Montana Bail Bonds Calculator
Wondering what the real cost of Montana bail bonds are? Use our Montana free bail bond calculator and get an approximate cost of your surety bond. No need to enter any personal information, ever! Have questions about Montana bail or how to use Lisa’s Family Bail Bonds’s free bail bond premium calculator, please call us at 406.200.9999
Our bail bonds calculator uses a simple flat fee of 10% (which is called the bail premium). Example, if your bail was $10,000 the amount you would need to pay the Montana bail bonds premium would be $1,000.
How Much is Your Montana Bail?
Depend on one of the best Montana bail bonds service companies with flexible payment plans and terms available. Enter in the total bail amount needed to determine your approximate bail costs:
Our bondsmen rely on a minimum bond fee of $100. This means that if your bail is lower than $1000, the normal 10% premium would need to meet a threshold to write the bond. Which is why great Montana bail bondsmen like ours will tell you to save money by paying for the cash bond.
How much does Yellowstone County bail cost?
Lisa’s Family Bail Bonds strives to be transparent with the way we write bonds in Montana. We are the #1 provider of bail bond services in central Montana for a reason. We don’t want you to pay more than you have to for a bond.
For example: if your bail bond is $500, you will need to pay a bondsman $100. It’s in our expert opinion that it would be better to pay the full cash bond at the courthouse to bond out a defendant.
Calculating Bail Bonds Financing
Lisa’s Family Bail Bonds bail bonds has put together a simple method to calculate your bail payments. Use this handy Montana jail bail bonds calculator chart to determine what you might pay if you financed your bail:
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Yellowstone County Bail Bond Schedule
Use the Lisa’s Family Bail Bonds Yellowstone County, Montana bail bond schedule to easily show what you might pay for bail:
How to Use a Bail Bonds Calculator
Watch this video on how to use a Montana online bail bonds calculator, how bail bonds calculators work and the best way to secure bail financing in Montana.
Bail Bonds Calculator FAQ
If my bail is $2,000, how much do I pay the bondsman?
Montana law allows for a 10% bail bond premium fee. So for example, if your bail is $2000 then the bond amount you would pay (the premium) would be $200. Use the bail bonds calculator with any amount for bail.
Do I get my bail money back when my case is complete?
No. The premium that you paid is non-refundable. Think of this as a service fee where you only paid 10% of the entire bond while the bondsman covered the other 90%.
Why should I use a bondsman to pay bail?
An arrest is usually unexpected. So using a bondsman allows you to only spend 10% of the complete bond amount. When you calculate your bail, you’ll see that you will have 90% of the bond that you can use for a lawyer, food, rent or whatever bills you have.
How do you calculate Montana bail payments?
When you use our Montana bail calculator, you will simply enter the bond amount. The bail calculator will automatically show what the bail premium is you need to pay. If you wanted to finance your bail bond it also shows how much you would need to put down and then the monthly payments amounts (agreed upon by your bondsman).
Why would I need to put money down on my bail for financing?
Your Yellowstone County bail bondsman owes a percentage of the bond to the insurance company. That cost is covered by your down payment. This is where the bail bonds calculator comes in handy. It will show exactly what your down payment would be for up to 12 months.
I can’t afford the full bond, how do I get bail financing?
In order to get bail bonds financing, you would need to meet a certain criteria for the bond. 1. Stable employment with years at the same company, or your cosignor has a good work history. 2. Member of the community 3. Own or rent your home for at least 2 years. There are more details and you should ask your bondsmen after calculating your bail bond.
If my Yellowstone County bail bond is $25,000, how much do I pay for a bond?
All Montana bail is a max 10% so your bond would be $2,500. There are no extra fees or charges. Read through the Lisa’s Family Bail Bonds Montana bail law page for more detailed information about bail calculations..
Is the 10% premium bail bond price the same in all cities in Yellowstone County?
Yes. No matter if you are in Big Sky, Bozeman, Billings, Lewistown, Kalispell, Belgrade, Whitefish or Wibaux the bail bonds premium will always be 10 percent of the total cash bond.
Is my Fergus County bail the same cost as Yellowstone County bail?
Yes. Throughout the entire state of Montana, by law, the cost of bail cannot exceed 10%. So for example, if your Fergus county bail bond was $150,000 then you would need to pay the bondsman $15,000. Using our free Montana bail bonds calculator you will know exactly what your bail will cost.
Do I need an Billings bail bonds agent to help me calculate bail?
Not at all. The bail calculator above is meant for all cities in Montana. So your bail cost is always the same no matter if you’re in Billings or Lewistown.
