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Bail bond agents in Utah

The bail bond insurance business is open only to licensed bail bond agencies and producers and certified surety insurers. (Utah Code § 31A-35-401)

A person may not engage in the bail bond insurance business unless that person: is a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter; is a surety insurer that is granted a certificate under this section in the same manner as other insurers doing business in this state are granted certificates of authority under this title; or is a bail bond producer licensed in accordance with this section.

A bail bond agency or producer may charge the premium only at the rates established by the agency or surety insurer. (Utah Code § 31A-35-608)

A bail bond agency or bail bond producer may not, in any bail transaction or in connection with that transaction, directly or indirectly, charge or collect money or other valuable consideration from any person except to: pay the premium on the bail at the rates established by the bail bond agency or surety insurer;

Cash bail in Utah

A defendant who cannot pay a financial condition within seven days may ask to modify the order, with a rebuttable presumption of inability to pay. (Utah Code § 77-20-207)

Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a defendant may move to modify a pretrial status order if: the magistrate or judge imposed a financial condition as a condition of release in the pretrial status order; and the defendant is unable to pay the financial condition within seven days after the day on which the pretrial status order is issued. For a motion under Subsection (2)(a), there is a rebuttable presumption that the defendant does not have the ability to pay the financial condition.

Before refunding cash or card bail posted by the defendant, the court may apply it to criminal accounts receivable the defendant owes. (Utah Code § 77-20-402)

Before refunding monetary bail that is posted by the defendant in cash, by credit card, or by debit card, the court may apply the amount posted toward a criminal accounts receivable, as defined in Section 77-32b-102, that is owed by the defendant in the priority set forth in Section 77-38b-304.

How bail is set in Utah

The state constitution makes all persons charged with a crime bailable, except listed categories. (Utah Const. art. I, § 8)

All persons charged with a crime shall be bailable except:

The statute sets default financial-condition amounts by offense class, from $25,000 for some first degree felonies to $130 for an infraction. (Utah Code § 77-20-205.5)

For a felony, the default amount for a financial condition is: $25,000 for a first degree felony with a minimum mandatory sentence; $20,000 for a first degree felony without a minimum mandatory sentence; $10,000 for a second degree felony; and $5,000 for a third degree felony. For a misdemeanor or infraction other than a local ordinance, the default amount for a financial condition is: $2,000 for a class A misdemeanor; $700 for a class B misdemeanor; $350 for a class C misdemeanor; and $130 for an infraction.

Note: Enacted 2025 GS, ch. 526 (effective date not verified).

If a court date is missed in Utah

After a failure to appear, the surety has 180 days to bring in or surrender the defendant, and no forfeiture action may be brought during that time. (Utah Code § 77-20-502)

the surety may bring the defendant before the court, or surrender the defendant into the custody of a county sheriff within the state, within 180 days after the day on which the defendant failed to appear in court as required. A forfeiture action may not be brought during the 180-day time period

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