Not paying the rest of bail bond premium?
I bailed out my friend out of jail, after 2 weeks his case got dismissed. he paid 1000 out of 2500 of the premium. He recently lost his job and cannot pay the rest of the bail. What will happen? Will they come after me to pay? will I go to jail? Need Help thank you!
Can you go to jail for not paying someone back?
My brother was splitting an apartment with someone. They never signed a formal agreement between each other just a lease with the apartment complex. During the time that he lived there he paid half the rent, all of the utilities, the electric bill, the internet bill all on his own with no help from the roommate. After a few months my brother lost his job and couldn't pay the bills so he had to move back home. He moved out before the first of the month and his roommate found a replacement roommate. But now his roommate is saying he owes money for the month of August, but he was moved out the last week of July. The roommate is threatening to sue in court if my cousin doesn't pay him back. Does my brother really owe anything? And can he go to jail for not paying this person?
If I can't pay the bail bondsman, will I go to jail?
I'm not sure but I think you may be confused. The person that got bonded out owes the bondsman, not you. Maybe you put up the original cash payment for this person in which case it is more like a loan to them. The bondsman should go after them to get their money back (if they were to skip court) not you. Did you sign paperwork promising to be responsible for payment? If so, read it carefully. It should say what your responsibilities are. I would also make sure the accused showed up in court. If you think they may run, call the bondsman and explain your concern. They may be able to revoke the bond and return the person to custody.
Can you go to jail for not paying a bondsman?
Here goes, since the bondsman is the person that has a deposit with the court, regarding your case, he can revoke you at any time, and for almost any reason. The security of his funds being his focus. Getting you to your court date, being paid according to any form of agreement—which most make you put up enough collateral to ensure you will, such as vehicle titles, house liens, etc. Few allow time payments, unless you already have an established record with the business.Short answer, if you are out on bond, and fail to meet any agreed conditions, you can expect to be headed back to jail right smartly. Bonding companies are not in the business of losing money. Along with the required ten percent that they get, they can also gain title to whatever you put up for collateral. If there is a time payment agreement, then look for the bondsman to revoke your bail, if you are out on bond. If the payments extend past your trial date, and possible jail sentence, and you were allowed to pay a balance off, best to do what you agreed upon. Otherwise, the next time, plan on sitting in the gray-bar motel, for the entire pre-trial period. Which the way our justice system proceeds, might be a few months to more than a year, depending on the charges.
What happens if you don't pay your bail bonds bill?
Since i've been bailed out by a bail-bondsmen, now every month i have to make payments, to pay off the whole bail bonds debt. This month i couldn't find a way to make any money for my bills. So i have NO IDEA, how I'm gonna be able to pay the bail-bondsmen. So what happens if i don't pay them?
What happens to the co-signer of a bail bond if they cannot pay the inmates fees?
If you co-signed a contract for release with a bail bond company then yes you are liable for the remaining balance due on the bond and for the entire amount of the bond if one or more of the inmates released on bond fails to appear for a scheduled court appearance. You said that you are the co-signor, which usually means that there is a clause that you and the primary signor are "jointly & separately liable" This means that you and the primary are both responsible and they do not have to attempt to collect from the primary first although they usually will. Bond is set to ensure that someone who is accused of a crime will appear in court when they are supposed to. If one or more of those released on bail that you are obligated for fail to appear then the judge will issue a warrant for their arrest and also order a forfeiture of the bond. This means that the police and the bonding company will try to locate the defendant and arrest them. The court allows for a time period before enforcing the judgment of bond forfeiture so that if they are apprehended you and the bondsman will not lose your money, but if not apprehended in that specific time period the court will order an enforcement of the judgment of bond forfeiture. The bondsman does not have to sue you and it does not go through the normal lengthy procedure that a lawsuit does. it is very fast and whatever collateral that you put up will be seized to satisfy the bond and if that is not enough to satisfy the bond they will seize whatever assets and property that you have until the judgment is satisfied. If you have even a small doubt that one or more of the defendants will fail to appear you need to go to the bonding company right away and ask to be released from the bond. The bondsman will set it for a hearing before the court and will revoke the bond and the defendants will be remanded to the custody of the county jail or department or corrections to await trial. This is very serious. I have seen countless moms lose their moms and other family lose their homes when a person released on bond absconds from the jurisdiction of the court
Can the co signer go to jail if they can't pay back a bail bondsman?
I bailed someone out of jail almost three years ago and he did not pay back the bail bondsman. Three years later bail bonds company now has someone calling everyone I know trying to get in contact with me, so I call them back and I spoke with some man saying that if I don't pay back the $1,100 I will be arrested and charged with a felony. Is this true, even though I'm just a co signer? I understand that they can take me to court, but jail!! And a felony!!! I didn't know owing a debt was a crime.
Can you go to jail after already posting bail?
Yes they can, being arrested is not the same as being sentenced. You assaulted a cop which in some states is a felony and they are not going to just write you a ticket and let you go. Your bail money is an insurance that you will appear in court. If you FTA they will issue a warrant for your arrest and you can loose the bail money that was put up to secure your release. Your record may or may not keep you from serving jail time, you more than likely will get probation, community service, and some type of alcohol classes or anger mangement classes. BTW what is this with you people fighting with the Police and resisting arrest? You do the crime, do the time. You broke the law.
When you post a bail bond to get someone out of jail?
1. if you post bail for someone, you are not responsible for them while they are out on bail unless they are release to you or they are your minor children. 2. if they do not show up to court at the appointed time you forfit the bail. if you bring them to the authories at a later time to be incarcerated for jumping bail you should be able to get your bail back. 3. you are not responsible for their court costs or fees. If I were you, I would not post bail for someone I do not trust. If I were going to help with bail I would go through a bail bondsman. Below is an explanation from Bad Boys Bail Bonds in San Jose, CA. "BAIL" is the security posted by the accused to ensure that he will appear in court and answer to the accusation brought against him. Bail can be posted in the form of cash or a bail bond. When a person is arrested for a crime, the jail or magistrate may impose a bail amount that must be paid before the person will be released from jail. The accused can pay the full amount themselves or they can pay a Bail Bond Agent ten percent of the full bail amount and the Bail Bond Agent will then pay the jail the full bail amount in the form of a Bail Bond. The ten percent paid to the Bail Bond Agent is a non-refundable fee for the service of paying the bail amount on behalf of the accused. The court holds the bail amount, in either the cash or bond form, without interest, until the court case is complete, when it will be returned to the depositor, which can sometimes take months or even years. However, if the accused misses a required court date, the bail is forfeited and the court keeps it.
How does it work when you use a bail bondsman to get out of jail?
When you go to a Court hearing, the Judge assesses an amount for your bail. If you have cash, you pay the full bail amount, or if you do not have access to cash, you go to a bail bondsman to fill out a loan application for the money for a percentage of the bail. You put up a percentage of the bail amount, which in most of the states is usually 10% for the amount of bail a judge decides to assess against you. If you don't have any type of collateral to put up for the money you are loaned by the bail bondsman, then you have to have someone co-sign for you that they will be responsible for the money that you owe the bail bondsman, just in case you 'skip town' and do not show up for a court hearing. If you show up for your hearing in Court, the bail bondsman keeps his 10% share of the money you put up at the time you applied for the bond. If you do not show up at a Court ordered hearing, either a warrant is issued by the Judge for your arrest by a Peace Officer, Marshall, or sometimes a County Constable. Sometimes, if a bail bondsmen has been burned by a lot of people, or if they think you are a high flight risk, the bondsman will hire a bounty hunter to come find you and drag you back to the jurisdiction where you committed the offense. Once the U.S. Marshall or bounty hunter finds you, then you are locked up in jail for 'skipping town' and not attending a court ordered Hearing for however long the Judge decides. The bail bondsman is then entitled to keep the entire amount of bail set by the Judge while you either serve out your time in jail or until you come up with all of the bail money and pay off the bail bondsman what you owe him plus the Court costs. You still serve jail time for 'Contempt of Court' by missing out on your Hearing date, plus whatever fees you owe the Court and the bail bondsman all of the bail assessed against you by the Court. That's how bail bondsman make money!