Stopping Payment on Check to Bail Bondsman

[chyshree]

My question involves personal finance in the State of: arkansas

My boyfriend let his ex-wife talk him into giving her a blank, signed check to give to the bail bonds place to get her boyfriend out of jail. She said father was supposed to wire her money in the morning and she promised to deposit it in my boyfriend's account to cover the check. Of course, she didn't. Her father actually did wire her the money, and she picked it up from western union. This has been a couple days ago. Still no money has been given to my boyfriend or placed in his bank account. The check he wrote the bonds company still hasnt cleared. He is planning to go to his bank in the morning and put a stop payment order on this check.
My questions are: 1) will the bonds company be able to go after him for a hot check criminally?
2) will the bonds company be able to go after him civilly?
3) since she is the one who actually presented the check to the bonds company (my boyfriend was not present), will they go after her instead?

[LawResearcherMissy]

1) Yep.
2) Yep.
3) Nope. They go after the owner of the account.

[Mr. Knowitall]

1) will the bonds company be able to go after him for a hot check criminally?

They can make a police report.

2) will the bonds company be able to go after him civilly?

Normally when a check bounces the local authorities require a merchant to file a notice that gives the person responsible for the check (the account holder) the opportunity to make good on it before they will proceed with an investigation and possible charges. You can investigate the policies of the police department that would be involved.

3) since she is the one who actually presented the check to the bonds company (my boyfriend was not present), will they go after her instead?

It's possible.

What did the bails bonds company say when your boyfriend called them and explained the situation?

[chyshree]

They can make a police report.


What did the bails bonds company say when your boyfriend called them and explained the situation?

he isn't sure which company she used. he was asleep after work when she woke him up and asked for the check, and he just signed her a blank check and went back to sleep, I know, stupid on his part. He hasn't been able to get ahold of her by phone, and she is no longer at the house her and her boyfriend were renting. He has called several in the county the guy was being held in, but none of them were the ones that issued the bond. I don't know if that would be a matter of public record at the court or jail.

[Mr. Knowitall]

The person was either bonded out or he wasn't. If he was, the bonding company should be identifiable from court records. If he was not, then the bonding company didn't post bond.