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Bail bond agents in Rhode Island

Anyone who becomes bail or surety in a felony case for hire must be approved and registered as a professional bondsperson by the presiding justice of the Superior Court. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-21)

No person proposing to become bail or surety in a felony case for hire or reward, either received or to be received, shall be accepted unless he or she has been approved and registered as a professional bondsperson by the presiding justice of the superior court or his or her designee.

Percentage deposit with the court in Rhode Island

Surety, or a deposit with the court of 10 percent of the bail, are the only monetary release conditions. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-10)

the giving of surety, or in the alternative the deposit with the court of ten percent (10%) of the amount of bail set, shall be the sole monetary conditions of the release on bail, except as set forth herein. No court shall require the deposit of cash as the sole monetary condition of the release on bail, except in those cases where the defendant owes court-imposed restitution.

Note: Amended by P.L. 2023, ch. 266 and ch. 267, effective June 22, 2023.

Cash bail in Rhode Island

No court may require cash as the sole monetary condition of release, except where the defendant owes court-imposed restitution. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-10)

the giving of surety, or in the alternative the deposit with the court of ten percent (10%) of the amount of bail set, shall be the sole monetary conditions of the release on bail, except as set forth herein. No court shall require the deposit of cash as the sole monetary condition of the release on bail, except in those cases where the defendant owes court-imposed restitution.

Note: Amended by P.L. 2023, ch. 266 and ch. 267, effective June 22, 2023.

A deposit still held at judgment is applied to ordered restitution or unwaived assessments, and any surplus is refunded to the defendant or the person who posted it. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-10)

If the money remains on deposit at the time of a judgment ordering the payment of restitution or any assessment made pursuant to § 12-25-28 that has not been waived by the court, the clerk must apply the money in satisfaction of the judgment’s restitution order or assessment and after satisfying the order or assessment must refund the money surplus, if any, to the defendant or to the individual who posted the money on behalf of the defendant, as the case may be.

How bail is set in Rhode Island

A person held on criminal process is released on recognizance with sufficient surety in the sum named or that the justice deems reasonable. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-1)

Every person who is held on any criminal process to answer to any indictment, information, or complaint against him or her shall be released upon giving recognizance with sufficient surety or sureties

If a court date is missed in Rhode Island

For a registered bondsperson's surety, the court may initially order no more than 10 percent of the original bail forfeited. (R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-16.2)

the court shall only order an amount to be forfeited up to, but not more than, ten percent (10%) of the original bail set and pledged as surety.

Note: P.L. 2017, ch. 415, § 2.

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