Riverside County Bail Bonds

When a person is arrested and taken to jail in Riverside, many times, the person will be given the option to get out of jail while awaiting trial on a bail bond. When a person is given the chance to be released from jail on bail, the courts are basically saying that they trust the defendant will return to court to fulfill a legal obligation, but that they need additional assurance in the form of money that they can hold onto.

If the defendant does fulfill a legal obligation, then the courts will return the money to the defendant or to the payee of the bail bond. The bail amount is determined by a bail rate schedule that is the same for all counties across the state of California. The bail rate schedule is different for each crime, though.

In order to pay the full amount of the bail, many defendants use the services of a bail bondsman. The bail bondsman is responsible for paying the full amount of the bail. In exchange, the bondsman will charge the defendant a down payment that is usually about ten percent of the total cost of the bail. The bondsman will also hold onto a portion of the assets of the defendant. If the defendant fails to appear in court, then the bondsman may collect on those assets to help cover the cost of the lost bail bond.

When the defendant follow through with a commitment to the courts, the bail bonding agency will receive a refund of the bail amount, regardless of whether or not the defendant is found guilty or innocent. However, if the defendant fails to follow through with the commitment to the courts, the defendant will not only lose additional assets that will be seized by the bail bonding agency, but the defendant will also be tracked down and returned to the courts by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter has the legal authority to arrest a defendant. The U.S. is the only country that grants the bounty hunter that authority and legalizes bounty hunting.