RATIONALES AND BONDING REGULATIONS
AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT REVIEW 2026
◉ Which of the following is a bail bondsman legally allowed to do?
Answer: Post bonds in any county in North Carolina
◉ A bondsman who doesn't pay premium he owes to an insurer is
guilty of...
Answer: misappropriation
◉ A professional bail bondsman who willfully falsifies a monthly
report is guilty of a...
Answer: Class I Felony
◉ In a bail bond office, an unlicensed person can be hired to...
Answer: Perform normal office duties
◉ With the exception of the felonies cited in NCGS 58-71, the
maximum charge for a bondsman violating any other bail bond law,
is...
Answer: Class 1 Misdemeanor
,◉ If a bondsman doesn't return collateral valued at $1,000 within 15
days after his defendant's case is over, he can be convicted of a:
Answer: Class 1 Misdemeanor
◉ Under NCGS 58-71, which is a Class I Felony?
Answer: -Failing to return collateral that has a value of over $1500.
-A Professional bondsman willfully falsifying a monthly report.
◉ Your defendant missed his court date. In order to get off the bond,
you must:
Answer: Surrender the defendant and file a motion to strike the
forfeiture.
◉ As a licensed bail agent in NC, you may:
Answer: -Enter the residence of record at any time, even if the
occupants refuse to let you in.
-Surrender your defendant to the sheriff.
◉ Bondsman are authorized to check ACIS-AOC Criminal
Information System- to...
Answer: Check criminal case dispositions
,◉ In NC, a bail agent cannot legally do any of the following, except
Answer: Accept a boat valued at $7,000 and a guitar valued at
$2,000, as collateral for a $10,000 bond.
◉ When his defendant's case is over, if a bondsman does not return
collateral worth over $1,500, he is guilty of...
Answer: A Class I felony
◉ A NC bail bondsman may accept a premium of...
Answer: 2%
◉ An NC bail bondsman may legally do all of the following, except...
Answer: -Charge a credit card fee on bonds less than $500
-Charge $1.00 per mile mileage fee on bonds less than $500
-Paying an unlicensed bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant
◉ The maximum referral fee a bondsman is legally allowed to pay
is...
Answer: $0.00
◉ In NC, a bail bondsman may...
Answer: Run ads in the local newspaper
, ◉ A bail bondsman may do all of the following, with the exception
of...
Answer: -Charging a fee in order to not surrender a defendant
-Paying a defendant to solicit business for the bondsman while
defendant is in jail.
-Paying an unlicensed bounty hunter to apprehend a defendant
◉ As collateral on a $20,000 bond, a bondsman may legally accept:
Answer: -$15,000 deed of trust on a $950,000 house, or
-$20,000 cash
◉ Which of the following people and/or entities are legally
responsible to the state for a bond?
Answer: A surety company, an accommodation bondsman, and a
professional bondsman
◉ Who can be monetarily compensated for posting a bond?
Answer: A licensed bail bondsman
◉ It is unlawful in NC for bail bondsman to do all of the following
except:
Answer: Guarantee the defendant's appearance in court