BAIL BONDSMAN EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Before a surety bondsman can write a bond, he must: - ANS Be listed on the Electronic
Bondsmen Registry
Which of the following is a bail bondsman legally allowed to do? - ANS Post bonds in any
county in North Carolina
A bondsman who doesn't pay premium he owes to an insurer is guilty of... -
ANS misappropriation
A professional bail bondsman who willfully falsifies a monthly report is guilty of a... -
ANS Class I Felony
In a bail bond office, an unlicensed person can be hired to... - ANS 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... - ANS 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: - ANS Class 1 Misdemeanor
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, Under NCGS 58-71, which is a Class I Felony? - ANS -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: -
ANS Surrender the defendant and file a motion to strike the forfeiture.
As a licensed bail agent in NC, you may: - ANS -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... - ANS Check
criminal case dispositions
In NC, a bail agent cannot legally do any of the following, except - ANS 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... - ANS A Class I felony
A NC bail bondsman may accept a premium of... - ANS 2%
An NC bail bondsman may legally do all of the following, except... - ANS -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... - ANS $0.00
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, In NC, a bail bondsman may... - ANS Run ads in the local newspaper
A bail bondsman may do all of the following, with the exception of... - ANS -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: - ANS -$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? -
ANS A surety company, an accommodation bondsman, and a professional bondsman
Who can be monetarily compensated for posting a bond? - ANS A licensed bail bondsman
It is unlawful in NC for bail bondsman to do all of the following except: - ANS Guarantee the
defendant's appearance in court
Per statute, a bail bondsman in NC must... - ANS Guarantee the appearance of the defendant
at all of his scheduled court cases or pay the bond forfeiture.
If the defendant misses a premium payment, the bondsman may: - ANS Put the defendant in
jail for non-payment and keep all the premium paid.
A bondsman may keep the premium for every reason listed below except: - ANS The co-
signer asks that the defendant be returned to jail because defendant is planning to flee the
country.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Before a surety bondsman can write a bond, he must: - ANS Be listed on the Electronic
Bondsmen Registry
Which of the following is a bail bondsman legally allowed to do? - ANS Post bonds in any
county in North Carolina
A bondsman who doesn't pay premium he owes to an insurer is guilty of... -
ANS misappropriation
A professional bail bondsman who willfully falsifies a monthly report is guilty of a... -
ANS Class I Felony
In a bail bond office, an unlicensed person can be hired to... - ANS 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... - ANS 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: - ANS Class 1 Misdemeanor
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, Under NCGS 58-71, which is a Class I Felony? - ANS -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: -
ANS Surrender the defendant and file a motion to strike the forfeiture.
As a licensed bail agent in NC, you may: - ANS -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... - ANS Check
criminal case dispositions
In NC, a bail agent cannot legally do any of the following, except - ANS 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... - ANS A Class I felony
A NC bail bondsman may accept a premium of... - ANS 2%
An NC bail bondsman may legally do all of the following, except... - ANS -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... - ANS $0.00
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, In NC, a bail bondsman may... - ANS Run ads in the local newspaper
A bail bondsman may do all of the following, with the exception of... - ANS -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: - ANS -$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? -
ANS A surety company, an accommodation bondsman, and a professional bondsman
Who can be monetarily compensated for posting a bond? - ANS A licensed bail bondsman
It is unlawful in NC for bail bondsman to do all of the following except: - ANS Guarantee the
defendant's appearance in court
Per statute, a bail bondsman in NC must... - ANS Guarantee the appearance of the defendant
at all of his scheduled court cases or pay the bond forfeiture.
If the defendant misses a premium payment, the bondsman may: - ANS Put the defendant in
jail for non-payment and keep all the premium paid.
A bondsman may keep the premium for every reason listed below except: - ANS The co-
signer asks that the defendant be returned to jail because defendant is planning to flee the
country.
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