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Different Ways To Make Bail Bonds

By Ivar Rudi

When someone has been read their rights, and taken into police custody, one of their main objectives is to meet the requirements of their bail bonds, and be released. Depending on the severity of their charges, the amount will be set, and until it is met, the defendant will stay in jail. The following paragraphs will discuss several ways defendants can meet their bail bonds and be released from jail pending trial.

The most common way people accused of crimes use to meet the requirements of their bail bond is by hiring a bail bond agency to help them. Near most jail houses, you can find several agencies eager to help out. The services they render are to act as a surety that the person they represent will return for trial. When you pay the bail bonds agencies a set fee, they will help get you out of jail until closure of your case. The main disadvantage of hiring a bail bonds agency to help with your bail bond, is the fee you agree to pay the bail bonds agency is not returned, even when your case is closed. The fee you pay them works like an "insurance premium" of sorts.

Another way to get out of jail when having been issued bail bonds amounts is to pay the full amount of the bail bonds in cash. This is another way of insuring the court you will return for trial, because at the closure of your trial, the court will return the entire amount of your bail bonds, without any fees being deducted.

Thirdly, which often makes sense to people who have had their bail bonds set high, is to post a property bond. This process can be complicated, and does require the services of a lawyer, it can be done. This way of meeting bail bonds amounts is simply putting up real property to guarantee you will appear in court as ordered. The property, or any other real collateral, is released upon completion of the trial.

Finally, when a person has not been accused of a violent crime, and they are not viewed as a flight risk, they can be released on their own recognizance. This simply means they will be released from jail without any bail being required, on just their signature, and promise they will return for trial.

Paying the Entire Bail Bond Amount

One option of meeting the conditions of bail bonds is to pay the entire amount ordered by a judge. If you can afford this option, it is best. By paying the complete amount of bail bonds, not only a you assuring the court you will return, but you will also get the entire amount back at the conclusion of your case. There are no fees, but you must reappear in court, as ordered. If you fail to reappear at all scheduled hearings, the amount of your bail bonds could be forfeited.

Your Own Recognizance

For crimes that are non-violent, and where the defendants are not viewed as a flight risk, some judges will not set bail bonds amounts. Instead, they will allow the defendants to be released on their "own recognizance", or the promise they will return for their trials. If the defendants break that agreement, and fail to show up at all scheduled court hearings, they can be rearrested, and face additional charges.

Hire a Bail Bondsmen

By hiring a bail bondsmen, the bail bondsmen will handle everything it takes to get you out of jail. If you pay them an agreed upon fee, usually around 10 percent of the amount of the bail bonds, you will be released from jail with the bonding company serving as surety to insure you will appear in court as you are ordered to. If you fail to appear at all scheduled court hearings, it is very likely that you bail bondsmen will enlist the help of a bounty hunter to help track you down and bring you to court in order to prevent the bail bonds amount to be forfeited. The fee you pay the bail bondsmen is not returned when your case is concluded, it is for the bail bondsmen to keep for services rendered to you.

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