What is the consumer agreeing to in the bail bond contract?
The consumer is agreeing to: • Pay the premium for the bond at the established rates. • Provide required collateral. • Pay actual, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the bail agent in connection with the transaction. These may include: • Reimbursement for long distance phone calls. • Excess travel expenses (described as outside of the bail agent’s normal scope of business, or into an area where the agent does not advertise). • Posting fees (for payment to an agent in another area to physically deliver a bond. An agent should not charge a posting fee for the normal delivery of a bond in the agent’s advertising area). • Bounty agent/skip tracer expenses (These are usually based upon the amount of the bond). • Payment of the bond amount for the defendant’s failure to appear. • * Attorney fees and court costs. • Keep the bail agent advised of address/employment changes of the defendant or other parties to the agreement. • Aid the bail agent/skip tracers in locating the defendant
