Bail Bond Agent Blog

I helped some clients to bail out their brother last Thursday and we met at the Superior court. This turned out to be the longest day ever for all involved. The defendant had been in custody 2 days before and the family decided to save the money by allowing him to go to court. The end result didn’t justify the pain and suffering endured by the family. The family had been told to “let him go to court” and we understood the decision as times are tough. The outcome proved to be a loss of sleep, time, effort and if that wasn’t enough, the job as well. The job lost was a union job working for SAG. The time lost was close to 3 days total. The hours lost were over 36 and the defendant was released at 5:00 am the next day. Everyone invloved, rearranged clients, day care, work schedules and they were emotionally disrupted throughout the entire process. I know this sounds negative but my point is, if someone is worthy of bailing out, please take do everything you can for them. We work with the judicial system each and everyday. Our experience with all County Jails is second to none. We are very accurate with our expectations and we can produce the result. Had the family allowed us to work for the money we were already earning, they would have had a better experience with bail. The defendant tells me in conversation afterwards, “I wish I had been in left in custody”. WOW, how do you like that? I would not share that comment with the family. He was very upset with his family as he thought they dragged their feet.

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Well here it is again, the Holidays. A time when one should enjoy family and friends and then the unexpected “Ooops, that darn red light” nails you. If this is someone you know, I can imagine you didn’t welcome that in like you did the New Year. This very thing happened to my niece. She decided to take the wheel after a small social gathering at her friends home. They were only twenty minutes away from home and my niece thought she was less drunk and offered to drive. At the moment she took the wheel and made the seat adjusment, a CHP was rolling by and pulled her over before moving forward one inch. Imagine that? She had just taken the seat and “BAMm” red light time! She was arrested on the spot and this was her first going to County. Moving on with this story, she was released on OR but the total cost of time and money has far surpassed the action. She tells me that she still parties but is more carefull now, whatever that means. I saw her over the Holidays and I know that she drove under the influence. I am not her father but I am her uncle and wouldn’t want to see her arrested again. If the case be that she is arrested, I know the routine and it pains me to bail her out. I feel for all that go through this process but I have to keep a professional stance. I cannot help everyone that has been arrested but I can offer my services when called upon doing so. Please be careful and and drive safe. If the worse case scenerio occurs to you don’t hesitate to call us at Premiere Bail Bonds (800) 662 0056 day or night and we will help you ASAP!! For those Spanish speaking clients, please call (888) 733 8533.

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How do I start this story…Hmmm…Well I got a call from a gentleman that ask if I were a notary and I responded to him by saying yes…Well he proceeded to tell me his name and where he lived…He lived in the small town of Savage Minnesota and he needed  my services and that his name was Jimmy…So I asked him how I could help him…He explained that his wife was in jail at West Valley Detention Facility in Rancho Cucamonga California on a Fraud case and that she was going to be there for at least a year…So he needed a power of attorney signed by her so that he could take care of their affairs while she was in jail…So he asked how much I charged and he said he would send me the money and the Power of Attorney right away… [Read more →]

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I was bailing out a male defendant from the Burbank P D one Tuesday afternoon. I met with his co-worker who had nothing but good things to say about the defendant. Upon completing all the paperwork, I posted the bond and was told that the defendant would be released in one hour. I decided to wait for him and receive his signatures.Upon his release he was very friendly and grateful for my attention to detail and expediting the bail release process for him. His co-worker had since left as he had to get back to work. In about ten minutes the defendant became very irate and very uncomfortable to be around as I started asking personal information. This is to be expected and I must say that I enjoy it. I continued to inquire more information and I knew I struck a nerve when I asked him about his wife. Oh boy, here it comes, the old, I hate that such and such and she’s a gold digging, nickel bending, yada, yada and more yada. [Read more →]

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There have been articles in the recent past that talk about how the Bondsman should be responsible for the actions their clients take while released on bail.

My questions is: Should the Judge also be responsible? Should the DA be responsible? If the judge or District Attorney felt that the defendant posed a risk to anyone or was a flight risk shouldn’t they have held them on a “No Bail”? Why the judge issue a bail amount if he felt the defendant was a risk? And why didn’t the District Attorney argue to keep the defendant in custody rather than issue a bond? [Read more →]

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“What exactly does a bail bondsman do,” one might ask. A bail bondsman agrees to pay an amount of a bond of an offender for a fee, often 10%. For larger bonds, a bondsman might take a mortgage on a homeowner’s house to ensure the payment of a bond. When a bondsman enters into such an agreement, they also consent to ensure that the defendant or offender is present in court on their assigned date. To guarantee the appearance of their offenders, a bondsman will use almost any means necessary. The preferred method of bondmen involves enlisting the expertise of bounty hunters to track down the offenders and bring them to court. Moreover, if a defendant jumps bail, or fails to show up in court, these bounty hunters find the offenders and re-arrest them, bringing them to justice. [Read more →]

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When it comes to bail bonds, every defendant will have a different amount of money to pay in order to get out of jail on bail while waiting for his or her trial. The bail bond is a basic assurance that the defendant will return to court on the day of the trial. Bondsmen and bail bonding agencies that put up the bail for a defendant and responsible for ensuring that the defendant returns to court for the trial. [Read more →]

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Bail is a basic assurance that an accused criminal (a defendant) will show up to court to stand trial for a crime that he or she is accused of committing. When a person is arrested as a suspect in a crime, the person is booked and put into jail to await trial. In many situations, that person may be allowed to post a bail bond, which assures that he or she will return to court. However, there are situations where a person is accused of a violent crime, has a criminal history, or is considered to be a flight risk, in which a judge may not grant bail. [Read more →]

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As the debate over public versus private bail bond enforcement wages on, it is important to examine the evidence presented to determine the impact that bond enforcement has on society. In an article by Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok entitled, “Public versus Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from Bail Jumping,” the authors explore the efficiency of bail bondsmen over public bond enforcement or release on their own recognizance. Helland and Tabarrok compile failure to appear rates (FTAs), and they then compare the rates of surety bonds, which are those bonds that employ the use of a bail bondsmen, to public bonds, or those released on their own recognizance. Helland and Tabarrok affirm that bail bondsmen provide over a 50% decrease in FTAs as compared to release on their own recognizance. This evidence declares the efficacy of bail bondsmen over release on their own recognizance. [Read more →]

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Pre-trial release has a long history rooted in historic English statutes and laws. Bail laws in the United States developed out of these English laws that date back to even the 13th Century. When independence was declared by the colonies in 1776, bail laws took on slightly modified interpretation to more closely represent the ideals of the newly developing American principles. The early state Constitutions of some states, such as Virginia stipulated that, “excessive bail ought not to be required,” however, “if a crime be punishable by life or limb, or it be manslaughter and there be good cause to believe the party guilty thereof, he shall not be admitted to bail.” [Read more →]

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