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Bail bond agents in Pennsylvania

A bail bondsman must be licensed by the Insurance Department as an insurance producer with a casualty line of authority. (42 Pa.C.S. § 5742)

No person shall engage in, or continue to engage in, the business of a bail bondsman unless the person has been licensed by the department as an insurance producer under Article VI-A of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, and possesses a casualty line of authority.

The former statutory maximum-premium section has been repealed. (42 Pa.C.S. § 5748)

5748. Maximum premiums (Repealed).

Note: Repealed July 2, 2015, P.L. 110, No. 16, effective in 120 days.

Percentage deposit with the court in Pennsylvania

The bail authority may permit a deposit of up to 10 percent of the full monetary condition if that is enough to ensure appearance and compliance. (Pa.R.Crim.P. 528(C))

After determining the amount of the monetary condition, the bail authority may permit the deposit of a sum of money not to exceed 10% of the full amount of the monetary condition if he or she determines that such a deposit is sufficient to ensure the defendant's appearance and compliance.

Cash bail in Pennsylvania

When a monetary condition is necessary, the bail authority must consider the release criteria and the defendant's financial ability in setting the amount. (Pa.R.Crim.P. 528(A)-(B))

If the bail authority determines that it is necessary to impose a monetary condition of bail, to determine the amount of the monetary condition, the bail authority shall consider: (1) the release criteria set forth in Rule 523; and (2) the financial ability of the defendant.

Within 20 days of final disposition the deposit is returned, less authorized bail-related fees or commissions and reasonable costs of a percentage cash bail program, unless a motion to apply it is filed. (Pa.R.Crim.P. 535(D))

Unless a motion is filed pursuant to paragraph (E), within 20 days of the full and final disposition of the case, the deposit shall be returned to the depositor, less any bail-related fees or commissions authorized by law, and the reasonable costs, if any, of administering the percentage cash bail program.

How bail is set in Pennsylvania

The state constitution makes all prisoners bailable by sufficient sureties, except capital or life-maximum offenses or when no condition other than jail will protect safety, when the proof is evident or presumption great. (Pa. Const. art. I, § 14)

All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offenses or for offenses for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or unless no condition or combination of conditions other than imprisonment will reasonably assure the safety of any person and the community when the proof is evident or presumption great;

If a court date is missed in Pennsylvania

A forfeiture may not be executed until 90 days after notice of the forfeiture order. (Pa.R.Crim.P. 536(A)(2))

The forfeiture shall not be executed until 90 days after notice of the forfeiture order.

For the rest of what can follow a missed date, see missed court in Pennsylvania.