DIFP Enters Into Consent Agreements on Unsatisfied Judgments

The DIFP has entered into consent agreements with two bail bond agents in Missouri. A consent order is issued by the director and the parties agree to waive rights to be heard by the Administrative Hearing Commission or any judicial review body.

The Department entered into a consent agreement with Gregory Billingsley, agreeing to issue him a bail bond license. Last year, the DIFP denied Billingsley’s application for licensure, citing that he had failed to satisfy bail bond judgments in 1999, when he previously held a general bail bond license. The Department said that Billingsley failed to meet the qualifications for surety as outlined in Missouri Supreme Court Rule 33.17(f): A person shall not be accepted as a surety on any bail bond unless the person has no outstanding forfeiture or unsatisfied judgment thereon entered upon any bail bond in any court of this state or of the United States. Billingsley appealed to the AHC and no decision has been published at this time. The consent agreement requires that Billingsley dismiss his case before the AHC.

The DIFP also entered into a consent agreement with C&M Bonding, Inc., and Cody Ice. The consent agreement states that C&M is no longer authorized to conduct bail bond business in Missouri. Both C&M and Ice's bail bond licenses were revoked by the director by consent. In the order, the DIFP stated that it attached the $25,000 CD assigned by C&M to satisfy some of the bail bond judgments against C&M in Texas County. C&M had previously appeared on the unsatisfied judgment list for accumulating $114,000 in unsatisfied judgments in Texas County. The Department dismissed its complaint with the AHC against C&M and Cody Ice.