Tulare County Bail Bonds

When a person is arrested in the country of Tulare, the person will be taken to jail for booking. In many cases, the defendant will then receive the opportunity to be released from jail while he or she awaits a trial for the crime(s) that he or she has been accused of committing. Bail is determined by an assumptive bail schedule, which is the same schedule used by all counties across the state of California, including Tulare.

Many defendants do not have the funds available to pay the full amount of the bail up front. When the defendant needs financial assistance to pay bail, the defendant will usually call upon a bail bonding agency for financial help. The bail bonding agency will provide the defendant with the full bail amount in exchange for a down payment.
Most bail bonding agencies charge a ten percent down payment for their services. This down payment can be made by credit card, personal check, an payment plans as well as in cash. The bail bonding agency will generally collect additional assets to hang onto as collateral that the agency will claim if the defendant fails to fulfill his or her legal obligation.

If the defendant goes to court and fulfills the full legal obligation that is required, the bail bond will be refunding to the payee, which may be the bail bonding agency. However, if the defendant fails to appear in court for any of the court sessions, then the payee will not receive a refund for the bail amount. In such a case, the bail bonding agency will collect on the assets that the defendant had provided as collateral. The bail bonding agency will also likely hire a bounty hunter to track the defendant down.

When a bounty hunter becomes involved, the defendant will incur more fees for the services of the bounty hunter. The defendant will then be returned to court in order to stand trial. After a person has failed to appear once, the courts will generally require that the defendant await trial in jail rather than offering the defendant the opportunity to be released on bail again.