Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: reconveyance of real property

I don't know for sure, and I think to get good answers you'll need to re-post your question under "criminal law" or a similar LawGuru heading, since criminal defense lawyers would deal with this much more often than the average real estate guy, but here's what I think happens.

When your bail bond is no longer required because you are acquitted or charges are dropped or you are incarcerated, the court will enter an order into its minutes indicating that the bail is "exonerated." Such an order should be accessible to the bondsman on line in most counties, but at least by a quick trip to the court clerk's office. When bail is no longer required by court order, the bondsman should cancel the bond and record a reconveyance. Oh, and I should add, any fees due the bondsman probably need to be paid in full before the bondsman is obligated to reconvey. Again, these are statements of how I think it works, but I've never been involved in the process.

Another way to find the answer would be to ask a bail bondsman other than the one you're doing business with.