MO SB1785

Bonding companies must collect 50% of bonding fees upfront before executing bonds for defendants charged with felonies involving victims, weapons violations (chapter 571), DWI (577.010), prior/persistent offenders, or misdemeanors involving victims, resisting arrest, or aggravated fleeing

Bonding agents must certify to the court under penalty of perjury that they collected the required percentage from the defendant, submitted with all bonding paperwork

Failure to provide required certification is a class A misdemeanor for first offense; falsifying paperwork is a class E felony

Bonding agents violating these provisions face disqualification from writing bail bonds for five years in addition to criminal penalties