The Bail bonds Biz

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THE BAIL BONDS BIZ

Could you pass the test to become a licensed bail bond-person? It's your choice -- actually, it's a multiple-choice.

If you'd like to test your "Bail Bonds Biz" knowledge why don't you and the boys from down at the lab give the following a good going-over and see what clues you unearth?

Be sure to read each possible answer over carefully. Some may be more correct than others. And just to make things tough, we've thrown in a lot of trick questions.

And by the way, we haven't stuck the answers at the end, so don't even bother looking. We know human nature.

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THE BAIL BONDS BIZ MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZ

1.Bail is regulated by:

a) by the Insurance Code, Penal Code, Administrative Code and Local Ordinances

b) by a bunch of over-sexed old men (oh, wait a minute -- that's the Senate)

c) by throwing a dart at at a chart on the wall

2.The State Department of Insurance regulates:

a) the accrediting of large corporate sureties

b) its fat intake

c) what it administers

3.The State Department of Insurance administers:

a) the bondsman licensing examination and regulations concerning eligibility and the license itself

b) over 5,000 enemas a day

c) what it regulates

4.In California, before even receiving a licensing exam date from the Department of Insurance, one must first:

a) attend a certified two-day class

b) be certified for two days

c) cluck like a chicken and squeal like a pig

5.Once licensed, bondsmen must:

a) renew their license annually

b) remember not to look down the barrel when cleaning a firearm

c) attend a one-day continuing education course

6.The State Bail Agents Association maintains:

a) a legislative watch in Sacramento, lobbying and keeping licensed bondsman abreast of issues facing the bail industry

b) that they were the second gunman in the grassy knoll

c) articles of conduct pertaining to a bondsman's relations with clients, lawyers, press, the courts and the law.

7.Bail bondsmen are restricted by State Code from:

a) colluding with lawyers (in the interest of gaining additional business)

b) dancing with lawyers

c) bowling with lawyers

8.In the interest of gaining additional business, bail bondsmen are restricted by State Code from:

a) colluding with newspapers or court officials

b) offering to "Super Size" it for an additional cost

c) chasing police cars

9.A licensed bondsman cannot be:

a) a convicted felon

b) a candy-ass little whiner who goes cryin' to his momma

c) a personnel of the Courts, Law Enforcement Officers or Security Patrol personnel

10.Every defendant will not get an opportunity for bail if:

a) they're charged with a Capital Offense

b) they're not sitting up straight and wiping that grin off their face

c) they're convicted of a felony, appeal, then piss off the judge (because they have discretion on whether to allow bail)

11.Bail bond sureties are like:

a) insurance companies who underwrite the bonds issued by licensed bondsman

b) a day without sunshine

c) a really bad headache that gets you right here

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