Of course, that is the point! If you post the bail for someone and they skip, then the bail is forfeit. If you posted a portion of the bail amount, you now owe the full bail amount.Legal advice, could a bailsbondman sue you for the person you bonded out of jail if the skipped out on court?
By paying a small percentage of the bail to a bail bondsman, usually around 10%, the bail bondsman secures the release of the person from jail. The bondsman pays the rest of the bail themselves, so they take great care in making sure their client shows up for trial, otherwise they forfeit all the bail money they paid.
If the “skip” is not brought in to court, the bondsman stands to lose a great deal, financially. Therefore he or she may pay a bounty hunter a significant fee, depending on the size of the bond, in order to apprehend the defendant.
Unless the bond is secured by some type of property agreement with you, then the bondsman can not sue you.
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