When your loved one skips his or her court date, the family may not know what to do or what happens next. To help reduce the possibility of forfeiture, bail agents at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita have provided a few tips.
When the defendant has a court-required appearance and fails to appear, the forfeiture of a bail bond occurs.
Starting from the first day of non-appearance, a bail agent at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita has a 180-day forfeiture period in California.
The indemnitor, or co-signer of the bond, must help the bail agent at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita locate the defendant to return him or her back to jail.
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To reduce the possibility of forfeiture:
- Remind the defendant of his or her court dates.
- If transportation is a problem, help the defendant arrange transportation to court.
- Remind the defendant to call after his or her court appearance.
- All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita may establish electronic monitoring or a phone check-in line for high risk defendants.
The indemnitor is responsible for paying the full dollar amount of the forfeited bond, including any expenses or unpaid premium if the defendant cannot be located in 180 days.
Premium is not refundable and is approximately 10 percent of the full bail amount.
To help pay for the bond, collateral may also be used but it will not be returned.
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“If you can’t make your court date because you are sick, many people don’t realize that it can be fixed with a simple phone call to one of our bail bondsman at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita,” said Inessa Chavez, vice president of All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita. “Our bail agents are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
About All American Bail Bonds
We are a bail bond company known as All American Bail Bonds and our service areas are State and Nationwide. We are open to serve our clients 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. As a bail bond agency we are able to serve our clients with personal, confidential and reliable service.
The bail bond agents the client will encounter are professionals. They will assist with posting bail at locations such as police departments, the county sheriff departments, and courts. One of the other professional services this bail bond agent can offer is posting the bail bond Nationwide. We have one of the largest network of agents always available to serve all courts and all jails anytime.
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All American Bail Bonds
23360 W. Valencia Blvd. #E
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
661-255-2245
Call Toll Free: 888-755-2245
24 hours a day — 7 days a week
If loved one in custody and they wish to talk to an All American Bail Bonds representative call:
818-990-0003 or 661-267-6777
CLIENT.SERVICES@ALLAMERICANBAILBONDS.COM