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Posted by pammers on 4/20/2008, 1:47 pm, in reply to "I like the idea of having someone else hand over the stuff. (msg)"
Courts usually accept 10% of the total bail amount, refundable when the proceeding is complete. Depending on the circumstances, the court may want the entire bail or an assurity, which is a guarantee that the money is available in the event that the defendent does not appear.
A bail agent acts as a surity agent. He accepts the 10% when the court won't, and he puts up the entire bail. When the proceedings conclude, the bail agent keeps the 10% as payment.
From what Judith has said, the court did not inform her that she could have paid the 10% directly to them (refundable), so she used a bail bondsman (non-refundable).
It's amazing what you can learn when you marry the wrong guy.
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