Legislative Report for Bail posted

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:41:00 GMT

Legislative Comprehensive Report for Bail for July 2016 has been posted for Members at:

Government Relations / Federal/State Legislation (this page has Legislative information for all lines of business)
Line of Business / Bail (this page has all Bail related information)

SFAA responds to ABA Journal and advocates the societal benefits of surety bail

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:36:53 GMT

The Surety & Fidelity Association of America ("SFAA") is a non-profit corporation whose member companies collectively write the majority of surety and fidelity bonds in the United States. SFAA's members are sureties on the vast majority of bonds in the United States, and include a number of companies active in providing surety bail bonds.

Much of the law involves balancing the interests of the parties and stakeholders. In her President's Message, Paulette Brown identifies key issues with respect to the use of bail. However, the balancing as presented in her Message is incomplete. Her Message fails to acknowledge the societal benefit of bail and the societal harm and cost caused by a defendant's failure to appear.

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Legislative Report for Bail posted

SFAA responds to ABA Journal and advocates the societal benefits of surety bail