Can you go to jail for not paying your bond off?

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Friday, Mar 29, 2013

If you bond out of jail with a payment plan with a bond company but the case is resolved before you finish paying them can you go to jail for not paying your bond off?

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Apr 01, 2013
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No. The bond payment issue is a matter of contract law. Of course, if you stiff the bonding company, whatever security you gave them could be levied on [depending on your written agreement], and they could sue you on the contract, and word would get around through their system and you would never get another bail bond [if you needed one in the future].