Easy Out Bonding v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant, Easy Out Bonding, signed $21,000 in surety bonds for Edwin Charles O’Malley, the defendant/principal, who had been arrested on various felony charges. After the defendant failed to appear for trial on February 5, 1996, the trial court issued a bench warrant and ordered a bond forfeiture on February 14, 1996. On the same day the forfeiture was signed, the trial court served appellant with notice of the order by certified mail. In June 1996, appellant filed a motion to vacate the bond forfeiture based on the asserted failure of the trial court to give appellant notice…