Beth's Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State

| Beth’s Bail Bonds, Inc. (BBB), appeals from the bond-forfeiture judgment entered against it on May 4, 2015. On appeal, BBB contends that the judgment should be reversed due to failure to comply with the bond-forfeiture statute. We affirm.

BBB wrote a bail bond in favor of Billy Mac Harris on April 10, 2013. Harris failed to appear for court on July 22, 2013. On that same date, the trial court and circuit clerk issued an order to show cause and a summons ordering BBB to appear on October 14, 2013, to show cause why the bond should not be forfeited due to Harris’s failure to appear. The…