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Second, the district court must consider “the good faith of the bond company as measured by the fault or willfulness of the defendant,” Askland, d at 62, meaning that the “[d]efendant’s willfulness or bad faith is attributable to the surety,”

The purposes of a bail bond are “to encourage a surety to voluntarily pay the penalty for the failure to ensure the presence of the accused” and “to encourage sureties to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities to facilitate the timely administration of justice.”

“One purpose of a bail bond is to encourage a surety to voluntarily pay the penalty for the failure to ensure the presence of the accused without requiring the state to undergo the expense of litigation to recover the defaulted amount.” (citing Shetsky, d at 45).

The district court ’s decision to not reinstate and discharge a larger portion of the bond is supported by this court’s in which the district court partially reinstated and discharged a bond but did not reinstate and discharge a larger amount because the surety “never itemized its expenses.

(criticizing failure to provide information on expenses incurred in attempt to find defendant).

oses, including “encourag[ing] a surety to voluntarily pay the penalty for the failure to ensure 9 the presence of the accused without requiring the state to undergo the expense of litigation to recover the defaulted amount” and “ encourag[ing] sureties to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities to facilitate the timely administration of justice.”

to the surety.” 358 (Minn. App. 2009).

to the surety.” State v. Vang

to the surety.” d 354, 358 (Minn. App. 2009).

Second, the district court must consider “the good faith of the bond company as measur ed by the fault or willfulness of the defendant ,” Askland, d at 62, meaning that the “[d]efendant’s willfulness or bad faith is attributable to the surety ,” State v. Vang

In this case, the district court noted that the surety bears the burden of proving “a justification for a mitigation of forfeited bail” and found that: [ABB]’s argument fails to provide the Court with a sufficiently detailed account of the attempt to locate and secure [Taylor].

“Another [purpose] is to encourage sureties to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities to facilitate the timely administration of justice.”

Purpose of Bail Bail is not to be treated as a way to punish a surety, Storkamp, d at 541-42, and one purpose of bail “is to encourage sureties to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities to facilitate the timely administration of justice,”

d 354, 357 (Minn. App. 2009).

But “construction of a court rule presents a question of law, which this court reviews de novo.”