eBONDS FOR BONDSMEN
WHAT IS eBONDS?
eBONDS™ is a secure electronic bond delivery system for bail bond agents and the jails they serve. It moves the power from your surety to you, then securely delivers the bond information the jail requires. You keep the customer relationship, the local jurisdiction controls who may write bonds, and eBONDS connects the process.
eBONDS neither writes bonds, solicits inmates, sells leads, nor chooses a bondsman – and it gives no surety or outside bail company a new path into your market.
If someone is not authorized to write bonds in your parish or county today, eBONDS does not make them authorized tomorrow.
WHAT eBONDS IS NOT
We understand the concerns in the bail bond community, and we want to be very clear about what eBONDS does not do.
DOES NOT
act as a bail bond company
DOES NOT
solicit inmates or sell leads
DOES NOT
choose a bondsman on behalf of an inmate or steer busines to any one bond company.
DOES NOT
give surety companies a direct path to inmates or jails
DOES NOT
create a new way for outside or national bail companies to enter your jurisdiction
DOES NOT
give someone authority to write bonds in your county or parish
The Process
1 You login to eBONDS
The bondsman logs into eBONDS to locate the inmate and review their offense and bond information. Bondsmen have access to current inmate rosters for each jurisdiction where they are approved to write bonds.
2 You receive your power and write the bond
Your surety delivers your electronic power through eBONDS. You complete the bond and securely submit everything the jail needs…without a trip.
3 The jail receives and reviews your bond
The jail reviews the completed bond and verified electronic power, then begins its normal release process. No hand-delivered paperwork or signatures to chase.
4 The inmate signs electronically
The inmate signs electronically at the jail. Secure copies of the signed bond documents and electronic power are immediately available to you and the jail.
Did You Know?
You know where your bond stands
Real-time updates show when your bond has been received, reviewed, signed, and completed – without phone calls or another trip to the jail.
Your records are there when you need them
eBONDS securely stores the transaction, bond documents, and electronic power in Microsoft Azure Government. Your records remain available for reporting, reconciliation, and audits.
ELECTRONIC BONDING ISN'T PUTTING A PDF ON THE INTERNET.
Emailing a PDF is basically replacing the fax machine. Filling out a web form that produces a PDF is still digitizing a paper process. Neither, by itself, creates a secure, compliant electronic bonding system.
eBONDS was built from the ground up around with security in mind. It combines surety integration, jail integration, identity and liveness verification, selfie and location capture, geofence controls, electronic signatures, encryption, audit trails, transaction records, CJIS, NIST and FIPS security requirements, and state and local compliance into one electronic bonding process.
And all of that sophistication has a very simple purpose: Make posting a bond faster, safer, more secure, more enforceable, and more convenient, while protecting the local rules and relationships that have always governed who can write the bond.
FAQ
What makes eBONDS better than the way I post bonds today?
Speed, security, convenience, compliance, and accountability. Powers arrive electronically, bonds go to the jail without a trip, inmates sign electronically, and you track each bond through release. eBONDS replaces paper passing among several people and places with one secure, documented transaction from power delivery through completion.
Is eBONDS really simple for a bondsman to use?
Yes. You receive your power, complete the bond, submit it, and track its progress. eBONDS manages the technology and complexity so you can focus on writing bonds and serving customers.
Can my surety or another bail company use eBONDS to go around me?
No. Your surety delivers the power, you write the bond, and eBONDS securely delivers it to the jail. A surety or outside bail company gains no market access through eBONDS. Anyone writing bonds must already be authorized in your parish or county.
What happens behind the scenes when I submit a bond?
The platform securely connects bail agents, surety carriers, bail management software, and participating jail management systems. It manages identity and liveness verification; selfie and location capture; electronic signatures; geofence boundaries; end-to-end encryption; Microsoft Azure Government cloud services; audit trails; role-based permissions; transaction records; and requirements associated with CJIS, NIST, FIPS, state laws, and local jail rules.
You receive your power, write the bond, send it to the jail, and get your customer out. eBONDS handles the complexity behind those steps.
Does eBONDS replace the software I already use?
No. Keep using Captira, eBail, Simply Bail, or your current business-management software. eBONDS works with existing bail software while providing the secure electronic infrastructure connecting the bondsman, surety, and participating jail.
How does eBONDS help me stay compliant as rules change?
Compliance is built into eBONDS. As states and local jurisdictions establish electronic-bonding requirements, eBONDS is designed to meet them and, where appropriate, exceed minimum safeguards. These may include verified identity and liveness, selfie and location capture, geofence boundaries, electronic signatures, required data fields, secure document handling, transaction histories, and tamper-evident audit trails…all within your normal workflow.
Why do liveness verification, location capture, and geofencing matter?
Electronic bonding should strengthen the safeguards protecting local bail systems. Identity and liveness verification establish who completes a transaction. Selfie and location capture document who participated and where. Geofencing can help enforce geographic restrictions under state law or local rules, while timestamps and audit trails preserve what occurred. These safeguards add speed and convenience without sacrificing accountability or local control.
Does eBONDS sell leads, steer inmates, or become a bail marketplace?
No. eBONDS is not a lead service, referral service, or bail marketplace. We do not sell inmate leads, recommend one bail company over another, or let inmates shop for a bondsman through eBONDS. Your customer relationship remains yours.
Who controls who can write bonds in my market?
The same authorities that control it today (clerks, courts, sheriffs, bail bond boards, etc.). eBONDS operates within state law and local rules; it creates no path around them. Many of its sophisticated controls exist specifically to protect local control.
Your surety delivers the power.
You write the bond.
eBONDS takes care of the rest.
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