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Elected official responsible for regulation and licensing of bail bondsmen
Correct Answer:
Chief financial officer
Department under the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer
Correct Answer:
Florida Dept of Financial Services
What chapters of the Florida Statutes govern bail and bail bondsmen?
Correct Answer:
Chapters 648 & 903
What effects do the rules of the Chief Financial Officer have on bondsmen?
Correct Answer:
The same as the Statutes and must be adhered to in the same manner
Name the Criminal Defendants Bonds
Correct Answer:
,Appeal Bonds
Bail Bonds
Civil Contempt Bonds
Extradition Bonds
Habeus Corpus Bonds
Ne Exeat Bonds
Supersedeas Bonds
Which types of bonds may be used in Civil cases?
Correct Answer:
Ne Exeat & Civil Contempt Bonds
What is extradition?
Correct Answer:
The returning of a fugitive to the jurisdiction of the court of which they are
charged with a crime after they have fled said jurisdiction
Most important obligation of a Ne Exeat Bond
Correct Answer:
That the defendant may not leave the state and must appear in court
Most important obligation of a Civil Contempt Bond
Correct Answer:
That the defendant obey all the orders of the court
What three ways can a Habeus Corpus Bond be satisfied?
Correct Answer:
Surrender of the Defendant
Payment of Costs
The court deciding that the detainment of the Defendant is unwarranted
What is the purpose of a Writ of Supersedeas?
Correct Answer:
To put a stop to the due process of a lower court by a higher court until such
time until such time that the defendant is able to serve out their sentence.
How can an Appeal Bond be forfeited?
,Correct Answer:
By the appealant failing to surrender to the court or if they fail to pursue an
appeal in a timely manner
What does the Power of Attorney that is attached to each bond pledge as
security?
Correct Answer:
The assets of the surety company to cover the bond
With what officials must a bondsman register?
Correct Answer:
The Sheriffs office and the Clerk of Court in their county of residince, as well as
all counties that the bondsman intends to write bonds
How often must a bondsman register?
Correct Answer:
Before writing their first bond and before April 1st of every odd numbered year
What 3 bail bond records must a bondsman keep?
Correct Answer:
A daily register
An individual file for each defendant
Record of premiums received by the insurance company
How long must a bondsman keep records?
Correct Answer:
3 years after discharge
What are normal business hours?
Correct Answer:
At least 8 hours a day, Mon - Fri, between 8am and 6pm
During what hours may a bondsman phone or solicite the residence of a
detainee in domestic violence situations?
Correct Answer:
Between 8am and 9pm
, What information must appear on a bondsmans sign?
Correct Answer:
Business name... readable from a reasonable distance away
What information regarding bonds may NOT appear on a bondsmans sign?
Correct Answer:
the name may not imply a reduced rate of premium
Where is it illegal for a bondsman to solicit business?
Correct Answer:
In or around any court or place where prisoners are kept or the grounds of said
property or adjacent property
What types of persons may NOT be employed in a bail bonds office/
Correct Answer:
Anyone with the power to arrest or detain prisoners
Anyone guilty of a felony
Anyone denied a license or had a license cancelled in any state
Appelant
Correct Answer:
One who brings an appeal
Supercedeas
Correct Answer:
You shall forebear
Habeas Corpus
Correct Answer:
You have the Body
Extradite
Correct Answer:
deliver out
Ne Exeat