Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Private Security Services
Training Course Outline
Bail Bondsmen (40E)
Course Time: 24 Hours
- Orientation (2 hours)
- Ethical Standards
- Professionalism
- Misrespresentation
- Conflicts of Interest
- Information Protection, Confidentiality, and Discretion Requirements
- Brief Introduction to Code of Virginia & Regulations Relating to Bail Bondsman
- Law (12 hours + 1 practical exercise)
- Code of Virginia and Regulations Relating to Bail Bondsman
- Definitions
- Licensing Procedures and Requirements
- Compulsory Minimum Training Standards
- Standards of Practice and Prohibited Acts
- Administrative Requirements/Standards of Conduct
- Administrative Reviews, Complaints, Procedures
- Basic Law
- Legal Terminology and Definitions
- Purpose and Function of Law
- US Constitution
- Amendments
- Bill of Rights
- Landmark Cases
- Limitations and Liabilities
- Surety and Property Law
- Surety Bail Bondsman
- Insurance Companies
- Agent vs. Attorney-in-Fact
- Virginia Qualification Requirements
- Property Bail Bondsman
- Virginia Property Requirements
- Agent Requirements
- Courts
- Civil Court System
- Federal
- State
- Local Jurisdiction
- Definitions
- Civil Judicial Procedures
- Criminal Court System
- State and Federal
- Legal Authority and Related Issues
- Liability Concerns
- Definitions/Interpretations
- Magistrates
- Release from Legal Obligation
- When Defendant Answers Charge
- Circulate the Bail Piece Release
- Special Considerations
- The Recognizance
- Preliminary Hearing
- Bond Continuation Pending Pre-Sentence Report
- Sentencing
- Withholding Findings
- Bond Reinstatement
- Fugitive Recovery (8 Hours + 1 practical exercise)
- Legal Procedures
- Bondsman's Legal Right to Recover
- Notice of Show Cause Hearing
- Entry of Finding of Default
- Payment of Forfeiture
- Recover: 12 Months from Entry o Finding of Default
- Section 9.1-185.15 Recovery of Bailees
- Criminal Statutes
- Liability Considerations/Liability Insurance
- Case Law
- Law Enforcement
- State
- Federal
- Reasonable Force to Effect Apprehension
- Use of Recovery Agents in Virginia
- Virginia Legal Requirements
- Recovery Agents Authority
- Employee vs. Independent Contractor
- Liability Considerations/Liability Insurance
- Responsibilities When Fugitive is in Bondsman's Custody
- Recovery in Virginia
- Recovery Out of Virginia; Uniform Extradition Act
- International Recovery
- Recovery Procedures
- Locating; Surveillance; and Entry Techniques
- Confrontation Management
- Use of Force
- Arrests
- Documentation (2 hours + 1 practical exercise)
- Required by the Courts
- Required by DCJS
- Record Keeping
- Reporting
- Retaining Records
Last Modified:
10/18/2006
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