The judge may set bail for you if you’re arrested and jailed for a crime. This means that, by posting a cash bond, you promise the court to return on a given date for a hearing. If you fail to appear, you may forfeit the money. Often, the amount of bail set by the court appears considerable. Much of this depends on the seriousness of the crime for which you’ve been charged, guilty or not, but it gives you the opportunity to get back onto the street and pursue your normal activities until the date of the hearing.

Since the courts are usually very busy and the court date for your hearing may be distant, perhaps even months, you naturally prefer to post bond and get back to work rather than languish in a jail cell for a considerable time. – Another factor to keep in mind is that you can’t build your defense while sitting in a jail cell. You need to have the freedom of the outside world to be able to establish a defense for your case! Don’t sit rotting in a jail cell when you don’t have to.

While it is possible for us to post bond for a person upon whom we can place great reliance, almost always we, in order to protect ourselves, must insist upon your signing over some form of collateral to assure us that you will appear on your court date and our involvement will be ended. You MUST appear in court when you’re supposed to. In order to protect ourselves, we charge a non-refundable fee, which is a percentage of the amount of bond posted.

The laws governing bail and defendants in the State of Colorado are clear and fair. As you might imagine, a company such as Arapahoe  Bail Bond must be licensed by the State of Colorado as well as have an appointment from an insurance company, or alternatively, be qualified as a cash bonding agent.In addition to the above, the Arapahoe County Detention Facility charges a $10 non-refundable cash fee for each bond. Other fees may also be involved, and they’re there to protect both the rights of you (the defendant) and the rights (as well as the responsibilities) of the bonding agent.

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