All Things Bail Bonds

Simply put, a bail bond is a monetary guarantee for the Court that a defendant will appear at all times they are ordered to while their case is pending. When a person goes to court as a defendant in a criminal case, bail is set by the judge. If they are arrested and have not been brought to court, bail is set according to a schedule. The bail can be posted in full in cash, or by posting a bail bond through a bail agent. The bail agent collects a fee (usually 10% of the amount of bail) and some sort of collateral for the full amount of the bail.

Collateral is usually a piece of real estate, a car, a bank account, or something else of value that the bail agent can hold onto while the defendant goes to court on the case. Depending on circumstances, the signature of a qualifying cosigner can be used in lieu of collateral. When the case is completed, as long as the defendant has not failed to appear, the collateral is returned to whomever deposited it with the bail agent.

well there u have it u are really not innocent until proven guilty are you? but further more there are people who get bail even though the government know they did it such as a sex offender getting released on bail knowing the guy has to go to jail in 2 weeks. there is such a thing as flea bargaining. u set a date for some one to get sentanced and if they have the money they are able to be free until it is time for them to start serving their sentence. look at immigration law.lets say that u are an arab, u go to the nseers regestration dpt of homeland security .u recently married an american citizen. but because u failed to register with them so they can do their back ground checks to ensure u are not a terrorist they will jail you until 2 of the 3 security clearences go through. 2 have gone through that came back but they are waiting on the third. u are waiting for an adjustment of status through the court. so rather put you and ur wife through the trouble of waiting for an adjustment of status that comes from the court house or immigration they will release you on bond and then u get ur money back when ur court case is finished. it is a security that u will go back to court. now when a bond is set a bail bonds men will pay most of the money but u have to give up 20% of what ever ur bond happens to be. hense the reason for a bounty hunter. where if u run with out going to the court to face a trial or court decision they will catch you so they recieve the money that they put into you. where the bail bondsman makes his/her prophet is the money that they recieve from who ever bails the person out of jail that 20% u never get back. the government will give back the money to the bail bondsman when the bounty hunter goes and fetches the suspect who was released and ran. and besides he keeps the money that the 20% of the bail money that he recieved in the first place to go and bail out the guy in the beginning. do u get it now? also remember that when u invest money by bonding some one u get government interest for the moeny u put up. this goes for any one say my bail is 5,000 dollars and i give it to the government to bail my friend out. when the case is finished because i did everything i was supposed to what ever it may be i get that money back plus all the interest it racked up in the mean time.

A bail bond is a contract where the defendant agrees to go to court. It is backed up by collateral in the amount of the bond. The collateral is an incentive to go to court.

Example, John’s bond is $10,000. His parents use the title to their home for collateral. If John doesn’t go to court his risks losing the home for his family and they will have a judgment for $10,000 on their record.

So, the question there is, is it worth $10,000 and maybe his parents’ home to not go to court. There is your incentive, to loose the money/collateral.

OK, there are competing interests at that point. Yours since you are still INNOCENT at that point, and the court’s desire to protect the community. It is solved by bail bonds.
(there is also the option of paying bail without a bond, you put up the full amount, and you get the full amount back)

Most people are not going to pay the 10% cash required that will never be seen again unless they are close to the defendant. Most defendant’s then would be burning a family member or friend of their house if they didn’t show up.

Also, there are bail companies who then spend the time and energy finding John where ever he goes and turning him back into the courts. All in all, most who are granted bail bonds do show up since not only will they lose the collateral, but most likely will end up in jail again and have no chance at being bail bonded ever again.

If you have any other questions, email me.