Can someone provide some advice for me please. A friend paid a bail bondsman company 00 twice for the same bond. They ran a credit card on her which she signed, but then they said the card wasn’t processing on their system. Because she wanted to get the person out, she got cash. A short while later, they processed the card too!! When she found out, she got passed between the two partners each saying the other would pay. Now they’ve told her to f— off in so many words and stopped taking her calls. Does anyone know the best way to proceed? With which "governing" bodies should she report this? What is the most expedient way to create a reaction from crooked bondsman? I was thinking going to a licensing body first accompanied with an attorney letter. This was an L.A. County bail bondsman. From whom do they fear retribution? Sheriff’s Dept? Dept of Insurance? Any suggestions greatly appreciated. p.s. the credit card company refuses to refund her b/c she signed the paper.
Well theft is theft no pretty much any way you cut it when the authorities are involved. Report them to the police station and fill out all the necessary paperwork that goes along with it, i mean they did rip her off. Although she is going to need to have some kind of proof that she actually gave them the the cash, hopefully in the form of a receipt from the bail company. If not they could always play the stupid card and say they have no idea what she was talking about and that they only charged her card. Of course that dose not necessarily mean that they would get off it would just take longer to get her money back if at all. Good Luck
The California Insurance Department is responsible for regulating and licensing bail bonds providers.
You could also contact an attorney to file a civil suit. Hopefully you got a receipt for the cash payment.
Don’t muck around – ‘letter before action’ giving 7 days notice to repay. Failing which your ‘friend’ issues proceedings in the local civil court for restitution of the money overpaid, plus a further sum for the stress and aggravation they have caused.
Why do you have to put your signature on the ID card or "your" Driver’s License? It supposedly has all "your" data on it, including a picture of you; why would you have to sign it? Because U S are the Authorized Representatives for the ALL CAPITAL NAME corporation "persons", that are part of the collateral in the PLEDGE pile (Trust Fund) for the BANKRUPTCY. To prove the two of you, to your- self, take anyone’s personal check; you will find their ALL CAPITAL NAME "person" represented in the upper left corner. Go to the signature line and put it under a microscope, it is microscopic printing that looks like a line to the naked eye; it will says either authorized representative or authorized signatory, over and over again to create the line that you see! You can also look at any paperwork that you receive from any government office or police ticket; it will always have the ALL CAPITAL NAME on the documents (legal business procedures per UCC rules). You see, the States (all of them) are legal fictions; and don’t really exist! To prove this to yourself, think about going into a court room and asking the JUDGE if you have the RIGHT to "face" your accuser? He has to answer yes and say that it is your RIGHT! Then make this statement; "will Mr. or Mrs. State of (insert your state’s name), please "present" for questioning?" The prosecutor will pop up out of it’s chair like a jack-in-the-box and say that "they" represent the State; tell the prosecutor that you didn’t ask for a re-presentation of your accuser, but in fact, you requested to "face" (touch your nose three times to reference a live, breathing man) your accuser as is your RIGHT. Well now, a legal fiction can’t walk into the room, can it? NOPE! So the judge has to gavel a dismissal or try to do business in BAD FAITH WITH UNCLEAN HANDS, which is the reason for you to claim the BOND on the issue/transaction/intercourse! Yes, every business transaction that is done under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, has to have a BOND (insurance) on it, just in case of BAD BUSINESS from either side of the transaction. And this also includes every "ticket" (offer to do business) you receive from the Department of Transportation, via the Department of Motor Vehicle, via an officer of the court (the police officer). The "Law" says that a legal fiction may not bring a claim against a "real man" and this is why "they" gave us the ALL CAPITAL NAME corporations (from the Bankruptcy), which "are" legal fictions that the State (a legal fiction) can do business with and the reason for the dismissal after making your request for your RIGHT to "face" your accuser. You can also legally cancel the business transaction, as you have the RIGHT to cancel "any" transaction that you enter into with three days (72 hours) for any reason (Lemon "Law"?). It is your RIGHTS! When you receive an offer to do business (a ticket from the police), cancel it by writing across the offer at an angle (from the lower left to the upper right of the document) in red ink and it should say something like; PRINT the words, Returned for Value, put your ALL CAPITAL NAME under that, and then sign it under the ALL CAPITAL NAME as the Authorized Representative! A nice touch to insure there isn’t any CONfusion, is to put your right thumb print to the right of these words. Fold the "ticket" in half so that the clerk can’t see the writings, hand it to the Clerk of the Court (returned for cancellation) and leave the building; the clerk might try to get you to come back, but don’t touch that paper or you just "received" it again and you will have to return it again! Note the date that you were scheduled for Court and go on the date designated for Court to announce that the transaction has been cancelled; if "they" decide to go forward, announce "they" are committing Bad Business and "claim" the BOND! You can counter "their" illegal business maneuvers by having three 3 x 5 cards ready for delivery, each one saying the same thing; "I accuse you of coming to equity in bad faith, with unclean hands, to participate in deceptive trade practices and I wish to claim the bond on this issue." Hand the cards to the Bailiff and instruct the Bailiff to deliver the first card to the Clerk of the Court, the second one to the prosecutor, and the third one to the Judge; in that order. This way the Clerk will be done reading their copy before the Judge gets one to read and react to it. Then you may claim the BOND (the dollar amount for the day, the ticket/offer) from the Clerk by saying to the Clerk, that you are claiming the BOND on this issue, before the Judge can read and gavel the dismissal to stop the CLAIMING OF THE BOND. The clerk actually has the power (standing) to do the business deal with U S, not the Judge or the prosecutor as "they" are BAR members, but the Head Clerk of the Court isn’t a BAR member; the Head Clerk of the Court is an U S in "their" employ so that the transactions can be completed legally through the Uniform Commercial Code. (these Clerks are TRAITORS!) If "they" recognize your claiming of the Bond, which they don’t like to do, the clerk will have to write you a receipt for the dollar amount of the offer, ticket, transaction, or and then "they" will send you to the cashier to pick up your check. The clerk is the second most powerful person in the Courtroom, right after you, not the Judge; the Clerk pencils the deal, the Judge just negotiates the deal and "they" need your CONSENT TO DO THE BUSINESS (busy-ness) DEAL WITH YOU, the authorized re-presentative for the other you! Always ask for "Face" to "face" business only! And stop accidentally CONSENTING when you talk with the Court room players, by saying or admitting that you are a/the DEFENDANT when asked by "them", its a trick; this gives "them" the CONSENT "they" need to hook you back into "their" game even though you lawfully cancelled the transaction, because when you say/admit to "them" that you are a/the DEFENDANT, you ARE CONSENTING! One of the definitions from Black’s Law Dictionary for the word PLAINTIFF is "creditor" and for the word DEFENDANT, it says debtor! Its just a business deal/transaction, disguised as a "Court" case; BIFRICATION, BIFRICATION, more BIFRICATION!
Another thing every one of U S needs to know about this "game" is that when you go into "Court", they operate under assumptions and presumptions and "they" will move forward with "their game," unless you challenge their assumptions (ass-u-me?) and presumptions (we presume that you wanted to have it happen "our" way, sorry if you don’t like the outcome; you didn’t say NO, CONSTANTLY). LAWYERS ARE LIARS! The “Court” wrote that “for an attorney to be effective they must be able to lie. When a lawyer’s lips are moving, he is lying! By Law! “Here is the statement that I would recommend that you use from the first contact (police) to the last contact (Court); I DO NOT CON-SENT, YOUR PERMISSION IS DENIED, YOUR AUTHORITY IS REVOLKED! Look up the definition of the word AUTHORITY in Black’s Law Dictionary, it is defined with one word; PERMISSION! YOURS, if you DON’T say NO, you CON-SENTED; implied, inferred, CONstrued, CONtrived, ect…! So, Say No! Really. JUST SAY NO!
The California Department of Insurance regulates bail bondsmen in California. The consumer contact information can be found on this page:
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0500-about-us/0500-organization/0100-consumer-services/consumer-services.cfm
Your friend should contact them and ask how to make a formal complaint.
I agree with the complaint route listed above. I thought that once they give you the receipt to sign that it means that the transaction was approved?