How Bail Works
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- via www.aboutbail.com
Watch this short video for what you need to know about the bail process. Learn about bail hearings, locating and hiring a bondsman, how collateral works and how long you are obligated to the bond.
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Bail is important for people to get their defense ready for their court date. Amount for the bail should be based on the person in question’s income. Really informative video!
Only bail out if you facing serious time
Then flee the country 😂
Oh so a bail agent is basically like a loan for bailing one outer jail?
"outer"? It's "out of".
@@leeham6230
Oh no, I combined the two. Like how “it is” can also me “its”.
Actually it seems more like a pawn shop bailing. Using a wedding ring as collateral if you fail to repay. It seems you have to pay bail if you dont show up to court date.
@@leeham6230 lol
I always wondered how bail system works. Now I know.
I don't understand the part about if you don't show up to court, the bondsman will be required to pay the entire bail amount all at once ($5000 in the example). My question: If you DO show up, do they not have to pay? That doesn't make any sense. The bail is 5000, so they have to pay 5000 no matter what, right?
That's what it sounds like. As long as the defendant shows up in court, the bondsman doesn't have to pay the court the $5000.
Amar7605 ish... bonds are like this. The jailed is in jail until their court date. BUT, if the jailed person somehow comes up with (in this case, $5000) and promises to come back to court, the judicial system will let the jailed person return to society until the said trial. As an added incentive (and possibly to sidestep any unforeseen laws or names that would be attached to this bond), the money given to the judicial system will be held until that return date. On that day, if the jailed person comes to court, the money is given back.
So for the bail bondsman, he sees this as a short loan. He will pay the bail under a couple conditions. A 10-15% fee for his service, some collateral in case the jailed person decides to skip court and he loses his money, and also any other stipulations he places to make sure that the jailed person goes to court (like setting a warrant for arrest, charging a fee for skipping court, etc.)
If he shows up the bondsman will be reimbursed
@@pipo8561
Sounds like an underrated job. thanks for taking the time to explain!
It's good that someone knows the process before this happens. Not after
Here’s what I’d like to know. How can a person bail themselves out while in jail? I know some have a phone with limited minutes within a cell & also a poster of bail numbers to call, but it’s not like they have their debit or credit card on them to complete the transaction. So how do they go about this?
Holy shit! These commercials are better than mattress factory commercials 😂
I've been told that people who couldn't afford to post bail (or knew anyone who could for them), would use their one phone call to ask a random person for the money.
Wtf that works?
I thought we were presumed innocent until proven guilty? Isn’t locking someone up till the court date presuming guilt?
Depends on the severity of the crime and flight risk. Bonds can be set much lower.
get the fuccck out of america then
@@Da_Crowgo sit under a tree
10-15%?
so if the bail is 2,000,000 $ , then the agent is makin a nice payday if the defendant complies o.O
so even if you're found innocent, that 200K is gone?
thats how they make moneuy...you lose for being a jail bird, the make money...moral of story...dont go to jail
Bail Bondshhhhhsh!!
why are defendants only required to put up 10% of the bail? Who puts up the other 90%
In most cases it is not the defendant that puts up the premium(10) %
it is usually a friend or family member.
The collateral is usually not surrendered just placed into escrow to insure that the defendant will show up and complete the adjudication process.
If this happens then the collateral is not touched.
The Indemnitors usually can't or don't want to pay the whole bail amount directly to the jail, so they pay a Bail Bonds Agency a non-refundable 8% or 10% (in California) to pay the whole bail in a form of a bond directly to the jail.
www.losangelesbailagents.com
I think he is asking why a bail bonds man would take 750 bucks and then post a 5000 dollar bail.
@@illbeburningstar1 because the bail bond man gets the $5000 back when the defendant shows up to trial, so he has profited $750 overall. If the defendant does not show up, then the bail bond man will lose the $5000, but will be able to claim it back through the collateral, eg: the defendant's house or car etc.
Pay the 10 percent of your bail to the court if you show up to your court days court gives you your money back if not the government keeps your money..its a simple solution where both sides win ..Bail companies promise you'll get your 10 percent back which is a lie you will not get the money back..Bail companies are a scam
What a SCAM !!
Does bail mean your out for ever
informative. :D
this is just an lengthy ad for bail agents. meh!
Video hasn't explained it properly
What a fucking racket.
Why though? Doesn’t this just give a criminal a chance to flee ?
That was my thought too. Bail seems like a weird game.
Who's subscribing to this channel
Ok, who's calling this number, that's what we wanna know.
So bail is pointless
yeah if you view sleeping with "Big Bubba" and shitting/showering in front of a buncha dudes while you wait for your court date, when the option of NOT doing any of that and be at your house and waiting for your court date there instead. I guess it can be considered pointless in that aspect....
Do bounties exist nowadays?
Like, the police is having a hard time finding a suspect and WE as civilians can get paid a huge amount if we find the suspect?
3sj
so the bail agent person gets all the 5000 back? and they keep the $750 from the client ?