Insights and Advice on Bail Bonds ProcessFromLeading California Bail Bonds Company Owner
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After a person has been arrested, there is often a misunderstanding about posting bail bonds. On the outside, it can appear as if it is a bit of a shadowy process, but there are often very specific steps a person needs to take when bail bonds are needed.
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After a person has been arrested, there is often a misunderstanding about posting bail bonds. On the outside, it can appear as if it is a bit of a shadowy process, but there are often very specific steps a person needs to take when bail bonds are needed.
A lot of excellent advice has been offered in the books written on the bail bonds industry by Sean Cook, owner/operator of a top California bail bonds company. The industry-leading guides are “Bail Bonds 101” and “Bail Bonds 201”. In the books, Cook explains the nuts and bolts about the bail bonds process, its history and how aspiring people can look to bail bonds as a future career.
“Bail bondsmen play an important role in today’s society and criminal justice field,” says Cook, whose Premiere Bail Bonds company has been in business for nearly 20 years in California. “I wrote these books to help people learn more about this business, what to do when bail is needed and how they can choose the bail bond industry for a fulfilling career option.”
But let’s get to nuts and bolts – how do bail bonds work? When we asked Cook to walk us through a typical arrest and bail situation, he provided a clear overview of how normal people in an arrest situation should expect.
“Essentially it starts with a call from a lawyer or person. Let’s say we get a call from a mother, and her son was just arrested and is in jail, and bail was set at $10,000,” Cook says. “We call the jail, get all the booking information, charges and we help to set up a court date.
“Then, we meet with the mother, who would co-sign all of our paperwork. That essentially says that she promises that her son will appear in court when he’s supposed to, and actually appear in court each and every time he’s supposed to, because it’s not just one court date, it’s usually three, four, five, or even 10 court dates.
“She guarantees his appearance to us, and pays our commission on the bail (roughly 10%). As long as the arrested persona goes to court each and every time he’s supposed to, that’s all the client ever pays us,” continues Cook.
But what happens if the arrested person fails to show up?
“If the person skips out on court, then we as the bails bonds company get a 6 month period to go find him. If we find him in that time, then nobody pays the $10,000 bail fine. If we don’t find him in that time, then we would seek the $10,000 bail fee from the mother in order for us to pay the court. That doesn’t happen too often, though; we’re pretty good at finding those folks.”
Cook shares these stories with experience and knowledge. He is owner of a leading bail bonds company, a certified bail agent level 5 and a past course instructor, as well as an author of the two guidelines to the industry. What advice does he offer young people looking to the bail bond industry?
“It’s not often an area in which young people often think about starting a career,” says Cook, “but if a person wants to have his own small business, working with the criminal judicial system, you can’t beat the experience, benefits and rewards.”
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Insights and Advice on Bail Bonds ProcessFromLeading California Bail Bonds Company Owner_228491.aspx
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Article Source: Bail Agent Blog
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Keywords :
California bail bonds company, bail bonds process, arrested, bail agent,
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Legal
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