It is perfectly normal for you not to know what to expect when it comes to bail or bail bonds. In fact, even if you have experience with bail bonds in the past, being arrested or watching a loved one get arrested can cause panic and mix up the bail knowledge you have into a confusing tangle. Remember, if you ever need or want clarification on bail questions, simply ask a qualified bail bonds agent. To help you out, the bail professionals at Grimes’ Bail Bonding & Notary Services have compiled a bail FAQ list for New Bern, NC citizens to reference.
Being prepared by knowing what bail is and how bail bonds work can do wonders in speeding the process along before you even make a call to your local bail bonding professionals. We hope the following list helps you better understand the quickest way to get your loved one released from jail and what else to expect from the process. Bonding out your loved one will also move faster if at the time you call Grimes’ Bail Bonds bail agents you can tell them the full name of your loved one and their booking number, where they’re being held – which county or city and jail, and the bail amount that has been assigned to them. Knowing as much of this as possible when you pick up the phone will make the most of you and your loved one’s time.
Bail is the way the court allows a person accused of a crime to be temporarily released from custody so that they may prepare for their court date and continue with their regular lives in the meantime. As a country with a legal system built on Innocent Until Proven Guilty, arrested persons are granted bail on the condition of appearing in court later by the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Bail is determined by a set of factors which influence its total amount. The offense itself as well as its circumstances is one of these factors. The weight of the evidence against the defendant certainly matters from the very start, as do any ties to the community. “Ties” can be counted as local family or familial responsibilities, how long the defendant has lived within the community, financial resources, and employment history. Any previous or current criminal record, record of trial attendance, or evidence of mental illness and habitual alcohol or narcotic abuse. Lastly, the likelihood or amount of threat, if any, the defendant poses to the public or an individual.
Bail can be set by the police or judges. Police set bail in the case of certain crimes, according to the corresponding Schedules dictated towards that crime. Other times a judge sets the bail or re-sets the bail to ensure the best result of future attendance to court.
After the court sets the bail amount to gain a defendant’s release, a defendant may pay that bail through cash, putting up a piece of property of equal or greater value to the bail, or get a bail bond by paying a small fraction of the whole amount to a bail agent. The bail agent then turns around and pays the full amount to the court. That fraction amount is called a premium. Premiums are frequently about 10% of the entire bail and though that fee is non-refundable, it acts as the quickest option with the least amount of risk for the person posting bail.
A co-signer is the person who helps assume financial responsibility and is responsible for the defendant upon release.
Forfeiture is the giving up, or forfeit, of a paid bail amount. Bail is posted as a promise that the defendant will attend all future trial proceedings. Should the defendant make each appearance then at the conclusion of the case, regardless of the outcome, the bail amount is returned to whomever paid it. Should the defendant miss a court date, run, or skip out on bail, then the amount paid is owned by the court rather than loaned. There is no refund in the case of skipping bail, resulting in a forfeiture.
Yes, bail is always conditional on the stipulation that the defendant return for all future court dates. Some bail is attached with extra conditions such as an Order of Protection in the case of domestic violence or child abuse, where the defendant may not approach or contact in any manner the family within their household. Other bail conditions can include completing anger management classes, parenting seminars, or safety courses.
A warrant served just means that simply, the warrant has been processed and that you have paid the bond.
This varies from place to place and in all situations. The warrant service will usually attempt to find you and arrest you but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Once your warrant is issued, you are typically arrested right on the spot and taken to the jail to be processed.
One way that you can check is to call and find out. If you are worried that the call will be traced, this is likely to happen if you call from your own phone. For the most part, any way that you would be able to check would cost money. If you are planning on turning yourself in, just go down to the police station and ask them to run it. It is better to deal with it as soon as possible than to wait
This will vary from place to place, but if you call and ask, they will likely have you come down to the station or to the courthouse and pay the fine and then decide from there. You can call a lawyer as well to come with you and help in the situation that you are arrested.
This all depends on where you get arrested and what you are getting arrested for. In many sex-related arrests, you will possibly be extradited back to whatever state the warrant was issued. The focus of this is that if you have a warrant in another state and get pulled over or into trouble where they check up on you, you will be arrested, no matter what.
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