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texting and driving

Texting and Driving in California

It doesn’t matter how many images of horrific wrecks insurance companies and auto agencies put out to warn drivers of ...
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Loitering in California

Loitering in California

For the most part, loitering is harmless and doesn’t bother anyone, but there are times when someone will object to ...
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Abandoned Cars in California

Abandoned Cars in California

California law states that any “vehicle which has been left unattended, standing, parked upon or within 10 feet of the ...
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3 Common California Felonies

3 Common California Felonies

The state and federal law books are full of felonies, but court officers, lawyers, and police officers will quickly tell ...
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Public Intoxication Laws in California

Public Intoxication Laws in California

Everyone knows that if you get behind the wheel and drive your car after you’ve had too much to drink ...
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A Quick Overview of What to Expect if You are Ever Arrested

You may be able talk your way out of a traffic ticket, but there is no such thing as talking your way out of an arrest. You can try, but it will not work. Never try to physically resist arrest, as that will only make the matter worse.

After you are arrested, you will be booked. This is where your fingerprints and mugshot will be taken, and you will change your clothes and relinquish the items that were on you during your arrest, among a few other routine procedures. After booking, you will wait a maximum of 2 days, in California, for your arraignment hearing, which is when the charges against you are formally announced and filed. The judge at the arraignment hearing will announce the bail you can pay in order to be released from jail during the duration of your trial.

Whatever the cost of...

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Still Time to Use your Tax Return for Bail

Most of us by now, have had our tax return directly deposited in the bank. Sweet! “Free” money! Have you thought about what you are going to do with the money? Will you save it? Will you spend it? Will you divvy it up for various needs and wants? What about making the bail bond payment that you have scheduled?

Tax return money is acceptable money for bail bond payments. As soon as the transaction has cleared and the money is deposited into your account, then it is 100% your money to use as you like. Just like you have been paying your previous bail bond payments with your cash, check, or credit or debit card, you can use your tax return money in this way as well.

Even if you are up-to-date on bail bond payments, it never hurts to get ahead or budget ahead...

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What Determines the Cost of Bail?

As you are waiting for the formal arraignment of your loved one, here’s some information to help prepare yourself for the outcome.

A judge determines a defendant’s bail based on:

• The crime(s) the defendant is being charged with.
• The criminal history of the defendant.
• The defendant’s ties and relationships within the community.
• The defendant’s financial ability to post bail.

These are the 4 biggest components. The judge takes this information into consideration, alongside what their bail schedule outlines. For those of you who do not know, a bail schedule is list that outlines bail according to the crime.

Besides this incident, if the defendant is squeaky-clean and shows good faith, meaning they will not be a burden for the duration of trial, their bail will not need to be...

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How to Tell Your Child About Their Parent’s Arrest

If you thought getting the phone call learning that your significant other was arrested was hard, imagine the moment you realize you need to figure out how to explain this to your young child. They are certainly going to notice if Mom or Dad is missing for a few hours or a couple days.

You will need to consider their age and how much they may understand. You may need to sugar coat the situation, you may not. It is ultimately up to your discretion.

What you can and will do is help bail your partner out of jail as fast as possible so that their time away from home and the family is as minimal as possible. We cannot do anything until your loved one has been arraigned, that is when bail is determined, but the moment you have all the information, contact San Francisco Bail Bond Store, and we w...

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How Can I Pay a Bail Bond?

Daly City Bail Bond Store provides affordable bail bonds for defendants who are held in California jails. Bail bonds are an alternative method to posting bail and costs only 10% of the full bail amount. On top of that, this 10%, called the premium, is paid in increments over a payment plan, custom created to meet your financial needs. Here are the different ways you can pay for the bail bond:

Cash and checks – Bring it in or mail it.

Debit and credit – Swing by an office to make a transaction, or go online and use our convenient and secure online payment portal.

Tax return – Technically this would just fall under any of the above because once your tax return clears and is in your bank account, you would then proceed to pay for the bail bond in one of the above ways...

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Be the Superhero You Always Wanted To Be

At some point in our lives, we have all imagined what it would be like to be a real life superhero and what powers we would have. You know what? It is not all make-believe. You can rescue someone you love by bailing them out of jail. You have the power to get them out of jail and give them their life back.

Anyone who gets arrested learns, the hard way, how challenging it is to take on this situation by themselves. Posting bail, trying to adjust to their everyday routine while dealing with lawyers and trial, and keeping their family in good spirits. You can step in and save them from a lot of stress. You can contact San Francisco Bail Bond Store to get bail bond paperwork figured out, offer to run some errands on your loved one’s behalf while they meet with their lawyer, or spend time with...

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We Cannot Lower Bail but We Can Bail You Out Affordably

It is not often that a judge will reduce a person’s bail after setting it. The judge is the only person who can lower bail; not even a lawyer can lower a defendant’s bail. Although it is rare for bail to be reduced, it does happen. This was the case recently in a matter involving the police shooting of a Bay Area man. The man’s original bail was set at $2 million, but was later lowered to $105 thousand after the judge reviewed body camera footage, revealing more truths and facts than were originally reported.

Because the majority of defendants will not be able to get their bail lowered, the best situation for them is to post bail using a bail bond from San Francisco Bail Bond Store...

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Getting Arrested Is Not the End of the World

It is not the end of their world when a person is arrested. It will seem like it to them, but it is up to their friends, family members, and Brisbane Bail Bond Store to show them that it is not.

An arrest is a temporary, unplanned event. If it happens, there is no getting out of it. It must be dealt with maturely, responsibly, and hopefully, very quickly. Brisbane Bail Bond Store will help with the speediness of it all by providing an affordable bail bond and a customized payment plan that fits the financial needs of those involved with the payments.

Brisbane Bail Bond Store has been in the bail bond industry for 30 years and we have helped thousands of people in all kinds of situations...

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Your Tax Return is Your Money – You can Use it Toward Bail

When a person is arrested and eligible to post bail, they can do so by paying 100% cash directly to the court, or they can hire San Francisco Bail Bond Store and use a bail bond that costs only 10% of the full bail amount. Paying 90% less is an incredibly attractive offer, but there is more to make bail bonds more ideal.

San Francisco Bail Bond Store accepts payments in cash, credit, debit, and check. At this time of year, people are getting their tax returns. We have people ask if their return can be used toward bail bond payments and the answer is yes. Once it is deposited into your account and the transaction has gone through, it is 100% your money to use however you like. If using it towards your bail bond payment is how you like, then you can do that.

Remember, San Francisco Bail Bo...

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Yes, Use Your Tax Return for Bail Money

Before you go spending all the money you got from your tax return, think about some wiser possible uses for this money. Things like rent, utility bills, or even your bail bond payments. These are bills that you should never fall behind on and at this moment, your bail bond payments may even out-prioritize your rent.

Your recent arrest is the reason you have bail bond payments to make. Instead of living in jail until your trial, you posted bail with a bail bond from San Francisco Bail Bond Store. This allowed you to be released from jail and return home to go about your normal life. A bail bond costs only 10% of the full bail amount and you are set up on a payment plan so you pay off that 10% over the course of several months...

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