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If you think you might not qualify for bail bonds, San Diego has good news for you — if you’ve been given a bail amount and you aren’t a repeat offender, you almost certainly qualify for a bail bond.
Interestingly, it’s not the government that ultimately makes the decision — your ability to qualify for a bail bond is almost entirely left up to the bail bondsman. Because it’s the bail bondsman who ‘gambles’ his money on the defendant contentiously showing up for every trial date, it’s the bail bondsman who decides if any given defendant is a worthwhile risk.
The cost of Bail Bonds in California
No matter where you go in Cali — from San Francisco to Los Angeles, bail bonds always cost the same amount: 10% of the total bail cost. So if you’ve been handed a bail amount of $25,000, the cost of the bail bond will be $2,500. No matter what the circumstances, if a bail bondsman asks you to pay even a dollar more than %10 of the bail cost, he’s doing something illegal.
Payment Types
You can pay the 10% in a variety of ways, however. You can use cash, credit, money transfer — and depending on your financial stability, you might even be able to get a payment plan. This isn’t always in the best interest of the bail bondsman, because he puts up 100% of the bail cost immediately even if you don’t pay your 10% right away — so it’s risky for him to grant you this favor.
Financial Stability
If you prove to be a stable person, however — meaning you have a regular job, you own your own house, you have a decent credit rating, and all that — you’re likely to be able to talk the bail bondsman into giving you a payment plan. Again, you must also [i]not[/i] be a repeat offender; people who have been in jail before tend not to stick around for trial a second time, especially if they’re guilty.