In the fiercely competitive bail bond world, nothing draws more
controversy than the bail bond list provided to inmates by jail
administrators. Unlike Mississippi, Arkansas has statutes detailing how
the “list” is compiled. The Southwest Times Record in
Fort Smith, Arkansas reports that a lawsuit has been filed after a bail
bond company’s name dropped from first to third on the county list.
The Arkansas law requires bail bond companies to be listed at jails “in
the order in which they register with the clerk” and specifies that the
order “shall not change from year to year.” The clerk said she did some
research and learned that the order of the list — which she inherited
from her predecessor — did not exactly reflect the order in which
companies filed their licenses with the clerk’s office, so she revised
it. Bob Cole Bail Bonds, who had been first on the county list since
1989, filed an injunction, stating that he was being hurt financially
because of the changes. A temporary injunction was granted and the
court will hear the case in a few months.
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