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Can bail bond company charge your account without permission? |
I used my debit card to post bail for a friend who was arrested for driving with a suspended license. When he didn't go to court the bail bond charged my account $1000. I contacted my bank and they agreed to dispute the charges but I lost my dispute. The said that I agreed to be responsible for any subsiquent fees, but I didn't agree to have my account charged. What should I do? yes, you signed that you would be responsible for him returning to court..he skipped and you got stuck. fin print in your contract states that you will be charged if the guy is a no show..lesson here, never give a credit card for bail...even if you don't you would STILL be held responsible for paying the 1,000 back to the bondsman..sorry pay it or take the paperwork and the bank decision to a good atty and get a legal opinion about if there is grounds to sue and who. A) That's why you don't post bail for other people B) Why didn't he go to court? It's not like he robbed someone C) Yeah they can charge you, it's bail. That's how it works And you should uppercut that guy you bailed out because he didn't go to court You HAD to sign some sort of agreement in order to get the bond. They are within their legal rights and there is nothing you can do unless you can prove he DID show up as bonded and they made a mistake. When you signed with the bail bond company you probably DID agree to have you account charged. Your bank helped you with the dispute, the bond agency showed them the contract, the agreement is in the fine print, you signed: done. You're going to have to consider this a painful lesson and move on. If you signed any kind of legal document before submitting the bail money, you probably surrendered your account to be open for any pending charges. If thats the case, you can still fight it with a lawyer, but because of your signature on the contract, you'll probably lose. If you didn't sign any such document, then the company wrongfully withdrew money from your account. You could definetly take them to court. And if you really wanted your money back bad enough, you could take your friend to civil court; however I'm not sure what the basis of your argument would be. Me. |
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