if bail bond is unlawful in illinois...how do you get out of jail if you're broke?

Question

one of my wife's co-workers husband is in jail for a traffic violation in 2002, not a dui. cook county is
demanding $2500.00. i was told by the jail administration that bail bonds are illegal in illinois.
does this mean the wife will have to pay $2500.
to get her husband out of jail?

please help with some info. i am a softy in situations like this, i don't want to be out of $2500.00 today.

i just found out the hubby had drugs on
him, so thats my ticket out. i do not help dopers. thanks for all the answers.

Answer 1

My suggestion would be to have the wife call the cook county courthouse and get the info on the violation. Bail bonds are not illiegal in Illinois. If they are asking $2500.00, usually they are looking for 10% of that bond=$250.00.
The only thing illegal in Illinois is bounty hunting for felons. If they are asking for the $2500.00, then the bond would be $25,000.00 and that is a high amount for a traffic violation. Unless it serious.

Here is a link you can look into:
www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org

Answer 2

Bail Bonds themselves are not illegal in Ilinois, however they did make "bounty hunting" or "seizing or transporting unwillingly any person found in this State who is allegedly in violation of a bail bond posted in some other state".

I think that because of this you may be out the $2500. Keep in mind that you will recieve the money back when he shows up for his court date.

Answer 3

If he is in for a minor traffic violation, not a OWI or a Hit & Run etc., then without spending the money, it would be best for him to stay. Not to say he deserves it. But because minor offenses, they only have to stay until they meet with the Magistrate. It may only be one day that he is in there it could be two.

Unless he is there over the weekend, I doubt very much that he would be locked up for more than 3 days.

Answer 4

Bail Bonds are not illegal in Illinois