Things To Know About Working With A Wake County Bail Bondsman

By Lisa Cole


If a person is arrested, this individual will likely be held in jail until the scheduled court date arrives. This can cause a number of obvious problems given that the defendant will not be able to go to work or take care of familial obligations. This is why you should reach out ot a Wake County bail bondsman when dealing with issues like these. Following are a few vital points to understand about the bail bonds process and process and the benefit of working with bondsmen.

Bail is considered to be a monetary guarantee that people will actually show up for their court dates. Rather than having to remain physically confined to the jail house, they can return to their normal lives until their scheduled days in court. If they show up on time, they can reclaim the monies that they have posted in full. If they miss these appearances, however, the local court system will retain these funds instead.

Judges tend to set these amounts very high. They typically reflect whether a person is considered a flight risk and how severe the crime was that the person is being charged with. It is frequently the case that families simply don't have this type of money lying around or stashed away in savings.

In very rare instances, judges can decide to let people go free on their recognizance. This means that they have been deemed reliable enough to actually show up in court, even though they are not being held in jail. They do not have to offer any monetary guarantees in these cases.

It is very rare for a judge to let a person go on personal recognizance. Defendants can be flight risks and they may even be believed to be menaces to society, according to the charges they are facing. Many families have to choose whether to sell major assets like homes in order to post the required monies for their loved ones. In these instances, bondsmen can simply pay the fees on behalf of families so that households can retain assets that they need and do not have to set themselves up for future, financial hardship when dealing with a single, unfortunate event.

When using these services, you will have to enter into a binding agreement with the company. One large part of this agreement is your promise to make sure that the defendant shows up at court. If he or she does, the bondsman's money will be returned in full. Otherwise, these monies will be lost to the court system.

You will also have to use assets to back this agreement. For instance, rather than selling your house and paying the fees on your own, you can use your home as collateral. As long as you meet the conditions of your agreement, you will retain this asset.

There are fees for using these services. These are usually only a small percent of the full bail amount. Although the bondsman is going to be fully reimbursed following the trial, your fees will not be returned to you. This is remitted as payment for services rendered instead.




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