In People v. Western Insurance Co., 2013 WL 1963806 (Cal.App. May 14, 2013) the defendant pled guilty but fled to Mexico prior to sentencing.&n... Read More
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Walker v. State, Case No. CR-12-36 (Ala.Crim.App. May 3, 2013) held that the bail bond fee enacted by Ala. Code §12-19-311 (effective August 1, ... Read More
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In Kubosh v. Harris County, 2013 WL 1844217 (Tex.App. – Houston May 2, 2013) forty-one Harris County bail bondsmen sued the County and the dist... Read More
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In Sun Surety Insurance Co. v. District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, Docket No. 39791, 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 4... Read More
In Trujillo v. Colorado Division of Insurance, 2013 WL 1411922 (Colo. April 8, 2013) the Colorado Supreme Court granted the bail agent’s ... Read More
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In State v. Thomas, 2013 WL 1222695 (N.J.A.D. March 27, 2013) the surety’s agent recovered the defendant within a few days of his failure... Read More
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In Financial Casualty Insurance Co. v. State, 2013 WL 1157537 (Md.App. March 21, 2013) the defendant failed to appear and was not recovered wit... Read More
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In People v. Hughes, Case No. B238052 (Cal.App. February 28, 2013) the defendant was charged with two misdemeanors punishable by less than a ye... Read More
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In County of Los Angeles v. North River Insurance Co., 2013 WL 602242 (Cal.App. February 19, 2013) the defendant failed to appear, and the sure... Read More
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In People v. Western Insurance Co., 2013 WL 356939 (Cal. App. January 30, 2013) without notice to the surety or the surety’s consent, the... Read More
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In Guiles v. State, 2013 WL 257368 (Tex.App. – Fort Worth January 24, 2013) the surety appealed a judgment forfeiting the bond arguing th... Read More
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In State v. Wade, Case No. 12-587 (N.C.App. January 15, 2013) the defendant repeatedly violated her probation, posted bond and was released.&nb... Read More
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In Two Jinn, Inc. v. Idaho Department of Insurance, 2013 WL 135097 (Idaho January 11, 2013) the Department of Insurance issued a Final Order an... Read More
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In People v. International Fidelity Insurance Co., 2012 WL 6721136 (Cal.App. December 28, 2012) the defendant was charged with misdemeanors in two ca... Read More
In Stout v. Warren, 2012 WL 6621140 (Wash. December 20, 2012), in a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court held that a bail agent could be vicari... Read More
December 31, 2012
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State v. Bertrand, 2012 WL 6190879 (La.App. December 12, 2012) reversed the false imprisonment conviction of a bail bond agent. The indemnitor ... Read More
In Dixon v. Wesbrook, Case No. 1:11-cv-1290 (E.D.Cal. December 11, 2012) the plaintiff alleged various torts by six unknown bail bond agents of the s... Read More
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In Fields v. Henry County, Tennessee, 2012 WL 6097334 (6th Cir. December 10, 2012) the plaintiff was charged with domestic assault. After he su... Read More
In People v. United States Fire Insurance Co., 2012 WL 5447864 (Cal.App. November 8, 2012) the County appealed refusal of the trial court to include ... Read More
In State v. Ramos, 2012 WL 5292886 (Ohio App. October 26, 2012) the defendant was initially sentenced to three years of community control. Afte... Read More
In County of Los Angeles v. North River Insurance Co., 2012 WL 5266322 (Cal.App. October 25, 2012) the trial court extended the appearance period.&nb... Read More
State v. Diaz, Case No. SCWC-30324 (Ha. October 18, 2012) reversed the Intermediate Court of Appeals decision reported at 2012 WL 1525032 (Haw.App. A... Read More
In United States v. Gonzales & Gonzales Bonds and Insurance Agency, Inc., Case No. 09-cv-4029 (N.D.Cal. September 25, 2012) the Department of Hom... Read More
A critical analysis of The Justice Policy Institute's proposals for bail reform by Dr. Dennis A. Bartlett, Executive Director, American Bail Coalition. Read More
(Indianapolis, IN) BARS Network is pleased to announce an agreement reached with Captira Analytical, LLC (“Captira”) to provide serv... Read More
A list of Indiana counties reflecting the percentage of use of surety bail as compared to deposit bail. Read More
An article written by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. for The Heritiage Foundation. Read More
"AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF SURETY
BONDING ON AGGREGATE AND AVERAGE DETENTION COSTS AND COST SAVINGS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR ... Read More
This report was submitted by Dennis Bartlett, Executive Director of American Bail Coalition. Dennis Bartlett was invited to attend the symposiu... Read More
Women often wonder if a career as a Bail Bond Insurance Agent would be a good fit for them, and many get turned off to the idea because they simply... Read More
The Colorado Commercial Bail Insurance Company Round Table issued a statement in opposition to HB11-1306. Read More
PBUS President Linda Braswell presented Mike Whitlock, Vice President of American Surety Company, the PBUS 2011 Individual of the Year Award for outs... Read More
This is the most recent issue of the American Bail Coalition Newsletter. Read all about events impacting the commercial bail industry through t... Read More
Legisative Program Review & Investigative Committee, Adopted December 17, 2003 Read More
Texas State Bar says attorneys writing bail is a conflict of interest with client. Read More
These new bail bond procedures became effective April 1, 2010. Read More
A recent Mason-Dixon poll found - Florida voters strongly favor enacting a statewide law that would limit the use of their tax dollars to paying only... Read More
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50 Largest Counties in the U.S. based on 2005 Population Estimates Read More
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