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To secure a bail bond, it costs 10% of the bail amount set by the judge, paid to a bail bondsman.
The remainder of the bail bond is secured by other assets that you pledge to the bail bond provider, ie, your home,etc.
If you fail to appear in court, the Court keeps the full bail bond that was pledged on your behalf, and the bail bondsman goes after you and your assets to collect his loss and his fee. Sometimes, a bounty hunter is used to hunt down the bail jumper, because that person is going to jail.
The fee to the bail bondsman is usually 10%, paid after you appear in court, for providing the service to guarantee full payment to the court if you didn’t appear at your court date.