A bondsman may also make you sign over collateral for the bail and make you put up 10%. If you skip, you (or a family member) loses something like... a house.

A bondsman may also make you sign over collateral for the bail and make you put up 10%. If you skip, you (or a family member) loses something like... a house. Once you skip, a bondsman has some pretty darn liberal rights at returning you to the law - and getting his money back.