our son was recently arrested for stealing and his bail amount is $20,000.00.what is meant by his BAIL ?

Answer 1

that is the amount that has to be paid for him to get out of jail. it is insuracne that he is going to show up for trial.

Answer 2

Bail is the amount that must be deposited with the court in exchange for letting him out of jail until trial. If he fails to appear, the court keeps the bail. If you appears as required, the bail is returned after the case is resolved.
If he pays a bail bondsman to post his bail, he will pay a fee, usually 10%, to the bondsman in exchange for them posting the bond. This fee is NOT refundable. If he fails to appear in this case, the bondsman will hire a bounty hunter to bring him in and recover the bail.

Answer 3

that is the amount of money the courts want to hold to ensure your son goes to his court appointments. If it is not paid, he will remain in custody until they are finished.

If you have 20k, you can give it to the courts to hold (you get it all back) until his case is over.

If you don't have that much, you can pay a bail bondsman around 2k (usually 10 percent of bail) to pay the bail for him. You do not get your 2k back, as that is the price of the bail bondsman services.

You can also ask the judge to lower the bail, or even ask for what is called a signature bond, which is you signing that you guarantee he will show up for his court appointments.

Answer 4

bail is money you lay out saying I promise to not leave the state and show up two the next trail date. Failure to appear means you don't get your money back.

Answer 5

That is the amount of money you have to pay to get him out of jail (until and if he is convicted). If you post a bond (10%) it is usually enough to get him out. BUT, you are stating that you will stake $20K that he will actually go to his hearings. If he doesn't go, you lose $20,000. Period. Are you willing to lose that much money?