People v. Safety National Casualty Corp.

Opinion

GOMES, J.

Safety National Casualty Corporation (Safety National) appeals the trial court’s order denying its motion to set aside a forfeiture and exonerate a bail bond posted for the release of a defendant, Sabrina Post (Post). Safety National contends the trial court lost jurisdiction to declare the bond forfeited when (1) the bail bond at issue was exonerated by operation of law upon Post’s reinstatement to probation, and (2) the bail agent failed to receive actual notice of the forfeiture order. As we shall explain, we agree with the first contention and therefore will reverse the…