Bail Bondsman Exam Questions with Detailed
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Before a surety bondsman can write a bond, he must:
✓✓ Be listed on the Electronic Bondsmen Registry
Which of the following is a bail bondsman legally allowed to
do?
✓✓ Post bonds in any county in North Carolina
A bondsman who doesn't pay premium he owes to an insurer is
guilty of...
✓✓ misappropriation
A professional bail bondsman who willfully falsifies a monthly
report is guilty of a...
✓✓ Class I Felony
In a bail bond office, an unlicensed person can be hired to...
✓✓ Perform normal office duties
With the exception of the felonies cited in NCGS 58-71, the
maximum charge for a bondsman violating any other bail bond
law, is...
✓✓ Class 1 Misdemeanor
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
If a bondsman doesn't return collateral valued at $1,000 within
15 days after his defendant's case is over, he can be convicted of
a:
✓✓ Class 1 Misdemeanor
Under NCGS 58-71, which is a Class I Felony?
✓✓ -Failing to return collateral that has a value of over $1500.
-A Professional bondsman willfully falsifying a monthly report.
Your defendant missed his court date. In order to get off the
bond, you must:
✓✓ Surrender the defendant and file a motion to strike the
forfeiture.
As a licensed bail agent in NC, you may:
✓✓ -Enter the residence of record at any time, even if the
occupants refuse to let you in.
-Surrender your defendant to the sheriff.
Bondsman are authorized to check ACIS-AOC Criminal
Information System- to...
✓✓ Check criminal case dispositions
In NC, a bail agent cannot legally do any of the following,
except
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ Accept a boat valued at $7,000 and a guitar valued at
$2,000, as collateral for a $10,000 bond.
When his defendant's case is over, if a bondsman does not
return collateral worth over $1,500, he is guilty of...
✓✓ A Class I felony
A NC bail bondsman may accept a premium of...
✓✓ 2%
An NC bail bondsman may legally do all of the following,
except...
✓✓ -Charge a credit card fee on bonds less than $500
-Charge $1.00 per mile mileage fee on bonds less than $500
-Paying an unlicensed bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant
The maximum referral fee a bondsman is legally allowed to pay
is...
✓✓ $0.00
In NC, a bail bondsman may...
✓✓ Run ads in the local newspaper
A bail bondsman may do all of the following, with the
exception of...
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ -Charging a fee in order to not surrender a defendant
-Paying a defendant to solicit business for the bondsman while
defendant is in jail.
-Paying an unlicensed bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant
As collateral on a $20,000 bond, a bondsman may legally
accept:
✓✓ -$15,000 deed of trust on a $950,000 house, or
-$20,000 cash
Which of the following people and/or entities are legally
responsible to the state for a bond?
✓✓ A surety company, an accommodation bondsman, and a
professional bondsman
Who can be monetarily compensated for posting a bond?
✓✓ A licensed bail bondsman
It is unlawful in NC for bail bondsman to do all of the following
except:
✓✓ Guarantee the defendant's appearance in court
Per statute, a bail bondsman in NC must...
✓✓ Guarantee the appearance of the defendant at all of his
scheduled court cases or pay the bond forfeiture.