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Please follow
the following steps to get help:
- Be sure about which jail he or she is in.
- Is it a county, city, or federal facility?
- What is the booking number?
- What is the charge?
- Have the person's full legal name.
- Try to determine the date of birth, if possible.
- Go to your home or other place where you can stay for a
while and receive telephone calls.
- We will probably need to contact you several times.
- Be sure you know the telephone number where you are staying.
- Try to have access to a fax machine or the number to one you
can access (e.g. the local Kinko's fax number, a friend who has
a fax, etc.)
- There is normally no need for you to go to the jail.
In most jurisdictions, only a licensed Bail Bond Agent can post
bail. Also, persons who have just been arrested and are being
processed are usually not eligible to see visitors for several
hours.
- Try to find out how much the Bail amount is.
- Bail Bond Agencies are normally required by law to collect 10%
of the Bail set as a Premium. You will have to pay this amount
or arrange financing with us to assemble the funds. Cash, credit
cards, and checks are just some of the ways in which we help our
clients assemble the funds needed.
- The Bail Bond Agency guarantees the full amount of the Bail to
the Court as guarantee that the person will appear. You may be
required to guarantee that appearance by providing collateral
for the entire bond amount. Therefore, try to know what
collateral property you could provide (e.g. House, Car, Boat, or
other property of value).
- Check our map to find an agent near.
- The Bail Agent will ask you some basic questions relating to
who, what, where, and why the person is in custody.
- The Agent will also ask you questions about the personal
history of the person being held such as where they work,
previous arrests, time in current residence.
- Try to remain Calm, we are working on your situation as
fast as the law allows.
- Bail Bonds Now, Inc. will
next call the facility where the person is being held and
determine exact bail information and develop a plan to get the
person released.
- A Bail Agent will call you as soon as this determination is
made to discuss the plan and make Bail arrangements with you.
- Remember, many jurisdictions (especially those in major
metropolitan areas) are very slow in processing and often have
their telephone lines overloaded with calls.
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