Find Out How Do Bail Bonds Work
A day doesn’t go by without hearing in the news that someone has been arrested, and that they have been released on $1000 bail, or depending on the crime, a significantly larger sum. Most of us do not give it a second thought about how this works in practice, and simply imagine that should they skip bail or fail to show up for future court appearances that the bail will be forfeited. Let us look at the reality and how this works in practice.
Bail is an arrangement that is made by a bail bonding agency whereby they arrange with the court for the suspect to be released from jail for some collateral. The collateral maybe simply money, or it maybe some kind of assets or bond. The sum of the bail bond is set by the court. Now, the implication of this is that it is not a promise by the suspect to the court, but a promise by the bail bonding agency to the court. In terms of your financial obligations regarding the bail money, that is between you and the bail bonding agency. What this means is that should you skip bail, it is likely that the bail bonding agency will be the ones responsible for hiring a bounty hunter to track you down or taking you to court for the money.
Now, how do these bonds work? Well, it is actually quite simple. When the bail bondsman agrees to put up the fee to the court (in return for collateral from you) the bondsman will usually charge a fee of around ten percent. Quite often the criminal suspect won’t have all the money themselves and will rely on relatives assisting them in raising the funds. In these cases security will be taken from those relatives or friends. It must be pointed out at this stage that no matter what the outcome of any trial is the ten percent fee will still be payable. As such it is typical that at least ten percent of the security should be paid in cash, prior to the bondsman carrying out any work on your behalf. Some people will of course need to raise a mortgage on their home if they do not have other means available to them.
What Do Bail Bondsman Do?
In the event that the suspect does not arrive in court on the day of the trial or indeed any other day they are obliged to show up, then the bondsman can take action against the defendant to recover the money via the courts. Not only this, but the bail bondsman in Chandler Az may hire a bounty hunter to track the defendant down. The United States is one of the few countries in the world that allows bounty hunting, and you will often see the practice featured in movies. As for recovery of the bail bond, the bail bond company can sue anyone that has given security for the bond, whether that is a relative or friend of the suspect.
We understand that being charged with a crime, and facing the prospect of time in jail can be an extremely worrying time. Not all bail bond companies are the same. For instance we will do everything we can to get you the best terms and help you 100 percent of the way to ensure that you spend as little time in jail as possible.
Unlike others, we understand that in today’s economic climate people do not have much money available and we are one of the few companies in Texas that offer low down payments, and we even offer some extremely helpful flexible payment bonds that avoid the need for the upfront ten percent fee to be paid before undertaking work on your behalf. This means we can get working on getting your loved one out of jail fast, reducing stress and making the whole process as trouble free as possible.
Simply for this reason, and for our proven and effective service we are one of the most popular bail bond companies in Texas. We will hold your hand through out the process, explain your options and do everything to ensure things proceed as trouble free as is humanly possible. It is already a tough time for all involved, and by instructing us you will take a huge weight off your shoulders.
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