Hiring a Bail Bondsman Can Help Your Situation

Sometimes you may find yourself in the unfortunate predicament of being arrested. A hearing will usually be scheduled sometime in the future and you will be required to appear in court. At the time of your arrest, bail will be set and if you want to get out of jail until your hearing you will need to meet a percentage of it. This is where you need a bail bonds agent, usually called a bail bondsman.

One thing that makes the United States unique is the ability of an arrested person to purchase their way out of jail with a promise to appear in court for their hearing. A bondsman is an agent or agency from where the relative or friend of the arrestee can buy these bail bonds on a pledge that the defendant will be in court for their scheduled hearing.
Unlike banks, agents who specialize in selling bail bonds cater to those who are criminals and they can usually get their customer released within hours of the arrest. Oftentimes these bail bondsmen will require collateral as surety that their payment will be made and that can be anything from a home mortgage to money, though many times a co-signer will satisfy a bondsman.

There are several reasons why you would need to hire a bail bondsman.

• One of these is that you are short of money to help your loved one get out of jail. Most people don’t have bond money in their pocket to pay for it. Many bail amounts are very low, but even then, many times it is hard for lower income families to come up with it.

• Maybe you do have the money on hand, but you don’t want to use your savings account to bail your loved one out of jail. You want to save that money in case an emergency comes up and it is needed. Because the court will not give the bond back once it is used, hiring a bail bondsman will help you keep your available money and only pay a small fee for the bail bond that you need.

• Using a bail bondsman is faster. A good bondsman will know the procedures and how they all work to the best of your ability in court and will be able to get through any obstacles that may come up, as he has usually done it so much that he knows the system. Most people have not had to post bail more than once, so getting through the system on your own can take more time while you figure out the procedures. Many times it is not the lack of money, but the inability to afford a delay that causes one to hire a bail bondsman.

If you want to get out of jail faster and you don’t have the money for bail bonds, then a bondsman is more than likely the best way to help your loved one stay with the family between the arrest and the time of his hearing.