FLORIDA BAIL BOND STATE LICENSING
TEST GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
1. Locations of the courts of appeal -correct answer - Tallahassee,
Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach
2. Department of Financial Services address -correct answer - 200 East
Gaines st
Tallahassee FL
32399-0322
3. Skip -correct answer - An individual who is running/hiding from a
bail bond company
4. Who tracks down federal fugitives -correct answer - U.S. Marshals
5. Tort -correct answer - Civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for
a lawsuit
6. What is taken into consideration when determining bail -correct answer -
Risk of danger to the community, prior convictions, source of funds used
, for bail and ties to the community
7. If arresting the principal before forfeiture, what form should a surety
have -correct answer - Certified copy of the bond with the
authorization endorsed
8. What is the role of judges -correct answer - To protect the constitutional
rights of defendants
9. What amount of money is paid when a defendant is released on
recognizance -correct answer - None
10. What criminal charges apply for suggesting/recommending
any particular attorney to principals -correct answer -
Misdemeanor
11. Where a bail bond agent or temporary bail bond agent may not solicit
business -correct answer - In or on the property or grounds of a jail,
prison or other place where prisoners are confined, or any court house
12. The hours a bail bond agent may contact an individual in a domestic
violence case -correct answer - 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
,13. What criminal charges apply for promising, giving or paying
anything of value to law enforcement, jailer, public official/employee,
attorney, principal or judge in order to secure settlement, compromise,
remission, or reduction of any bail bond -correct answer - Felony
charges
14. Who can not be bail bond agents, temporary bail bond agents or be
employed by bail bond agents/agencies -correct answer - Felons, jailers,
law enforcement, judges, attorneys or anyone having the power to
arrest/control over federal, state, county or municipal prisoners
15. Who cash bonds are paid to -correct answer - The jail
16. Why bail may be denied in some cases -correct answer - Defendant
has previously jumped bail, previous convictions for violent crimes, or
arrested with large amounts of controlled substances
17. What penalty can apply for new bail when bail has been
"jumped" before -correct answer - $2,000 or double amount of
original bond, whichever is greater
18. Items that must be on the application for a bond -correct answer
- Date
Name of surety
Power number
, Amount of premium
19. A civil case over $15,000 would be handled in which court system
- correct answer - Circuit court
20. The minimum notice of time the clerk of court must give the bail
bond agent to produce a defendant without risking forfeiture of the bond
- correct answer - At least 72 hours excluding weekends and holidays,
unless the time is within 72 hours of the arrest in which case no notice is
required by law
21. The amount of days the prosecutor has to take a misdemeanor case
to trial before a defendant is released -correct answer - Ninety days
22. The amount of days the prosecutor has to take a felony case to trial
before a defendant is released -correct answer - One hundred eighty
days
23. The Two Major Types Of Court Cases In The Court System -
Correct Answer - Criminal And Civil
24. The Ability To Try A Case In The First Place, Also
Known As Trial Jurisdiction -Correct Answer - Original
Jurisdiction
TEST GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
1. Locations of the courts of appeal -correct answer - Tallahassee,
Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach
2. Department of Financial Services address -correct answer - 200 East
Gaines st
Tallahassee FL
32399-0322
3. Skip -correct answer - An individual who is running/hiding from a
bail bond company
4. Who tracks down federal fugitives -correct answer - U.S. Marshals
5. Tort -correct answer - Civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for
a lawsuit
6. What is taken into consideration when determining bail -correct answer -
Risk of danger to the community, prior convictions, source of funds used
, for bail and ties to the community
7. If arresting the principal before forfeiture, what form should a surety
have -correct answer - Certified copy of the bond with the
authorization endorsed
8. What is the role of judges -correct answer - To protect the constitutional
rights of defendants
9. What amount of money is paid when a defendant is released on
recognizance -correct answer - None
10. What criminal charges apply for suggesting/recommending
any particular attorney to principals -correct answer -
Misdemeanor
11. Where a bail bond agent or temporary bail bond agent may not solicit
business -correct answer - In or on the property or grounds of a jail,
prison or other place where prisoners are confined, or any court house
12. The hours a bail bond agent may contact an individual in a domestic
violence case -correct answer - 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
,13. What criminal charges apply for promising, giving or paying
anything of value to law enforcement, jailer, public official/employee,
attorney, principal or judge in order to secure settlement, compromise,
remission, or reduction of any bail bond -correct answer - Felony
charges
14. Who can not be bail bond agents, temporary bail bond agents or be
employed by bail bond agents/agencies -correct answer - Felons, jailers,
law enforcement, judges, attorneys or anyone having the power to
arrest/control over federal, state, county or municipal prisoners
15. Who cash bonds are paid to -correct answer - The jail
16. Why bail may be denied in some cases -correct answer - Defendant
has previously jumped bail, previous convictions for violent crimes, or
arrested with large amounts of controlled substances
17. What penalty can apply for new bail when bail has been
"jumped" before -correct answer - $2,000 or double amount of
original bond, whichever is greater
18. Items that must be on the application for a bond -correct answer
- Date
Name of surety
Power number
, Amount of premium
19. A civil case over $15,000 would be handled in which court system
- correct answer - Circuit court
20. The minimum notice of time the clerk of court must give the bail
bond agent to produce a defendant without risking forfeiture of the bond
- correct answer - At least 72 hours excluding weekends and holidays,
unless the time is within 72 hours of the arrest in which case no notice is
required by law
21. The amount of days the prosecutor has to take a misdemeanor case
to trial before a defendant is released -correct answer - Ninety days
22. The amount of days the prosecutor has to take a felony case to trial
before a defendant is released -correct answer - One hundred eighty
days
23. The Two Major Types Of Court Cases In The Court System -
Correct Answer - Criminal And Civil
24. The Ability To Try A Case In The First Place, Also
Known As Trial Jurisdiction -Correct Answer - Original
Jurisdiction
