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Asked about 2 years ago - Costa Mesa, CA
FlagI requested that my friend be apprehended & taken back to jail cause I no longer desired to continue assuming financial responsibility. We did show up to 1st court date but the DISTRICT ATTORNEY had not yet pressed charges so we had no new court date DA said to keep checking in to find out the next court date & that's what I did every day(so when i called bail man there was no WARRANT 4 my friend ) bail man told me he would start the paper work & he would call me so that I could sign & remove my collateral signature. Would I still be liable to pay if the DA/court forfeiture the bond afrer i had already requested one week before the warrant was issued 2 no longer be collateral signature for my frien?
If you haven't signed anything (or strongly implied that you would) you are not liable.
If you do sign, are you guaranteeing that the bail bondsman's fee will be paid (then you are permanently bound as soon as you sign) or that you will pay the bail if the friend fails to appear (then why do you need a bail bondsman)?
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