My nephew was picked up on a bench warrant for failure to appear. He never recieved notice of the court date and when he contacted his public defender he was told, to let the public defender do his job. My question is this, in order to get him out of jail, he needs a 1600 cash bond, but they were not sure if we could go through a bail bonds man.
2007-07-30 04:03:30 · 5 answers · asked by cerridywn26 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Ok, first off there is no such thing as a "cash bond".
A bail is set for most offenders that are in the jail systems. The sheriff's department holding the inmate collects that money.
Say your nephew owes a $1600 bail. That means the agency needs $1600. They get it in cash from you or in the form of a bond.
To get a bond you would have to pay a bail bondsman a certain fee to have them pay the agency the $1600. The fee could be anything, but usually around 10%, which in this case would be $160.
If you pay the cash bail, you would get the money back after court. If you pay the bondsman to post a bond, then you lose all that money in the form of the fee for the bondsman.
2007-07-30 04:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by Vindicaire 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is you choice; if you have an extra $160 that you will never see again to pay a bail bondman to meet bail...bailbondsmen accepts 10% cash, sometimes credit cards (free and clear, you don't get this money back under any circumstances..this is their fee for posting the bond) in exchange for paying bail; however If the nephew doesn't show up for Court and you pay bail you are liable for the full $1,600.
If you want to meet CASH bail, you either have to come up with the entire amount of the bail in cash, $1,600 or pledge something of value that the Court will expect (usually a house if you have the much value in the home...if you put the place up as collateral and your nephew doesn't show in Court, you lose your home).
You can only get the money back after the trial is over and the defendant, your nephew, has made it on time every time for all Court hearings and he is either sentanced or acquitted.
2007-07-30 04:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cash bond is just that. He has to come up with $1600.00 to get out of jail early or he will be held over for court. Basically what that does is he gets out with the full cash bond and if he doesn't show again he will forfeit that money and another warrant issued. These are usually issued where there is restitution owed to someone and to assure they get their money the judge issues a warrant with a cash bond only. Most child support warrants are like that, to make the defendant get caught up on his child support if he wants out of jail.
2007-07-30 15:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by ARCop 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO ! A bail Bondsman cannot post a cash bond. Cash Bond means just that, CASH. The Magistrate or Judge will set bail either as CASH, PROPERTY, or SURETY. When Cash Bond is indicated, it usually means the defendant was already on bond (cash, property, or surety) and has failed to appear. I dont know of any Magistrate who will accept bail from a Surety when its set as CASH BOND ONLY. And I dont know of any Surety that will post CASH BOND for a defendant....
2007-07-30 05:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can post 1600 and are sure he will show for trial avoid the bondsman. If you can't check with a bondsman
2007-07-30 04:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋