A lot of people don't really understand bail bonds, but even
more people don't understand federal bail bonds. It's an often misunderstood
industry that people don't normally have to deal with. However, at some point
in your life it's likely that you'll want to bail someone out of jail (or perhaps
you need bailing out yourself) so it's important to understand the process,
especially when it comes to federal bail bonds.
If you understand the standard bail bonds process, then it
shouldn't be too hard to understand the federal bail bonds process, which only
has a few differences. These differences come about because of the nature of
the crime and the extra risk that is taken by the bail bondsman (usually
because the bail amount of so high).
For normal state or county bail bonds, you have to pay a deposit
of 10% of the full bail amount. This is paid to the bondsman to take out some
of the risk, and you get it back as soon the conditions of the bail are
fulfilled. However, when it comes to federal bail bonds, you need to pay a
deposit of 15% due to the extra risk. This might be a significant amount of
money, but as long as you can be sure that the arrestee will be appearing in
court when summoned, then you shouldn't have any problems.