For many years, we at Brazoria County Bail Bonds have been Angleton’s trusted source for helping people in their hard times to get out of jail. It is always an intimidating experience to be put through the criminal court process and spend time in jail, and having someone on your side during that process can make it go a whole lot more easily. We do that in the form of bail bonds in Angleton.
Here are just a few reasons why bail bonds are a better bet than cash when you’re trying to get out of jail:
- Courts might use cash for other purposes: When courts get a sudden lump sum of cash coming across their desk, there’s a greater chance that cash will be used for fines and other types of court costs. In some cases, these fines and costs could actually be higher than if you used a surety bond, and could mess with your plans to make payments in installments for these fines. Bail bonds, on the other hand, cannot be used to pay off fines and court costs, meaning that money must be put toward your bail.
- Use of cash could jeopardize your ability to get a public defender: Public defenders are appointed only to defendants who have a demonstrated inability to pay for their own attorney. If you post your bail in cash, it shows you can afford an attorney, which means the court will refuse to appoint a public defender to you.
- Bail forfeiture: If you use cash, a technical bail violation (even one made accidentally) could result in a total forfeiture of that cash. For example, courts frequently change departments in which they hear cases. This is one of the frustrations and tribulations associated with the criminal court process. In many cases, these changes are not necessarily communicated very well to the accused. If you appear in the wrong department for your hearing, you will have your bail forfeited. This might sound unfair, but it is the reality of how the courts work, and making your bail payments in cash makes it more likely that you will lose your money if such an inadvertent violation occurs. This also goes for if you are even a few minutes late to a hearing, or if you happen to be out of the room when your name is called.
- Cash could expose your private information: If you post cash bail either on your own behalf or on another person’s behalf, that transaction becomes public as soon as the cash is posted. Bails posted via bail bonds, however, are kept confidential. Most people do not want to publicize the fact that they have been involved with the law in this regard, and so the privacy afforded by a bail bond is highly beneficial.
These are just a few of the biggest reasons why people opt for bail bonds over cash payments. For more information about bail bonds in Angleton, contact us today at Brazoria County Bail Bonds.