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Bail is when a person pays the entire amount to the court or the jail. Say, if Rowe's bond was $5,000, then someone paid the $5,000 cash to the court, they would release him. Once his trial was over, the amount would be paid back to him. In some jurisdictions, any court costs or fines are taken out, and the remainder refunded to whomever paid it.
Bond is when someone goes to a bondsman and pays the bondsman a fee, usually 10%. The bondsman then "pays" the court his bond, and he is released. The 10% (or whatever the fee) is kept by the bondsman.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Bail_vs_Bond(legal) Here is a good sight that explains it.
Bond is when someone goes to a bondsman and pays the bondsman a fee, usually 10%. The bondsman then "pays" the court his bond, and he is released. The 10% (or whatever the fee) is kept by the bondsman.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Bail_vs_Bond(legal) Here is a good sight that explains it.
