Bail Related Court Cases

In People v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., 2012 WL 255878 (Cal.App. January 30, 2012) the defendant had charges pending in two cases.&nb... Read More

2012 Bail Bond Legislative Log

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Bail Related Court Cases

In Burgess v. Denton County, Case No. 02-10-279-CV (Tex.App. – Fort Worth January 19, 2012) the plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment barrin... Read More

BARS and Captira Reach Agreement

(Indianapolis, IN) BARS Network is pleased to announce an agreement reached with Captira Analytical, LLC (“Captira”) to provide serv... Read More

Georgia Association Fall Meeting Update

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Indiana Counties Surety Usage Percentages

A list of Indiana counties reflecting the percentage of use of surety bail as compared to deposit bail. Read More

Get Out of Jail Free: Taxpayer-Funded Grants Place Criminals on Street Without Bail

An article written by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. for The Heritiage Foundation. Read More

David E. Krahl, Ph.D. - Impact of Surety Bonding on Dentention Costs

"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

Report on National Symposium on Pretrial Justice

This report was submitted by Dennis Bartlett, Executive Director of American Bail Coalition.  Dennis Bartlett was invited to attend the symposiu... Read More

Words of Wisdom from Female Bail Bond Agents

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

CRT Statement Concerning HB11-1306

The Colorado Commercial Bail Insurance Company Round Table issued a statement in opposition to HB11-1306. Read More

Mike Whitlock Receives PBUS Individual of the Year Award

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

American Bail Coalition Newsletter

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

Bail Services in Connecticut

Legisative Program Review & Investigative Committee, Adopted December 17, 2003 Read More

Texas State Bar Ethics Opinion 599

Texas State Bar says attorneys writing bail is a conflict of interest with client. Read More

Minnesota Bail Bond Procedures 2010

These new bail bond procedures became effective April 1, 2010. Read More

Mason Dixon Poll: Voters Oppose Use of Tax Dollars for Bail

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

OPPGA Florida Pretrial Release Programs Report

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Missouri Bail Bond Study 2009

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Tabarrok Study - Public v. Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from Bail Jumping

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Bureau of Justice Statistics - Special Report

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Block Report

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2004 California Jail Survey Report

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8th Amendment

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50 Largest Counties in the U.S.

50 Largest Counties in the U.S. based on 2005 Population Estimates Read More

Bail Bond Best Practices

Florida Association of Court Clerks 2007 Seminar Handout Read More

Connecticut - Final Report on Bail

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History of Bail

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