DIFP Adds New Website Features

The Department of Insurance (DIFP) has added several new useful features to its site.

List of agents/companies with unsatisfied judgments

General Agents List-Not subject to discipline or unsatisfied judgments

List of all general, bail, and surety recovery agents

The lists of agents contains the names and license numbers.

Telephone Area Code/Prefix Locator

Here's a cool tool. This website will tell you the location and type of service for any telephone area code plus prefix. The service is free.

Website: Rewards4fugitives

I received an email from Ben Mares, webmaster of http://www.rewards4fugitives.com/. Ben would like to share his website with bondsmen around the nation. He tells me that tips from the site helped capture this fugitive who was extradited from Mexico.

The site is free for listing agents and all rewards and phone tips are handled directly by the listing agent.

DOC Offers Online Offender Search Tool

The Missouri Department of Corrections is offering a web-based search of all active offenders including those on probation or parole. You can search by name or offender ID number. The site includes sentencing information, photos if available, and probation officer’s name and location.

MSHP Post Arrest Reports Online

Here is a handy tool. The Missouri State Highway Patrol posts arrest reports online for five days. You can search by name, county, troop, or date. The reports contain only arrests made by the MSHP and do not include arrests made by other law enforcement agencies.

IRB Offers Free Trial to Bondsmen

I received a solicitation from IRB Search today. IRB is an online skip-tracing tool and is offering bail bond agents 500 free searches in the month of September. It is also offering bondsmen a free web seminar on how to use their product. Details on the free trial are posted on IRB’s website. In order to qualify, you must submit a copy of your bail bond license when applying for access.