A local number or a toll-free one

Every number here is local

Each number on this site has a US area code and comes from a city or town, which its card shows. There are no toll-free numbers here. For a bail bond business that is usually what callers expect: the jail, the court and the agent are all in the same county.

How toll-free numbers work

A toll-free number uses a code such as 800 or 888 in place of an area code, and the business that holds it pays for the calls. Federal rules define it that way, and add that where the business is has no bearing on which toll-free number it can get.

Somos, which administers toll-free numbers, announced the 833 code in June 2017 because of demand for toll-free numbers.

Sources: 47 CFR 52.101: definitions for toll-free numbers; Somos: high demand for toll-free numbers prompts 833 code opening (June 5, 2017)

Why a local number suits bail work

A toll-free number says a company could be anywhere. A local area code says it is close by, and for bail that matters: the agent has to reach the jail, meet the family and sign the papers in the county where the bond is posted.

Google's guidelines for Business Profiles ask businesses to use a local phone number in place of a central call center number whenever possible.

Source: Google Business Profile Help: rules for representing a business on Google

Using both

A company with a toll-free line can keep it on its older ads and add a local word number for each county it serves, on the signs, cards and listings there.

Both numbers can ring the same phones. Calls to the local number then show how many callers came from the county where it is advertised.

A number for each county you serve