AL bail company bonds.
$250 flat.
Alabama requires every professional bail company to file a $25,000 corporate surety bond, approved by the presiding circuit judge of the county where the company writes appearance bonds, before it can execute or become surety on a single bond. Ours is $250 flat — the price you see is the checkout price.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A professional bail company's corporate surety bond is one of the simpler licensing filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, ownership, and an effective date. No financials, no forfeiture history questionnaire.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the circuit clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the circuit clerk for the presiding circuit judge to approve. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama regulates who may write bail as a business through the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993. A professional bail company — the corporate entity that stands behind the appearance bonds its agents write — must qualify with either a cash-and-securities escrow agreement or an original corporate surety bond of $25,000, filed with the circuit clerk and approved by the presiding circuit judge of the county where the company does business.
It's a three-party arrangement: the professional bail company (the principal), the surety carrier (which must itself be authorized to do business in Alabama and qualified to write bonds by the Department of Insurance), and the county — through its presiding circuit judge — as the obligee. The bond guarantees payment of any judgment absolute entered against the company on a bond forfeiture in that county.
It is not insurance for the company — if the surety pays a forfeiture judgment, the company repays the surety. Once an original continuous bond is on file and approved, the statute does not require a fresh original bond at each annual recertification — but proof the bond remains in force is still due to the presiding circuit judge, so we track your term and notify you before it lapses.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — a short business and ownership form, plus the case and county details your circuit clerk needs to file it.
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$250 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.