How do you get money back from bail?

Hello Kaitlyn. I am a little unclear, but it sounds as though you went through a bailbondsperson and not the Clerk of Courts.

If you used a bondsman, they have guaranteed the total bond trusting that your brother will return to court. When he goes back, the money you paid is kept by the bondsman. That is how they stay in business and it represents their profit.

If this was paid to the Clerk of Courts, when the case is fully disposed of, any fines, fees, court costs and/or restitution is deducted and if anything is left, it will be refunded to you. Bear in mind, if your brother is placed on probation for 1 year, the case is not disposed of until he completes the probation.

For the last part of your question, a bondsman will not refund anything. The Clerk of Courts will send you a letter and a county check for any remaining funds with a full list of any deductions.

I hope this helps and you can find it useful

If you provided the bail money (or other property if that was acceptable to the court), you should get it all back. The purpose of the bail was to increase the odds that the person bailed out would actually show up for required court appearances. If they showed up, whether or not charges were dropped and, if not, whether or not convicted, it doesn't make any difference. If they didn't show up for required court appearances, the bail would be forfeited to the court. Theoretically, the bail would help defray costs for the government to try to go round up the person when they were a no-show. If you paid a bail bond outfit (typically 10% of the bail amount) to provide the bail to the court, that's totally different. You lose that payment regardless. The reason is that the bond provider is in the business to gamble that your person is going to show up. If they do, they don't have to pay anything permanently to the court and the "fee" that you paid to them covers their risk. IF your person failed to show up for court, the bond provider has to pay the full bail amount to the court . . . which is probably 10 times as much as what you paid them. Then, they decide if they want to go through the trouble and expense of hunting down the fugitive to get them to court.

No, they will not just mail you a check. Call the clerk of courts or go to the courthouse. There is a form that you must fill out. It's probably different state to state. I'm in Pa and it took me a couple of months to get mine back and they will keep some of the money for a service fee.

***I don't understand what you mean by- she kept 40? Didn't she keep 540.? Call the court house or go there and get the form that you need to fill out.

call the bail lady and ask her

in my state you dont get it back