Express Bail Bonds located in Denver Colorado has an office located at 1304 Elati Street Denver Colorado where we can meet you to do bonding paperwork or we can have a bondsman come to your location or meet somewhere convenient to you. If you have a need for a Denver bail bondsman call us so we can arrange for a painless bail bond transaction.
Posting Bail Bonds in All City and County Jails and
Police Departments in Colorado Including: Adams, Arapahoe, Arvada,
Aspen, Aurora, Boulder, Breckenridge, Brighton, Broomfield, Castle
Rock, Centennial, Central City, Clear Creek, Colorado Springs, Commerce
City, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Englewood, Fairplay, Fort
Collins, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Glendale, Golden, Grand,
Greeley, Greenwood Village, Jefferson, Lakewood, Larimer, Littleton,
Logan, Park, Parker, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Sterling, Summit, Teller,
Thornton, Vail, Weld, Westminster, Wheat Ridge.
What a
Bondsman
Does
If you have
ever found
yourself sitting in front of a judge in criminal court, you might have
some idea
of why a bondsman is needed. When a person is charged with a crime, the
court
can keep the defendant in jail until the trial date. Luckily however,
the
justice system treats defendants as innocent until proven guilty. This
is why,
in cases where the defendant is not an overt flight risk or does not
present a
major threat, the court will set bail. And bail is essentially why the
bondsman
has a job.
What’s a
Bondsman?
If a defendant
wants
to enjoy his or her days waiting for the trial outside of a jail cell,
they can
do so by depositing an amount of money with the court – this is called
posting
bail. After the trial, the court will refund the money. If the
defendant fails
to show up to court on the trial date, they forfeit all of the bail
money (and
will get arrested again). When a defendant
doesn’t have enough cash to cover bail, they will contact a bondsman.
The
bondsman will take care of bail paperwork and guaranteeing bond payment
to the
court. In return for covering bail for a defendant, a bondsman earns a
10%
premium from the defendant or his or her family (usually required up
front), and
often a lien on personal belongings or property in order to cover the
risk if
the defendant doesn’t show up to court. Basically – a bondsman
makes it possible for people who can’t afford to post bail to still wait
for
their trial date outside of the jail cell. This allows defendant to go
on living
life as normal and supporting their family.
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