When you find out that a friend or family member has been arrested, you first instinct is to act quickly. After all, you want to get your loved one out of jail before they have spent too much time in jail. However, you do not want to move so quickly, that you get roped into […]
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The thought of needing to bail a loved one out of jail scares a lot of people. This is most commonly due to the fact that people do not want to imagine that their friends or family member could ever be arrested. Due to this fear, people are often terrified of needing to talk to […]
Do you have a sneaking suspicion that there may be a warrant out for you arrest? If so, you probably want to find out for sure, but how do you do that? If you go to a police station, they might arrest you on the spot, and you do not want that. A warrant getting […]
In the state of California, disturbing the peace is illegal. A person charged with disturbing the peace can be fined, or even arrested. This means you should never let your anger get the better of you while out in a public setting. Starting a fight or argument with a stranger could lead to getting into […]
Just imagining that a friend or family member has been arrested is terrifying for a majority of people, and rightfully so. No one wants someone they care about to be stuck behind bars. Luckily, in most cases, a person does not have to stay in jail simply because he or she was arrested. Many arrested […]
If you did a lot of driving over the Labor Day weekend, it is likely that you encountered a DUI checkpoint at some point. It might have been a bit bothersome, since the checkpoint probably backed up traffic slightly, but it was for a good reason. The point of DUI checkpoints is to identify drivers […]
Bail is pretty well known of in today’s world. Most people grasp the concept of bail and how it works. It might come as a surprise to some people to learn that bail did not always work the way it does today. The earliest evidence of bail can be traced back to Medieval England, around […]
When it comes to bail, there are plenty of terms out there that people do not recognize.one that many people want to know about is: own recognizance release. Some people have heard rumors that OR release is a way to bail out of jail without paying. Those rumors would be correct, but it is not […]
When someone is arrested, they have to put into the system, or booked. This is basically where the person’s information is taken down and put into the police system. While this may sound like a simple process, it can take several hours to complete. After all, thousands of people are arrested daily, which means the […]
A bounty hunter is someone who tracks down fugitives who have failed to meet the requirements of their bail contract. When a person is out on bail, they have to go to their assigned court dates and make the necessary payments to their bail agent on time. If the person fails to do this, then […]