West Virginia Homeowners: Use Your Home for a California Bail Bond
If you own a home in West Virginia, our surety has a West Virginia form for using it as collateral on a California bail bond. You can do it all from home.
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Why families trust Chad with a bond this big
Putting up your home for someone you love is a big decision, and you’re doing it from another state. You should know exactly who you’re dealing with.
You deal with Chad, start to finish.
When you call 855-BAD-CHAD, you get Chad, not a call center. He handles large bonds himself, from the first call to the release of your home.
Nearly 20 years in bail.
Licensed by the California Department of Insurance for more than 15 years (License #1845390, active and in good standing). Chad has written bonds of $2 million and more.
Your home gets full credit.
Chad looks at your property’s value several ways and presents the whole picture to the surety, the way a good mortgage broker would. A well-built package can mean a faster approval and a lower down payment.
The whole family, from wherever you live.
On large bonds Chad usually talks with three to five family members. We can do one conference call with everyone from their own homes, or call each of you separately.
The truth up front.
Every page is explained before you sign, in writing, with no sales lines. If something won’t work, Chad tells you, even when it costs him the bond.
Private, and no cold calls.
We never post about you or your case, never contact your employer, and never buy arrest data or cold-call families. No referral fees, ever.
Step 1: the Large Bond Underwriting Authority form
This is the very first form we need from you, even before an application. On a large bond, our surety has to approve the bond and the home before anything else happens, and this form is how they do it.
Download the Large Bond Underwriting Authority form (PDF)- You can type right into the PDF, or print it and fill it out by hand.
- Fill in what you know about the person in custody, each cosigner, and every home you want to use: the address, the names on the title, the value and any loans.
- Leave the agent, powers and office-use sections blank. We fill those in.
- Don’t know something? Leave it blank and call us. We can also fill the whole form out with you over the phone.
The form asks for personal information, so send it only to us. We share it only with our surety for approval.
Step 2: your West Virginia form (after approval)
Once our surety approves the home, this is the West Virginia form for it. You can look it over now so you know what’s coming.
West Virginia Deed of Trust (U.S. Fire Insurance Company)
Don’t sign it yet. Fill it out or send us the information below first. You sign in front of the notary only after we tell you it’s approved.
What we need for the West Virginia form
You can fill out the form yourself, send us this information, or both:
- Every owner’s full name, exactly as it’s written on the deed
- Your mailing address, phone number and email
- The property’s street address and county
- The tax map and parcel number (it’s on your property tax ticket)
- The legal description of the property (it’s on your deed; a photo or copy of the deed works)
- Whether each owner is married, and the spouse’s full name
- Your current mortgage balance and lender, if there is a loan
We fill in the bail details (the defendant’s name, bond amount and case).
West Virginia signing rules
- Notary: required. A mobile notary or any notary office near you works.
- Witness: Please have one witness there when you sign in front of the notary. We ask for a witness on every out-of-state signing. Most notary offices and mobile notaries can help with this. If you truly can’t get a witness, call us before you sign.
- Spouse: Tell us if you’re married. We’ll check with our surety whether your spouse needs to sign and let you know before anyone signs.
- Recording: you don’t need to go to the county office. Once you send us the signed original, we take care of getting it recorded.
After you sign
Email us a photo or scan of the notarized form right away. Then overnight the original to:
Chad Conley Bail Bonds
1235 West Mission Blvd.
Pomona, CA 91766
We’ll let you know when it arrives.
When the case is over
Once the court exonerates the bond, send us the minute order that says so. Usually the defendant’s attorney can get it. We’ll work with the surety on your release, which generally takes a few days.
What every cosigner should know
When you sign as a cosigner (also called an indemnitor) on a bail bond, you’re promising to pay if the person you’re helping misses court and the bond is forfeited. That’s true with any bail company, whether or not your house is put up on a form. Filing a lien, or not filing one, is only a difference in procedure, not in your responsibility.
Paying the premium from out of state?
You don’t have to be in California to pay the premium. We take five ways to pay, plus Wire Transfer:
- Credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover)
- Zelle
- Apple Pay
- Venmo
- Cash App
- Wire Transfer
Payment plans are available. See payment plans
Most cases never have a PC 1275 hearing. If the court does order one in your case, we can help you put together the paperwork that shows where the money came from.
Every home is approved case by case by our surety, and forms and rules can change. This page is general information, not legal advice. Call us before you sign anything.