100 for a $1,000 bond) and often the defendant must put up some collateral like a second deed of trust or mortgage on one's house. Upon acquittal, conviction, or other conclusion of the case, the bail bond is "exonerated" and returned to the insurance company. If the person who has been bailed out disappears and does not appear in court, the bond funds will be forfeited unless the defendant is found and returned.
Here is a definition from a dictionary and look at that, provide through an insurance company. Kind of like where you would get an insurance policy.
Now if you will go back to the origianl post. The OP states they paid a
BOND, not
BAIL. Even in your overly verbose posting, you seem to be able to differentiate between the two. In your post, even you stated that one purchases a bond by paying a fee to a bail-bondsman of 10%.
Or you may pay a bailbondsman to post the bail, in which case you will have to pay the bondsman 10% of the amount of the bail, and post collateral for the balance. When the bond is satisfied, the bondsman gets the entire bail back, keeps your 10% as his fee, and releases your collateral.
See it up there? I even bolded it for you. Now since we should both be in agreement that a bond is purchased for ~10% of the penal sum, and we know the OP paid $600, the bond would have been for ~$6000. Now if the OP mis-spoke and meant bail instead of bond, or that he paid ~$60 for a $600 bond, I can deal with that as well but I would rather accept what the OP stated rather than what you did and assume the OP mis-spoke.
To answer the question of why he did not get his money back though the OP needs to state whether he paid $600 bail or paid $600 for a bond, in which case it was probably for a $6000 bail.
Now tell me O arrogant one. What is wrong in my post and why would the very same thing (although worded differently) repeated in your post now be correct?
