Ok... not sure what that was all about.. but looks ok now......................................
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bail set at $50,000 — was freed after posting $200 and promising to pay more.<<>>he posted just 1 percent of the total bail, plus a $30 fee, and agreed to pay another 18 installments of $100 each.<<>>he report does not specifically criticize Aaron Bail Bonds, just the common practice in the state of discounting bail-bond deals.<<>>"runners" inside county jails — inmates who work as touts for bail bond companies in exchange for money — bail discounts and three-way calls that the bail bondsman sets up to other numbers.
Ongoing problem across the country.... I welcome reform that would make all bondsmen, in every state, by law, collect the full amount of the premium due in that state.... outlaw financing!!! Yes, I said it... outlaw financing and discounting... this policy is actually implemented in other forms of insurance, why not this industry... no rebates, no discounts, no financing... put all of us on the same page!!!!... But... that probably ain't happening simply because the regulatory agencies... for whatever reasons, do not enforce the laws that are in place now... DCJS in Virginia for one and others in their respective states...
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Nicholas Wachinski, executive director of the American Bail Coalition, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit trade group that represents the surety bail industry and advises courts and others on bail practices, said he welcomes the report.
Anyone that was at the NABBI conference in Philadelphia back in 2012, should remember Mr. Wachinski, who at the time was the legal council for Bail USA/Seneca. I am not sure of his connections at this point to this surety. He attended our meeting and gave a talk on the situation in our industry.
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Now, defendants can pay as little as 1 percent of the full bail as a down payment — sometimes nothing — and agree to make up the difference between the down payment and 10 percent of the full amount of the bail through periodic payments.
Again, and how many times do we have to throw this out for it to be seen and acted upon by those in the regulatory capacity???
How can those of us that try to do this job in an ethical and professional manner compete with this practice....
