<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mad:
Similar situaton.
Approximately two years ago, my son was picked up in Tex. on an arrest warrant from Fla.
He paid a bail bondsman $500. (10%) bond to get out of jail.
He showed up for every court appearance, for several months, but Fla. never followed up and evidently chose not to come for him or send for him. The judge here said, as far as he was concerned it was over.
Should he not be entitled to get that bail money back....or is it best to let sleeping dogs lie?
How long would one have to wait to know if the charges from Fla. had been dropped?
It makes me mad that he is out that money, just because someone, (ex girlfriend) chose to file charges and then drop them and yet the money is already lost to the bail bondsman here.
mad<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Of course it makes you mad. But that's not how bail bondsman work. You pay a percentage and they put up a the entire amount so your loved one can wander free. Generally, you have to have good credit or something to put up as collateral cause if your loved one skips out, they can come after you for all the money they are out! The thanks they get for their trouble if you are a good boy/girl and return to court at the appointed time? They get to keep their percentage fee!
T