For the past year, AIA, along with several other bail bond industry members, has made good progress in addressing the challenges of Oregon’s failing deposit bail system and bringing commercial bail back to Oregon. As many of you know, over 30 years ago, Oregon established a “deposit bail” system that effectively eliminated all surety bail from being produced in that state. Recently, in the face of alarming fugitive numbers, some segments of the Oregon justice system have called for the re-introduction of surety bail. The entire AIA team has been actively involved in the effort, in fact, I have personally made almost ten trips to Oregon in support of legislation that will be introduced this session. The contributing parties have drafted a completely new statutory scheme for bail in Oregon, as no laws regarding bail currently exist on the books in Oregon. Additionally…
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