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Comment on Some rich person could cause a lot of chaos by bailing everyone out of jail that they can

There are also laws about who can post bail for you. My understanding is that they need to either have an actual relationship with you or be a licensed bondsman. Either be someone who can guilt you into going to court or who will hire a bounty hunter to haul you in.

(And bail bonds are unfair bullshit, but that’s a different thing.)

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jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I don’t think this is a thing. The court could reject you if you’re suspicious, but I don’t think there are laws saying “you need a blood relationship to post bail for someone”

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- GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  The court could reject you if you’re suspicious, but I don’t think there are laws saying “you need a blood relationship to post bail for someone”
  
  Now court could reject bailing-out someone is BLANKING BS! If it is true, then must be removed!
  
  Blood relationship requirement is just not true.
  
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  - FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I haven’t a clue what the rules are but I don’t think anybody was suggesting you had to have a blood relationship to bail someone out. I think they were suggesting you have to know the person, be a friend or colleague or have some kind of connection to them as opposed to some stranger just walking in and bailing out random people like I suggested in my original post
    
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