bail bond
Pretrial freedom payment
A bail bond is a financial guarantee securing a defendant's release from jail before trial.
The defendant or someone on their behalf pays a bail bondsman a percentage of the full bail amount—typically 10 percent—and the bondsman pledges the rest to the court.
If the defendant fails to appear, the bondsman owes the full amount and may send bounty hunters to retrieve the fugitive.
He couldn't afford the $50,000 bail, so his mother arranged a bail bond.
Party facing charges
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- bounty hunterProfessional fugitive capturer
skip tracing · exoneration · revocation · magistrate · criminal justice · arrest · jurisdiction · co-signer
Added cost for better
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
- principalChief school administrator
obligee · security · liability · forfeiture · co-signer · risk assessment · pledge · assurance
Security for debt
- premiumAdded cost for better
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- defaultPreset standard option
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
payment · fees · percentage · deposit · refund · commission · financial responsibility · credit check
defendant
Party facing charges
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
bounty hunter · skip tracing · exoneration · revocation · magistrate · criminal justice · arrest · jurisdiction · co-signer · pretrial release
premium
Added cost for better
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
principal · obligee · security · liability · forfeiture · co-signer · risk assessment · pledge · assurance · backing
collateral
Security for debt
liability · payment · fees · percentage · deposit · refund · commission · financial responsibility · credit check · assets
- Criminal Defensedefense attorney, defense lawyer, defense strategy, defense team, defense witness
- bondscorporate bonds, municipal bonds, treasury bonds, savings bonds, junk bonds
- bounty huntingbounty hunter, fugitive, capture, skip tracer, skip tracing
- court proceedingstrial, arraignment, verdict, hearing, testimony
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- guaranteesguarantee, warranty, guaranty, pledge, oath