Learn how to take the bail bond recovery agent exam and read the study guide.
About the exam
The exam has 50 multiple-choice questions. You must correctly answer 85% of the questions to pass.
Exam fee
There's no cost to take your first exam. If you don't pass the exam, you must pay a fee each time you retake it.
How to take the exam
- Apply for a bail bond recovery agent license or endorsement.
- After you apply, we'll contact you to schedule your exam.
- On your scheduled date, we'll email you a link to take the exam online.
- After you take the exam, we'll contact you and let you know if you passed.
Retake the exam
If you don't pass the exam, you can schedule a new exam 7 days after the previous one. You must pay a fee to retake the exam.
Study guide
The bail bond recovery agent exam covers these subjects:
Federal laws
- Federal Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 522A)
- Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681)
- Federal Wiretap Act (18 U.S.C.)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (28 U.S.C.)
- Taylor v. Taintor
State laws
- Bail bond agents (RCW 18.185)
- Privacy, violating right of (RCW 9.73)
- Public records (RCW 42.17) [Sec. 250-348]
- Washington criminal code (RCW 9A) [Sec. 04 ,08, 16, 36, 40, 42, 46, 50, 52, 56, 60, 68, 72, 76, 82]
- Appearance bonds (RCW 10.19)
- Uniform criminal extradition act (RCW 10.88)
- Firearms and dangerous weapons (RCW 9.41)
- Municipal courts (RCW 35.20)
- Courts of record (RCW 2)
- District courts—courts of limited jurisdiction (RCW 3)
- Civil procedure (RCW 4)