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Bail bond agents in Washington

Bail bond agencies that sell corporate surety bonds or provide property security are licensed under chapter 18.185 RCW. (RCW 18.185.010)

"Bail bond agency" means a business that sells and issues corporate surety bail bonds or that provides security in the form of personal or real property to ensure the appearance of a criminal defendant before the courts of this state or the United States.

Percentage deposit with the court in Washington

The court may require a bond with a deposit in the court registry of up to 10 percent of the bond, returned when release conditions are met; it must then also allow a surety bond. (CrR 3.2(b)(4))

(4) Require the execution of a bond in a specified amount and the deposit in the registry of the court in cash or other security as directed, of a sum not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of the bond, such deposit to be returned upon the performance of the conditions of release or forfeited for violation of any condition of release. If this requirement is imposed, the court must also authorize a surety bond under section (b)(5);

Note: CrR 3.2 amended effective December 23, 2025.

Cash bail in Washington

When a bond is required, the court must consider the accused's financial resources in setting it. (CrR 3.2)

must post a secured or unsecured bond, the court shall consider, on the available information, the accused's financial resources for the purposes of setting a bond

How bail is set in Washington

The state constitution makes persons charged with a crime bailable by sufficient sureties, except capital offenses; bail may be denied for offenses carrying possible life imprisonment on a clear and convincing showing of violence risk. (Wash. Const. art. I, § 20)

All persons charged with crime shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident, or the presumption great. Bail may be denied for offenses punishable by the possibility of life in prison upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence of a propensity for violence that creates a substantial likelihood of danger to the community or any persons, subject to such limitations as shall be determined by the legislature.

If a court date is missed in Washington

If the court does not notify the surety in writing within 30 days of an unexplained failure to appear, the forfeiture is void and the recognizance exonerated. (RCW 10.19.090)

If the surety is not notified by the court in writing of the unexplained failure of the defendant to appear within thirty days of the date for appearance, then the forfeiture shall be null and void and the recognizance exonerated.

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