Bail Bonds Agents and Their Obligations
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When a bail bondsman posts bail bonds in behalf of defendants, they are obligated to bring them to court on the proper dates. If the defendant fails to make his or her date due to having skipped town, the bondsman is allowed either by law or by a contractual arrangement to bring in the defendant to the jurisdiction of the court. This is usually done through the use of a bounty hunter service. The bondsman could then sue the defendant for the money forfeited to the court because the defendant failed to appear.