We encourage our members to participate by contacting us via U.S. mail, telephone, fax, or e-mail with your comments and questions.

Golden State Bail Agents Association
200 E. Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA  93638
866-333-6551

559-674-6335 (FAX)
E-mail: info@gsbaa.org

Membership Qualifications:

A Bail Agent or owner of a Bail Bond Agency with a current Bail license

Associate Membership

• Owner or employee of a Surety Company
• Bail Agent pre-licensee
• Fugitive Recovery Agent
• Other business associates

Membership Fees

Please note, these prices are a Special Introductory Rate and subject to change without notice

If you prefer to make a payment by check, click here for a printable copy of the form.

• Member - Per Agent, CA Licensee - $75.00
• Associate Member - Per Person, Non-voting - $60.00

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

I would like to join the GSBAA as a member. I understand that by filling out this online application form I am giving permission for GSBAA to contact me to make payment arrangements before membership will begin.

GSBAA is the bail agent’s advocate on California legislative and regulatory issues, and GSBAA members are vital to our grassroots voice. The GSBAA web site provides members with 24 hour-a-day access to information on issues, pending legislation, and your elected officials.

• Inform citizens and California Government regarding the benefits of the private surety bail bond industry

• Increase the market share of private surety bail bonds through the reduction of un-secured pre-trial release throughout the State of California

• Represent the interests of the professional bail agents of California

• Work to improve business conditions and promote professionalism and integrity throughout California’s bail industry

• Provide advocacy for private surety bail bonds by promoting legislation that will insure that our industry can provide its essential service of “Insuring That Defendants Appear In Court“

What is the Golden State Bail Agents Association, Inc.?

The Golden State Bail Agents Association, Inc. (hereafter “GSBAA”) is a non profit corporation dedicated to facilitate professional interaction, cooperation and communication between individuals and organizations engaged in the bail industry in California, to improve business conditions and promote professionalism in California’s bail industry, to advance the common business interests of individuals and organizations engaging in the bail industry and to engage in public educational activities and advocacy regarding the business interests of California’s bail industry.

What are the benefits of Belonging to the GSBAA?

There are many reasons to join GSBAA including being kept abreast of issues affecting the California bail industry through our web site, email alerts and other correspondence, networking with other like minded professionals in the bail industry, and attending our meetings. However, the most important reason to join is because we are the voice of the California bail industry in the legislature and we have proven ourselves as such through our successes in the legislative arena. Members are encouraged to get involved in GSBAA legislative issues and to participate in our lobbying efforts.

How Do I Become A Member of GSBAA?

Any person that has an interest in the California bail industry is welcome to join us, however, only licensed California bail agents are allowed to vote on GSBAA business. Annual dues are $75.00 for California bail agents and $60.00 for nonvoting members. Click here to download our membership application or visit the membership page to apply online.

To mail the completed application along with your check, please send it to:

Golden State Bail Agents Association
200 E. Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA 93638

How do I Stay In Touch With and Participate in GSBAA?

Besides this web site, GSBAA will have at least one live annual meeting which all members are invited to attend and participate in. The next annual meeting will be held on July 20, 2005 in San Diego, California. Additionally, we may have quarterly meetings for members that will be conducted via telephone conference.

The latest information on GSBAA news, meetings, and other activities

Press Conference: GSBAA will be holding a press conference in Sacramento, California. The subject of the conference will be the release of a new study on the effectiveness of bail in California. As you know, bail is a superior pretrial release mechanism to OR. Unfortunately, due to jail overcrowding, almost 90,000 defendants per year are being released on OR in California and their failure-to-appear rates are abysmal. We intend to sponsor legislation to address this problem in 2006.

• Letter from Sheriff Baca • Crime Victims United of CA • California Bail Study Exec. Summary and About the Author • 2004 Jail Profile Survey for CA

NEWS - August 31, 2005: I am happy to report that, thanks to the hard work of GSBAA’s board, officers, members and legislative advocate, AB 404 has passed the California Legislature.

The time is quickly approaching when bail agents will be able to fulfill their continuing education requirements at their leisure, from their offices. However we need to remain vigilant to insure that the bill will be signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger.

Therefore, please complete this form letter [PDF], by signing and clearly printing your name and address at the bottom, then print and mail them to Governor Schwarzenegger as soon as possible. Your name and address is required because it shows which district you live in and how broad our support is. Please also FAX a copy to Kathy Lynch, our legislative advocate, at (916) 443-7353.

We recently commissioned a study on the effectiveness of bail in California by Professor Block of the University of Arizona. This study confirms the California bail industry’s critical role in promoting public safety, a role which has been overlooked by some law enforcement officials. This study gives us the evidence we need to educate the criminal justice system and to promote the bail industry in this state. You can view a copy of the study’s executive summary here.

We have retained the services of Lynch & Associates to mount a full court press in Sacramento to monitor and lobby issues related to bail. Kathy Lynch’s efforts were invaluable in the success of our legislative program including the defeat of SB 1744 and passage of AB 404.

Your input is needed for our 2006 legislative agenda. What would you like Our legislative priorities to be? Please send all comments to us in writing via email or regular mail. Click here for our contact information.

The Golden State Bail Agents Association was founded in 2004 by a group of bail agents who felt that the interests of bail agents were not being represented in state and local government. While the founders were competitors, they discovered that they had a lot in common and formed GSBAA to pursue their common interest in promoting and propagating the California bail industry.

We currently have about 300 members and we have only been soliciting memberships since January of 2005. All of our officers and directors, listed below, are volunteers and receive no compensation for their service.