A bonding agent does not give a property owner the required lien disclosure. What is the effect on the lien instrument?C.R.S. 10-2-705(3.5)(c)
A producer takes a payment for a bail bond. Which of these must the receipt contain?C.R.S. 10-2-705(3)(a)
A producer uses another licensed and appointed producer to prepare the bail documents. Who answers for compliance?C.R.S. 10-2-706
After notice that the time to appeal an order exonerating the bond has expired, how soon must the agent deliver a full release of a lien on real property?C.R.S. 10-2-705(3.5)(d)
An indemnitor does not read English. What must the indemnity agreement carry?C.R.S. 10-2-705(1)(a)(VI)
How does an insurance producer become a producer appointee of a bail insurance company?C.R.S. 10-2-415.5(1)
How long after a bond is discharged and the collateral returned must the producer keep copies of the bond documents?C.R.S. 10-2-705(5)
How many clock hours of training in bail recovery practices must a producer complete before a bail insurance company may appoint the producer?C.R.S. 10-2-415.5(2)(c)(I)(B)
In what type must the real property lien disclosure be printed?C.R.S. 10-2-705(3.5)(b)
May the defendant be the indemnitor on the defendant's own bail bond?C.R.S. 10-2-705(6)
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Producers who write bail, continued
Of the eight clock hours of bail bonding education required before appointment, how many concern the bail bond laws?C.R.S. 10-2-415.5(2)(c)(I)(A)
On what date is each active bail producer appointment subject to renewal in its renewal year?C.R.S. 10-2-415.5(3)
Premiums a producer receives have no contractual due date. How soon must they be remitted to the insurer?C.R.S. 10-2-704(1)(b)
To be enforceable, interest and finance charges on an unpaid bail premium must comply with what?C.R.S. 10-2-705(2)(a)
What is the most a producer may charge as premium or commission on a bail bond?C.R.S. 10-2-707(1)
What must a collateral receipt say about the collateral itself?C.R.S. 10-2-705(1)(c)(VI)
What must a producer give each defendant and indemnitor before accepting consideration or taking collateral?C.R.S. 10-2-705(2)(b)
What statutory damages does a bail bonding agent owe a property owner for violating the real property lien rules, on top of actual damages?C.R.S. 10-2-705(3.5)(e)
When an insurer terminates a bail bonding agent's appointment, how soon must it notify the commissioner and the appointee by certified mail?C.R.S. 10-2-415.7(1)
When is a bail premium earned in its entirety by a compensated surety?C.R.S. 10-2-707(3)
Which fee may a producer assess on a bail bond besides the premium?C.R.S. 10-2-707(1)
Which is required of a collateral receipt but not of a promissory note?C.R.S. 10-2-705(1)(c)
Who must sign a bail bond indemnity agreement?C.R.S. 10-2-705(1)(a)
Whose standards must the bail recovery training meet?C.R.S. 10-2-415.5(2)(c)(I)(B)
With what may a producer never commingle premiums belonging to insurers?C.R.S. 10-2-704(3)
Cash-bonding and cash-bail agents 9
A person acts as a professional cash-bail agent without registering and is convicted. Besides the criminal penalty, what must the court require?C.R.S. 10-23-107
For how long must an applicant have been a licensed insurance producer who furnishes bail in Colorado before registering as a professional cash-bail agent?C.R.S. 10-23-103(3)
How does a "professional cash-bail agent" furnish bail for compensation?C.R.S. 10-23-101(3)
How large a cash qualification bond must a cash-bonding agent post with the division?C.R.S. 10-23-105(1)
How long is the grace period to renew a cash-bail registration without discipline or sanctions?C.R.S. 10-23-102(3)(b)
What does the division deliver to each registrant to show authority to practice?C.R.S. 10-23-102(5)
What is the largest single bail a professional cash-bail agent may furnish?C.R.S. 10-23-105(2)
Which of these may be registered as a professional cash-bail agent?C.R.S. 10-23-102(2)
Who is a "cash-bonding agent" under article 23 of title 10?C.R.S. 10-23-101(1)
Prohibited activities 8
A bail agent takes a deed of trust on a home as collateral. What limit applies to the interest in the property?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(e)(II)
A person in the business of writing bail bonds advises a client to hire a particular attorney. What does C.R.S. 18-13-130 say?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(a)
After receiving a copy of the court order that releases the bond, how soon must nonforfeited collateral be returned?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(h)
How many bonds may a bail agent have posted at one time in one case on behalf of one person?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(k)
To which of these may a bail agent not give anything of value?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(b)
What class of offense is a violation of the bail bond prohibited activities section?C.R.S. 18-13-130(2)
When may a bail agent lawfully pay a fee to an attorney in a bail bond matter?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(c)
Which act with bond forms does C.R.S. 18-13-130 make unlawful?C.R.S. 18-13-130(1)(j)
Bonds, exoneration and forfeiture 18
A compensated surety does not ask for a show cause hearing. How long after the entry of forfeiture does the court enter judgment?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(b)(III)
A court sets a bond with secured monetary conditions. Unless the court makes findings otherwise, who selects the method of securing it?C.R.S. 16-4-104(1)(c)
A forfeiture judgment is unpaid when the stay of execution expires. What happens to the bonding agent?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(e)
A surety seizes the defendant before any forfeiture judgment. To whom is the defendant surrendered for exoneration?C.R.S. 16-4-110(1)(d)
A surety that is on the board writes a bond anyway and the court accepts it. Is the bond valid?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(k)
After paying a forfeiture judgment, how long does a compensated surety have to bring the defendant in and get a remission?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(j)
Breach of which bond condition may subject the surety or security to forfeiture?C.R.S. 16-4-105(1)
The court changes the bond's terms soon after posting. Within how many days of posting may it order a compensated surety to refund part of the premium?C.R.S. 16-4-110(2)
The defendant appears in court before judgment is entered on a forfeiture. What must the court do?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(b)(V)(A)
For how long is execution on a bail forfeiture judgment automatically stayed?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(c)
How is notice of a bail forfeiture order served on the bonding agent?C.R.S. 16-4-114(5)(b)(I)
How may a bail insurance company write bail bonds in Colorado?C.R.S. 16-4-114(6)
Once a bond is executed and the person released, how long does the original bond continue in effect?C.R.S. 16-4-108
Real estate offered to secure a bond must have unencumbered equity of at least how much?C.R.S. 16-4-104(1)(c)(II)
What does "on the board" mean for a compensated surety?C.R.S. 16-4-114(2)(d)
What must a person arrested for a felony execute as a condition of a bond?C.R.S. 16-4-105(2)
Which of these does the criminal procedure code count as a "bail bonding agent"?C.R.S. 16-1-104(3.5)
With no forfeiture judgment and no extension, how long after posting is a person who executed a bail bond exonerated?C.R.S. 16-4-110(1)(e)
How this list was compiled: Colorado Revised Statutes 2026: Title 10 (Insurance), sections 10-2-415.5, 10-2-415.7 and 10-2-704 to 10-2-707 and article 23 (cash-bonding agents and professional cash-bail agents); Title 16 (Criminal Proceedings), sections 16-1-104, 16-4-104, 16-4-105, 16-4-108, 16-4-110 and 16-4-114; and Title 18, section 18-13-130, read on October 15, 2026 in the copy the Office of Legislative Legal Services of the Colorado General Assembly posts for download (https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-10.htm, crs2026-title-16.htm and crs2026-title-18.htm). The examination facts come from the Colorado Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook and its content outlines (effective January 1, 2024), on the exam page the Colorado Division of Insurance sends candidates to (https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/co/insurance.html). Each question names its section; the link opens the whole title, where the section number can be searched. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the statutes named under "source". Nothing comes from a state examination, its sample questions, a testing vendor, a prelicensing course or a prep publisher.
How it works
Colorado gives no separate bail exam: a bail bonding agent is an insurance producer with the Casualty line. This unofficial Colorado bail bond agent practice test asks 60 questions on bail statutes. Not affiliated with the Colorado Division of Insurance.
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Where bail sits in the Casualty exam
The Casualty examination's Colorado outline lists Bail Bonds among the statutes pertinent to casualty insurance only, citing C.R.S. 10-2-705 and 10-2-707: the bail bond documents and the price limits.
Numbers the statutes set
Judgment comes 35 days after a forfeiture is entered when no hearing is asked for, then execution is stayed 91 days. A bond is exonerated three years after posting when no judgment was entered (C.R.S. 16-4-114, 16-4-110).
Three kinds of bonding agent
The criminal procedure code counts an insurance producer, a cash-bonding agent and a professional cash-bail agent as bail bonding agents. The last two post a qualification bond of at least $50,000 with the Division (C.R.S. 16-1-104, 10-23-105).
Give the disclosure statement before taking any payment or collateral (C.R.S. 10-2-705).
Return nonforfeited collateral within 14 days of the court order releasing the bond (C.R.S. 18-13-130).
An unpaid forfeiture judgment puts the agent on the board: no new bonds anywhere in the state (C.R.S. 16-4-114).
Questions and answers
Is there a bail bond agent exam in Colorado?
Not under that name. The state's candidate handbook asks a person who writes bail for the Casualty line of authority, and it allots the Casualty examination two hours.
How do I become a bail bondsman in Colorado?
Hold a producer license with the Casualty line, then complete eight clock hours on bail bonding and 16 on bail recovery practices before a bail insurance company appoints you by written contract (C.R.S. 10-2-415.5).
How much do bail bondsmen charge in Colorado?
No more than the greater of $50 or 15 percent of the bail. The only other fees allowed are a court or law enforcement bond filing fee, the actual cost of storing collateral, and premium financing (C.R.S. 10-2-707).
What happens when a defendant misses court on a Colorado bail bond?
The court may declare the bond forfeited, and notice goes out within 14 days. The surety has 14 days from receipt to ask for a hearing. If the defendant appears before judgment, the forfeiture is set aside and the bond exonerated (C.R.S. 16-4-114).