minus-squaretimespace@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Donald Trump using bail bondsman rings alarm bells about his financeslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThat’s not how bail bonds work. If you use a bail bondsman, you pay a non-refundable fee (10% of the bail amount) upfront. If he had the money, he should have paid the full bail himself. That amount is fully refunded so long as he appears to court. I think that’s correct…I’m not a bail bondsman and I’ve never used one, but I did watch Dog the Bounty Hunter once or thirty times linkfedilink
That’s not how bail bonds work. If you use a bail bondsman, you pay a non-refundable fee (10% of the bail amount) upfront.
If he had the money, he should have paid the full bail himself. That amount is fully refunded so long as he appears to court.
I think that’s correct…I’m not a bail bondsman and I’ve never used one, but I did watch Dog the Bounty Hunter once or thirty times