How much experience must the investigator appointed by the commissioner under the Indiana Bail Law have?Indiana Code 27-10-5-3(a)
What happens to money left in the bail bond enforcement and administration fund at the end of a state fiscal year?Indiana Code 27-10-5-1(b)
What is the least par value an insurer must deposit with the commissioner to obtain a license to engage in the bail bond business in Indiana?Indiana Code 27-10-3-15
Who administers the Indiana Bail Law, the article that regulates bail agents, recovery agents and sureties?Indiana Code 27-10-2-1(a)
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Bail agent and recovery agent licensing 15
A licensed Indiana bail agent pleads guilty to a disqualifying offense. When does the commissioner revoke the license?Indiana Code 27-10-3-8(d)
After the commissioner denies a bail agent application, how soon may a new application from the same person be considered?Indiana Code 27-10-3-1(e)
An applicant for an Indiana bail agent license has a felony conviction. How much time must have passed since the conviction or release, whichever is later?Indiana Code 27-10-3-3(a)(2)
An Indiana bail agent stops writing bail bonds in the middle of a license period. What must the agent do within 30 days?Indiana Code 27-10-3-13
Before becoming a surety on an undertaking, where must an Indiana bail agent register the license?Indiana Code 27-10-3-17(a)
How long must a bail agent applicant have been a bona fide resident of Indiana, unless the commissioner waives the requirement?Indiana Code 27-10-3-3(b)
How much written notice does the commissioner give before suspending an Indiana bail agent found to have violated the bail bond laws?Indiana Code 27-10-3-9(a)
The pre-licensing course for an Indiana bail agent runs for at least how long?Indiana Code 27-10-3-3(a)(4)
To whom may an Indiana bail agent or recovery agent license be issued?Indiana Code 27-10-3-1(b) and (c)
What is the continuing education requirement for an Indiana bail agent in one license period?Indiana Code 27-10-3-7(b)
When does an Indiana bail agent license expire?Indiana Code 27-10-3-2(a)
Where may an applicant appeal when the commissioner denies an Indiana bail agent license, and how is the appeal heard?Indiana Code 27-10-3-10
Which residency rule applies to an applicant for an Indiana recovery agent license?Indiana Code 27-10-3-5(2)
Within how many days after expiration may a licensee apply to reinstate an expired Indiana bail license?Indiana Code 27-10-3-2(b)
Within how many days of issuance or renewal must an Indiana recovery agent register the license in the county of residence?Indiana Code 27-10-3-17(b)
Key definitions 12
How does the Indiana criminal code define "deadly force"?Indiana Code 35-31.5-2-85
In the Indiana Bail Law, "delinquent" describes a person who is past due on court ordered child support by at least what?Indiana Code 27-10-1-5.5
In the Indiana Bail Law, what is an "insurer"?Indiana Code 27-10-1-7
Indiana Code 35-33-8-1 defines a "bail bond" as a bond executed by an arrested person for which purpose?Indiana Code 35-33-8-1
Under the Indiana Bail Law, what makes a person a "bail agent"?Indiana Code 27-10-1-4
What does a "surety" agree to do under the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-1-10
What is a "forcible felony" in the Indiana criminal code?Indiana Code 35-31.5-2-138
What is a "transfer fee" in the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-1-11
When does a check count as "premium" under the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-1-8(2)
Which line of insurance is one of the five an "all lines fire and casualty insurance producer" is licensed to write?Indiana Code 27-10-1-2
Which of these is a "disqualifying offense" under the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-1-6
Who is a "recovery agent" under the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-1-9
Bail bond basics 19
A defendant on a surety bond misses court in Indiana. To whom does the clerk mail notice of the court's order, and how soon?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(a)(2)
A person who is not an insurer wants to be surety for a defendant in Indiana. How closely must the person be related to the defendant?Indiana Code 27-10-2-4(2)
After notice of a failure to appear in Indiana, how long does the bail agent or surety have to produce the defendant or prove a statutory reason for the absence?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(b)
An Indiana surety produces the defendant 150 days after notice of the failure to appear was mailed. What late surrender fee is assessed?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(c)(1)
An undertaking is posted to release a defendant in Indiana and the bond is never declared forfeited. When does the undertaking expire?Indiana Code 27-10-2-3(c)
Before the court exonerates a surety who has surrendered a defendant in Indiana, how much notice must the prosecuting attorney receive?Indiana Code 27-10-2-6(b)
For the Indiana Bail Law, when is a cause "determined" in a felony case that ends in a conviction?Indiana Code 27-10-2-10(c)
How far ahead must an Indiana court give the bail agent or insurer written notice of the defendant's trial or plea hearing?Indiana Code 27-10-2-8(a)
How long must an Indiana bail agent keep office records of the bail bonds the agent executed?Indiana Code 27-10-2-14(b)
If an Indiana surety has not complied within 365 days of the notice, what amount does the court declare forfeited?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(d)
In which case is an Indiana defendant surrendered without return of the premium?Indiana Code 27-10-2-5(b)
Under Indiana Code 35-33-8-4(b), bail may not be set higher than what amount?Indiana Code 35-33-8-4(b)
Until what point may a surety surrender a defendant under Indiana Code 27-10-2-5(a)?Indiana Code 27-10-2-5(a)
What access to jails does the Indiana Bail Law give a licensed and registered bail agent?Indiana Code 27-10-3-18
What late surrender fee applies in Indiana when the surety complies more than 240 days but not more than 365 days after notice was mailed?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(c)(4)
What must an Indiana bail agent give when accepting collateral?Indiana Code 27-10-2-14(a)
Which fact, proved by the surety, excuses a defendant's missed appearance under Indiana Code 27-10-2-12?Indiana Code 27-10-2-12(b)(2)
Which three things must an undertaking state to be valid under the Indiana Bail Law?Indiana Code 27-10-2-3(a)
Which two documents does the clerk give a person who wants to surrender a defendant in Indiana?Indiana Code 27-10-2-6(a)
Practices and procedures 12
A defendant asks an Indiana bail agent which lawyer to hire. What does the Bail Law allow the agent to do?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(a)(1)
A person operates as a bail agent in Indiana without a valid license and has no earlier judgment under the section. What does the person commit?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(b)
An Indiana bail agent offers a defendant a rebate of part of the premium. How does the Bail Law treat the offer?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(a)(3)
An Indiana recovery agent knowingly offers cash to a police officer for help that the statute does not permit paying for. What offense is that?Indiana Code 27-10-4-6(b)
Besides the premium and any filing or transfer fee, what may an Indiana bail agent accept from a principal?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(a)(5)
May an Indiana bail agent act as an attorney at the trial of a person on whose bond the agent is surety?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(a)(4)
To whom may an Indiana bail agent give a power of attorney to countersign the agent's name to bonds?Indiana Code 27-10-4-4(a)(2)
Under the Indiana Bail Law, who may be paid for the apprehension or surrender of a defendant?Indiana Code 27-10-4-6(a)
What does the Indiana Bail Law say about signing a bond in blank?Indiana Code 27-10-4-4(a)(1)
What offense does an Indiana bail agent commit by knowingly executing a bail bond without collecting the full premium at the approved rate?Indiana Code 27-10-4-5
Where does the Indiana Bail Law forbid a bail agent to solicit business?Indiana Code 27-10-4-2(a)(6)
Whom may an Indiana bail agent use as a recovery agent?Indiana Code 27-10-3-14
Law enforcement principles 10
A defendant released on a felony charge in Indiana intentionally fails to appear at the time and place set. What crime is that?Indiana Code 35-44.1-2-9(a)
A felony was committed in Indiana, but not where the bail agent could see it. When does the "any person" arrest statute still allow the agent to arrest the suspect?Indiana Code 35-33-1-4(a)
How may an Indiana surety have a law enforcement officer apprehend the defendant for surrender?Indiana Code 27-10-2-7
Indiana's "any person" arrest statute reaches one kind of misdemeanor. Which?Indiana Code 35-33-1-4(a)(3)
Under Indiana Code 35-41-3-2(c), when is a person justified in using deadly force to protect a person?Indiana Code 35-41-3-2(c)
What must a private person do after making an arrest under Indiana Code 35-33-1-4?Indiana Code 35-33-1-4(b)
When does an Indiana coroner have authority to arrest?Indiana Code 35-33-1-3
When is a person who is not a law enforcement officer justified in using reasonable force to make an arrest in Indiana?Indiana Code 35-41-3-3(b)
When may an Indiana judge arrest a person or order the arrest?Indiana Code 35-33-1-2
When may an Indiana law enforcement officer arrest a person for a misdemeanor on probable cause alone, under subdivision (4) of the arrest statute?Indiana Code 35-33-1-1(a)(4)
How this list was compiled: Indiana Code Title 27, Article 10 (Indiana Bail Law), chapters 1 to 5, and Indiana Code Title 35 sections 35-31.5-2-85, 35-31.5-2-138, 35-33-1-1 to 35-33-1-4, 35-33-8-1, 35-33-8-4, 35-41-3-2, 35-41-3-3 and 35-44.1-2-9, read on October 12, 2026 in the 2026 Indiana Code published by the Indiana General Assembly (https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_27.pdf and https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_35.pdf). The six topics and their weights follow the Bail Agent/Recovery Agent Indiana-Specific Content Outline (60 scoreable questions, effective November 26, 2025) in the Indiana Insurance Content Outlines linked from the Indiana Department of Insurance bail licensing page (https://www.in.gov/idoi/licensing/resident-licensing/bail-agent-and-recovery-agent-licensing). Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the Indiana Code. Nothing comes from the state examination, a testing vendor, a prelicensing course or a prep publisher.
How it works
This unofficial Indiana bail license practice test follows the state's Bail Agent/Recovery Agent outline: 72 of our own questions from Indiana Code 27-10 and Title 35, each naming its section. Not affiliated with the Indiana Department of Insurance.
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The six parts of the outline
The outline has 60 scored questions: Department of Insurance 3, licensing 11, key definitions 11, bail bond basics 17, practices and procedures 10, law enforcement principles 8. The topics here keep those names and close to those shares.
The numbers to know
Late surrender fees step from 20 to 80 percent of the bond's face value between 120 and 365 days after notice, and the forfeiture after 365 days is 20 percent (IC 27-10-2-12).
What is left out
Statutes only. The department's rule, 760 IAC 1-6.2, is not covered, and outline terms no statute defines, such as arraignment, are not asked.
A license goes only to an individual and expires two years after the end of the month of issue (IC 27-10-3-1, 27-10-3-2).
Never sign a bond in blank, and collect the full premium at the approved rate (IC 27-10-4-4, 27-10-4-5).
No soliciting where prisoners are confined or in or near a courtroom (IC 27-10-4-2).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Indiana bail agent exam?
60, with a seat time of 60 minutes and a passing score of 70 percent, by the Indiana Department of Insurance's examination table. One Bail/Recovery Agent examination serves bail agents and recovery agents.
What do I need before I take the Indiana bail bond license test?
Twelve hours of approved Bail/Recovery pre-licensing education, by the department's licensing page and IC 27-10-3-3. The page gives a $50 examination fee, paid when the examination is scheduled.
Is this bail license practice test Indiana law only?
Yes. Every answer is a section of the Indiana Code read in the 2026 edition, and each question links to it. The questions were written for this page; none comes from the state examination, and nothing here is legal advice.
How long is an Indiana bail agent license good for?
Two years after the end of the month of issue (IC 27-10-3-2). Renewal needs six hours of approved continuing education in the license period and a $300 fee (IC 27-10-3-7).
Who cannot be a bail agent in Indiana?
Jailers, law enforcement officers, judges and persons who have anything to do with the control of federal, state, county or municipal prisoners (IC 27-10-4-3). A firm or corporation may not be licensed either (IC 27-10-3-1).