Feb 17, 2022 | Bail Bonds 101
Although it may feel like it, from the perspective of the addicted individual, addiction doesn’t happen fast. While there are many elements that directly contribute to drug addiction, including genetic and environmental influences, socioeconomic status, and...
Nov 30, 2017 | Legal Opinions
When the average person considers what they should do to stay out of trouble, they assume you have to do something pretty bad or deliberate to land in jail. It’s true that most people get arrested for intentional wrong-doings. But, sometimes we underestimate the...
Sep 27, 2017 | Criminal Law
We meet people from our community who need help posting bail for a myriad of reasons, which leads to a unique perspective: sometimes people don’t even know they’re headed for trouble until it’s too late! You may think you’re doing everything...
Aug 10, 2013 | Bail Bonds 101
The issue of the legality of bounty hunting across the states has been brought up again, although this time in the northern state of Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker has recently vetoed a bill that allows for the existence and employment of bounty hunters...
Jun 20, 2013 | Bail Bonds 101
Your friend calls you from jail on a Friday night – he or she needs you to come post bail so they can avoid a night in jail. You have been out drinking that night with friends, but you think that you might just be sober enough to drive your way to the county jail and...
Apr 11, 2013 | Bail Bonds 101
Bail bonds are the enforcers of the constitution. Our founding fathers ensured that we have the right to be treated as equal citizens until proven guilty. But society, and often our own justice system, views defendants as “guilty until proven innocent.” Bail Lets You...
Mar 20, 2013 | Legal Opinions
The very government that arrested you and now holds you in their zero-star hotel wants 100% control of your bail options. They expect to accomplish this by continuing to demonize and attempt legislation against the bail bond industry. Despite the effectiveness of the...
Mar 8, 2013 | Legal Opinions
You just posted bond to have your loved one bailed out of jail. It was your money; part of your retirement, your emergency money, money you didn’t want to spend—except love won out. Your money was a nonrefundable fee for the bond. You may have also put up significant...
Feb 8, 2013 | Bail Bonds 101
Did you ever wonder why bail was as expensive as it is? Aren’t some of the laws (and the subsequent bail) a little ridiculous? Bail is meant to keep the defendant either in jail or in town until trail. The 2013 California uniform bail schedule reveals a few...
Jan 18, 2013 | Bail Bonds 101
Crime shows have always been popular entertainment. Even the old Andy Griffith Show had a theme centered on the hometown sheriff and his jail. Now we have CSI Miami, Las Vegas, and New York and multiple other crime-investigation/ courtroom dramas that are on every...
