How to Get Bail Money

Bail money is required in the majority of states to be released from jail until the court date. The function of bail money is to ensure the person charged with a crime will show up for the court date. The bail money is held by the courts and returned after legal proceedings are completed. The three primary ways to get bailed out of jail are by paying cash, using a bail bondsman or having a property bond.

Instructions

How to Get Bail Money

1. Call a friend or family member and ask them for cash to cover the amount of the bail. They can contact the retaining facility on your behalf to find out who they pay the bail money to for you to be released.

2. Look on the wall of the facility where you are being held for bail money. There will be several listings for bail bondsman services. Select one of these services.

3. Call a friend or family member and ask them to contact the bail bondsman service on your behalf. You will need to come up with between 10 percent to 25 percent of the bail money total to use the bondsman services. Ask your contact person whether they can loan you the money or pay it for you.

4. Post a property bond through a legal criminal law attorney if you do not have the cash for paying the full bail money or for hiring a bail bondsman. You will be posting property instead of the bail bond money and this process has to go through a legal criminal law attorney working on your behalf.

References

• LawBytes