American Bankers Insurance Co. v. State Ex Rel. Osceola County Clerk

American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (“ABIC”), the surety on a bail bond, appeals a final “Bond Forfeiture Judgment.” We agree with ABIC that the trial court erred in entering the forfeiture when the court had earlier reinstated the defendant’s bond without ABIC’s consent. See § 903.31(2), Fla. Stat. (2008) (stating that if an original appearance bond has been forfeited or revoked, the bond “shall not be reinstated without approval from the surety on the original bond”); see also, Mike Snapp Bail Bonds v. Orange County, 913 So.2d 88, 92 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005) (noting that forfeitures…