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When your loved one skips his or her court date, the family may not know what to do or what happens next. Bail agents at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita have provided a few tips to help reduce the possibility of forfeiture.
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The forfeiture of a bail bond occurs when the defendant has a court-required appearance and fails to appear.
In California, the bail agent has a 180-day forfeiture period starting from the first day of non-appearance.
Not only does a bail agent at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita have to locate the defendant to return him or her back to jail, the indemnitor, or the co-signer of the bond, must help the bondsman as well.
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To reduce the possibility of forfeiture:
- Remind your loved one of his or her court dates.
- Arrange transportation to court for your loved one if it’s a problem.
- Remind your loved one to call after his or her court appearance.
- For high risk defendants, a phone check-in line or electronic monitoring may be established by All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita.
If the defendant cannot be located in 180 days, the indemnitor is responsible for paying the full dollar amount of the forfeited bond, including expenses and any unpaid premium.
Premium is approximately 10 percent of the full bail amount and is not refundable.
Collateral may also be used to pay for the bond and will not be returned.
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“Many people don’t realize that if you are sick and can’t make your court date, it can be fixed with a simple phone call to one of our bail agents 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
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I appreciate your information on what a family can do in this type of situation. It is interesting how this type of thing can end up effecting all of the people connected to the person who actually did something wrong. It is nice to know that there is something that people can do to protect themselves from this type of thing. Thank you for your detailed article about bail bonds and for the applicable tips!