As the title says, I’ve never comprehended how someone who has been charged with a serious crime can afford to pay a million $+ bond. Do they get that money back? Does it stay in the court? I just have no clue about what happens to all that dough.
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Typically, or pays a bail bondsman 10% of the bond amount and they put up the rest. When you show up for trial, the money is returned — it’s meant as a deposit to make sure you don’t skip town or leave the country to avoid trial. The bail bondsman charges you a fee for the service, which typically will be the 10%.
Bounty hunters are the people who hunt down fugitives who skip on bail. The bail bondsman loses the money if you flee, so they have a big incentive to pay somebody to find you.
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