Imagine being arrested for something you did not do. The indignity is compounded by the fact that you are sitting in a less than hygienic cell filled with other people. Your basic human rights are stripped and you must just sit and wait until the judge hears your case. Once upon a time being arrested was this exact scenario. A bail bond was unheard of and people were forced to wait until the trial to prove their innocence. Bail bonds have changed all of that now.
Bail bond agents work on a pretty simple premise. A bail bond is a guarantee that you will show up to court. It works like this: the person is arrested, the judge decides what the bail will be and bail bond agents then pay a percentage to the court to allow the defendant to leave. The bail agency is guaranteeing that the person will show up to court. If that does not happen, then trouble starts because they want to get their money back. If the defendant does not show up for the court appearance, then the money placed for bail is forfeited.
You may not need to utilize bail bonds if the judge does not set a high bond or agrees on releasing you to your own recognizance. It is a big trust put on you that you will not try to run from the law and will show up on your court date. Depending on what type of crime you are being charged with will depend on how large or small the bond is that will be posted.
Bail bond agents act as a surety. They are a third person that agrees to be responsible. The usual arrangement is that the bail agency puts up a certain amount of money towards the total bond. This is usually ten percent. Unlike posting a cash bond yourself, you will not get this ten percent back because it is the fee that the agency charges for getting you out of jail and putting up the guarantee that you will show for the trail or sentencing. If you put up a cash bond, then you will get the money back once you show up at court, minus the fees of course.
Bail bonds work in your favor. They ensure that the arrest impacts your life as little as possible. Most people could not financially or emotionally afford to be sitting in jail for weeks at a time waiting for the backed-up court system to get around to their case. They cannot afford to take the time off of work and if they have a family, then they cannot be sitting there while the family has to make substantial sacrifices.
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Today's Tip On Bail Bonds
Is bounty hunting really like those reality television shows?
Any real bounty hunter will tell you that their job is not nearly as exciting as the reality television shows pain it out to be. Many times they go to find the defendant and he or she is sitting at their house with some excuse as to why they did not show up at court. There are times of excitement when the person goes on the run but those are few and far between. There is usually no "jet setting" lifestyle where they fly to some exotic place to retrieve the defendant.
