A bail bond is a financial guarantee made on behalf of the defendant that they will make all of their court appearances. A bail bond is a service provided by a bail bondsman. The bail bondsman guarantees the full amount of the bail to the court via the use of an insurance bond, and charges the defendant a percentage of the total bail amount for this service.

All bail bondsman provide the same basic service of posting a bond with the court that secures the release of a defendant. The difference between companies is in the quality of service, the terms of the agreement that they work out with you, and whether they offer additional services.

At 1st Class Bail Bonds for example, we don’t charge for a new bond fee is your court case takes longer than a year. Most companies charge for this, which means that if your case takes longer than a year you have to pay for a new bail bond. This can be very expensive and we don’t believe you should have to pay twice for the same service.

An indemnitor is the person who assumes the financial liability for bailing someone out of jail. In the event that the defendant doesn’t show up in court, the indemnitor, or the person who cosigns the bail bond agreement, will be financially responsible for the bail bond.