When former President Donald Trump arrives at the Fulton County jail later this week to surrender in the criminal election subversion case, he’ll be able to choose between three different ways to pay the $200,000 bond that will keep him from being detained in the facility as his case unfolds.
Trump, like his 18 co-defendants in the sprawling racketeering case brought last week by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, will have the option of paying the bond with cash, through a professional bonding company or by putting up just 10% of the total amount.
Willis has given the defendants until noon Friday to surrender at the jail and already, a number of them have negotiated so-called bond orders with her office to ensure a speedy surrender process.
As of Tuesday afternoon, just two of the defendants had surrendered, including Scott Hall, himself a professional bondsman in Atlanta, who was charged in the case with crimes related to his alleged involvement in the Coffee County, Georgia, voting systems breach.
Here’s what to know about paying a bond in Fulton County.
In Fulton County, defendants have three ways to settle the bond amount spelled out in their consent bond order, which is essentially a “stay-out-of-jail agreement” outlining the amount of money they have to put up in order to avoid being detained as their criminal case unfolds.
The first is with cash, which would require the amount to be paid in full at the jail.
The second way is through “commercial surety,” in which a defendant would use a professional bonding company. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office publishes an “approved bonding list” for area companies it works with. If a defendant goes with this option, the company doesn’t actually pay any money to the county, but the defendant would have to pay a fee to the company for using their…
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