Polakoff & Aabbott Bail Bonds v. State

Chapter 903, Florida Statutes, is a compilation of enactments governing bail, criminal surety bail bonds, and the procedures bail bond agents should follow in order to obtain relief from the commitments and obligations imposed on them by the surety bonds they issue once the bonds are forfeited. The circumstances of this case involve a bail bond agent who did not follow the statutory procedures by timely paying the forfeitures and seeking remission or obtaining a judgment and moving to set the judgment aside. Instead, the bail bond agent filed a Motion to Set Aside Bond Forfeitures and…