Some legal requirements for receiving the bail and depositing the bail amount

When an accused is arrested for committing or under the doubt of committing a crime, he is booked under the judicial custody and detained at the police station. After a short period of time he has to be present to the judge for the bail trail where the judge considers the related facts, circumstances and the possible impacts of issuing the bail. If the judge finds he granting of bail will not harm the society or community, the accused is allowed to set free on bail. For this release, he has to post the bail and follow a particular set of requirements in this relation. Let’s understand the legal steps to be taken in this relation:

 

Requirements to receive bail from the judge: While the judge is the person who can issue the bail, here are the documents to be presented and the matters should be cleared for him.

 

·         The defendant or his attorney has to present a statement of good character that should be recommended by his family, friends, employers, colleagues or other related personnels.

·         The documents that support his claim that the accused is the part of the community and not a threat to it such as school records, workplace records and ownership of home or property.

·         At the time of the bail hearing a bail, accused is required to show a respectful and well mannered behavior in the court. Any kind of misbehave can result in rejection of the bail approval.

 

Requirements for posting bail: When the judge sets the bail amount, it’s on the defendant to choose the method of posting bail. Generally, the defendant hires a bail bondsman Humble, TX to guarantee their bail money. In some cases they like to pay the cash bail and some others prefer to go with property bond. Here are the conditions or the requirements of posting the  bail bonds Humble TX:

 

·         When a defendant or his family hires a bail agency to post the bail bond, here the bail money includes the premium amount that is minimum 10% of the court set bail amount (its maximum limit can be set by the mutual conversation by the parties). If  the family or the relatives place the collaterals against the bail amount then its value should be 150% of the bail amount.

·         In the case, when a defendant is paying the cash bail, he or she will deposit to the court itself and obtain the release from the judicial custody. On the completion of the trial, it does not matter that he or she proved innocent or guilty, the bail amount will be refunded to him or her.

·         If the defendant decides to deposit the bail as the property bonds, he or she has to submit some documents  along with  the property bonds such as:

 

o   The documents that present the real value of the money.

o   The documents of the ownership of the property.

o   Any other tax and loan liabilities in relation to the subjected property.

 

There can be any one method to deposit the bail but the first and the must requirements is that the defendant will be appeared in front of the judge at  the pre-set date for the next hearing.