{"id":1750,"date":"2020-05-18T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2020-05-07T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T10:00:17","slug":"how-to-tell-whether-your-bail-bond-agent-is-licensed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/how-to-tell-whether-your-bail-bond-agent-is-licensed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell Whether Your Bail Bond Agent Is Licensed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being arrested leaves you in an emotionally vulnerable state, and the last thing you\u2019d want in addition to that is to be scammed by a fraudulent bail bondsman.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is why you should always check whether a bail bond agent is licensed.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can do so:<\/p>\n<h2>Does the bail bond service have an online presence?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s important to know that under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/idoi\/2491.htm\">Indiana state law<\/a>, licenses are conferred upon individual bail bond agents and not agencies or corporations. However, by getting to know the agency better, you can determine whether their agents are licensed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to tell if a bail bond service is being honest and transparent about their services if they have a robust online presence. The first time you hear of a service, look them up on the internet and see if they have a website. Do the same for social media and read up on their reviews. Reviews usually tell you a lot about how honest a bail bond agency is in the way they deal with their clients.<\/p>\n<p>If you find absolutely no feedback on the internet, consider it a red flag and find another agency.<\/p>\n<h2>Do they have an office?<\/h2>\n<p>When you first call up a bail bond agent, ask them if they have an office. You can also check their website to see if there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/service-areas\/\">legitimate address mentioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Feel free to ask questions<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re investing your time and money in hiring a bail bond agent, you have every right to ask for evidence. As a rule of thumb, a bail bond agent should show you their license without even being asked. This establishes their credibility and transparency. Some of them may even have it displayed inside their office.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if the agent is acting strange, making excuses, or procrastinating: they probably don\u2019t have a license. A bail bond agent has no right to be offended if asked for a license. Always remember to be a smart consumer and ask!<\/p>\n<p>DeLaughter Bail Bonds is pleased to announce that all of our <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/types-of-bail-bonds\/\">bail bond agents<\/a> are licensed! <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/contact-us\/\">Get in touch<\/a> if you\u2019re based in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being arrested leaves you in an emotionally vulnerable state, and the last thing you\u2019d want in addition to that is to be scammed by a fraudulent bail bondsman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}