Sacramento County Bail Bonds

In the event that a person is arrested in Sacramento, the person will be taken directly to jail for booking. After booking, the person may be given the opportunity to pay bail in order to leave jail while awaiting a trial for the crime(s) that he or she has been accused of committing.

When a person is given the option to be released from jail on bail, the courts and officers are telling the person that they trust that he or she will return to court to fulfill a legal obligation. However, the courts also believe that they need an additional assurance that the individual will show up to court. Thus, the will hold onto some money that the defendant supplies until the defendant fulfills a full legal obligation.

As soon as the defendant fulfills the legal obligation, the courts will return the money to the payee, even if the defendant is found to be guilty. However, the courts will hold onto this money if the defendant does not show up to court to fulfill a legal obligation.

Many times, a defendant will turn to a bail bondsman for help paying bail. A bail bondsman will supply the defendant with the funds to pay his or her bail. In exchange for this service, the bail bondsman will charge the defendant a down payment, which is usually about ten percent of the total cost of the bail. On top of the down payment, most bail bondsmen require additional assets that they can hold onto in case the defendant fails to appear in court.

If the defendant fails to appear in court, the bail bondsman will not receive a refund of the bail bond that it supplied the defendant. Thus, the bail bondsman will likely take possession of the assets that the defendant had put up as collateral for such an occasion. The bail bondsman might also use a bounty hunter to track down the defendant and return him or her to court. The bounty hunter has the legal authority to arrest the defendant. The U.S. is the only country in the world that allows legal bounty hunting.