| When someone has been read their rights, and taken | | | | they can be released on their own recognizance. This |
| into police custody, one of their main objectives is to | | | | simply means they will be released from jail without |
| meet the requirements of their bail bonds, and be | | | | any bail being required, on just their signature, and |
| released. Depending on the severity of their charges, | | | | promise they will return for trial. |
| the amount will be set, and until it is met, the defendant | | | | Paying the Entire Bail Bond Amount |
| will stay in jail. The following paragraphs will discuss | | | | One option of meeting the conditions of bail bonds is to |
| several ways defendants can meet their bail bonds | | | | pay the entire amount ordered by a judge. If you can |
| and be released from jail pending trial. | | | | afford this option, it is best. By paying the complete |
| The most common way people accused of crimes | | | | amount of bail bonds, not only a you assuring the court |
| use to meet the requirements of their bail bond is by | | | | you will return, but you will also get the entire amount |
| hiring a bail bond agency to help them. Near most jail | | | | back at the conclusion of your case. There are no |
| houses, you can find several agencies eager to help | | | | fees, but you must reappear in court, as ordered. If |
| out. The services they render are to act as a surety | | | | you fail to reappear at all scheduled hearings, the |
| that the person they represent will return for trial. | | | | amount of your bail bonds could be forfeited. |
| When you pay the bail bonds agencies a set fee, they | | | | Your Own Recognizance |
| will help get you out of jail until closure of your case. | | | | For crimes that are non-violent, and where the |
| The main disadvantage of hiring a bail bonds agency | | | | defendants are not viewed as a flight risk, some |
| to help with your bail bond, is the fee you agree to pay | | | | judges will not set bail bonds amounts. Instead, they will |
| the bail bonds agency is not returned, even when your | | | | allow the defendants to be released on their "own |
| case is closed. The fee you pay them works like an | | | | recognizance", or the promise they will return for their |
| "insurance premium" of sorts. | | | | trials. If the defendants break that agreement, and fail |
| Another way to get out of jail when having been | | | | to show up at all scheduled court hearings, they can |
| issued bail bonds amounts is to pay the full amount of | | | | be rearrested, and face additional charges. |
| the bail bonds in cash. This is another way of insuring | | | | Hire a Bail Bondsmen |
| the court you will return for trial, because at the closure | | | | By hiring a bail bondsmen, the bail bondsmen will handle |
| of your trial, the court will return the entire amount of | | | | everything it takes to get you out of jail. If you pay |
| your bail bonds, without any fees being deducted. | | | | them an agreed upon fee, usually around 10 percent of |
| Thirdly, which often makes sense to people who have | | | | the amount of the bail bonds, you will be released from |
| had their bail bonds set high, is to post a property bond. | | | | jail with the bonding company serving as surety to |
| This process can be complicated, and does require the | | | | insure you will appear in court as you are ordered to. If |
| services of a lawyer, it can be done. This way of | | | | you fail to appear at all scheduled court hearings, it is |
| meeting bail bonds amounts is simply putting up real | | | | very likely that you bail bondsmen will enlist the help of |
| property to guarantee you will appear in court as | | | | a bounty hunter to help track you down and bring you |
| ordered. The property, or any other real collateral, is | | | | to court in order to prevent the bail bonds amount to |
| released upon completion of the trial. | | | | be forfeited. The fee you pay the bail bondsmen is not |
| Finally, when a person has not been accused of a | | | | returned when your case is concluded, it is for the bail |
| violent crime, and they are not viewed as a flight risk, | | | | bondsmen to keep for services rendered to you. |