When dealing with a federal arrestee, you can use the Federal Inmate Lookup Service, which has details about the arrestee and their circumstances. This is a useful database but most bail bond agencies will also be able to use their own databases to find information about an arrestee. The co-signer of the bail bond will also usually have to attend a nebbia hearing when dealing with a federal bail bond. This is to ensure that sufficient collateral can be raised by the co-signer to cover the amount of the bond.

Dealing with federal bond cases will generally take a little longer than when dealing with county or state bail bonds; more details need to be gathered and, because of the higher risk, the bail bond agency will want to make sure they know exactly what they are dealing with. It is extremely risky unless all parties concerned can be absolutely sure that the defendant will appear in court when summoned, since federal cases are highly serious and potentially dangerous if the defendant cannot be found. This is why federal bail bonds are usually much higher than standard bail bonds, because the risk of the defendant not appearing in court when summoned is very high.