BAIL BONDS LOUISIANA 2026 LEARNING
COMPANION ARREST RELEASE AND
PRETRIAL PROCEDURES FRAMEWORK
◉ Obligee, Obligor, Surety
Answer: Parties of a bail bond contract
◉ Actions that make a bond unenforceable
Answer: Fraud, misrepresentation, concealment, false swearing,
waiver
◉ Representations
Answer: statements made by contracting parties during the stages of
inducement to sign a contract. If 1 statement is untrue it is called
misrepresentations
◉ Concealment
Answer: the intentional withholding of facts by one party to a
contract, which if they were known, would prevent the other party
from signing the contract
◉ Agreement
,Answer: a meeting of the minds
◉ Consideration
Answer: the integral part of a valid contract; "good and valuable"
Can be an act for an act, a promise for a promise, or an act for a
promise
◉ Legality of object
Answer: the contract must be entered into for legal purposes
◉ Executory Contract
Answer: a contract that sets forth promises that are not yet
performed
◉ Express Contract
Answer: a contract created by the explicit language of the parties.
compared to implied contract
◉ 2 Types of Contempt of court
Answer: Direct & Constructive
◉ Direct Contempt
,Answer: one committed in the immediate view and presence of the
court and which it has personal knowledge ,or a contumacious
failure to comply with a subpoena, summons, or order to appear in
court, proof of service of which appears of record; a contumacious
failure to comply with an order sequestering a witness
◉ Obligee
Answer: the party to whom some obligation is due. In bail contracts,
The State of Louisiana. As represented by the courts, is the obligee
◉ Delegate
Answer: to appoint, authorize or commission
◉ Constructive contempt
Answer: willful neglect or violation of a duty by a clerk, sheriff, or
other person elected. willful disobedience of any lawful judgment
order, etc. Rem0val of any person/property in the custody; unlawful
detention of a witness
◉ Runner
Answer: a person employed by a bail bondsman insurer or general
agent for the purpose of assisting in presenting the defendant in
court when required, to assist in the apprehension and surrender of
the defendant, or to keep defendant under necessary surveillance.
, Has no power on his own and must work under supervision and
cannot write or post bonds
◉ Conviction
Answer: In criminal proceedings, the formal finding of the guilt of
the defendant by a judge or jury
◉ Execute
Answer: to complete and sign a document so that is becomes legally
binding on the parties
◉ Discharge
Answer: in reference to surety bonds, to fulfill the obligation of the
bond. In bail bonds, the bond is said to be discharged when the case
is disposed of
◉ General Agent
Answer: an individual, partnership association, or corporation
appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or manage the
bail bond business written by the limited surety agents licensed by
the conpany
◉ Power of Attorney
COMPANION ARREST RELEASE AND
PRETRIAL PROCEDURES FRAMEWORK
◉ Obligee, Obligor, Surety
Answer: Parties of a bail bond contract
◉ Actions that make a bond unenforceable
Answer: Fraud, misrepresentation, concealment, false swearing,
waiver
◉ Representations
Answer: statements made by contracting parties during the stages of
inducement to sign a contract. If 1 statement is untrue it is called
misrepresentations
◉ Concealment
Answer: the intentional withholding of facts by one party to a
contract, which if they were known, would prevent the other party
from signing the contract
◉ Agreement
,Answer: a meeting of the minds
◉ Consideration
Answer: the integral part of a valid contract; "good and valuable"
Can be an act for an act, a promise for a promise, or an act for a
promise
◉ Legality of object
Answer: the contract must be entered into for legal purposes
◉ Executory Contract
Answer: a contract that sets forth promises that are not yet
performed
◉ Express Contract
Answer: a contract created by the explicit language of the parties.
compared to implied contract
◉ 2 Types of Contempt of court
Answer: Direct & Constructive
◉ Direct Contempt
,Answer: one committed in the immediate view and presence of the
court and which it has personal knowledge ,or a contumacious
failure to comply with a subpoena, summons, or order to appear in
court, proof of service of which appears of record; a contumacious
failure to comply with an order sequestering a witness
◉ Obligee
Answer: the party to whom some obligation is due. In bail contracts,
The State of Louisiana. As represented by the courts, is the obligee
◉ Delegate
Answer: to appoint, authorize or commission
◉ Constructive contempt
Answer: willful neglect or violation of a duty by a clerk, sheriff, or
other person elected. willful disobedience of any lawful judgment
order, etc. Rem0val of any person/property in the custody; unlawful
detention of a witness
◉ Runner
Answer: a person employed by a bail bondsman insurer or general
agent for the purpose of assisting in presenting the defendant in
court when required, to assist in the apprehension and surrender of
the defendant, or to keep defendant under necessary surveillance.
, Has no power on his own and must work under supervision and
cannot write or post bonds
◉ Conviction
Answer: In criminal proceedings, the formal finding of the guilt of
the defendant by a judge or jury
◉ Execute
Answer: to complete and sign a document so that is becomes legally
binding on the parties
◉ Discharge
Answer: in reference to surety bonds, to fulfill the obligation of the
bond. In bail bonds, the bond is said to be discharged when the case
is disposed of
◉ General Agent
Answer: an individual, partnership association, or corporation
appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or manage the
bail bond business written by the limited surety agents licensed by
the conpany
◉ Power of Attorney
