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What Are the Responsibilities
of a
Co-signer on a Bail Bond?
If you choose to co-sign on a bond, you should be aware of a few things:
- Your liability includes the full amount of the bond.
- If there is a breach of the bond and the bondsman is out any money, you can (and probably will) be liable to repay the full amount of the forfeited bond.
- Many counties make a bond agent hire an attorney and pay court costs if defendants on bail misses court, even if he was returned to jail in a matter of days.
- If co-signers do not reimburse the bail agent, in all likelihood, they will be sued in court; or, if co-signers put up any tangible property (a house or a car, for example), they risk loosing that property.
It is important for cosigners to keep tabs on the person
they have signed for. If, as a co-signer, you think that person may be a risk to flee, do not
co-sign. If you co-sign on a person's bond and later feel that the person
has become a flight risk, you can have the bail agent return the defendant
to jail and revoke his or her bond. When the bond is revoked and the defendant
is back in custody, the co-signer's liability ends.