Monthly Archives: May 2016

What It Takes To Be A Bail Bond Co-Signer

Should you ever agree to co-sign someone’s bail bond, you must take your role very seriously. Being a bail bond co-signer, even for someone very close to you, puts you at risk of losing money and/or belongings you put up as collateral. You essentially must stay on top of them and see to it that […]

Major Bail Bond Benefits You May Not Know About

Being in jail is simply sitting around all day doing nothing, having a few just-okay meals, and being allowed outside, maybe, for a few hours. Other than that, there is not much to it, pretty boring and miserable. As silly as it sounds, being in jail is actually hard work. If an inmate wants to […]

The Bail Bond Red Carpet

Celebrities live the good life, so why do so many of them end up getting arrested and charged with gun or drug possession, DUIs, or violence? The answer is because celebrities are still every day people just like you. They simply have more money and fame. While the glitz and glamour may seem really nice […]

How California Bail Works

For defendants, there is a price for freedom and that price can be very low, a few hundred dollars, extremely high, one million dollars, or anywhere in between. Freedom is what America is all about, so who gets to put a price on freedom for defendants? And how is that amount determined for each person? […]

Want To Know If There Is A Warrant For Your Arrest?

The police often put out arrest warrants where the suspect may not immediately know they are wanted. Situations like these happens when a person has many unpaid traffic tickets, or they defaced a national park tree or rock by carving into it because many people tend to forget this is illegal. People not knowing there […]

California Raises The Legal Age To Buy Cigarettes

Starting June 9th, people age 18, 19, and 20, will no longer be able to purchase tobacco products in California. Currently, you have to be at least 18 years old to buy cigarettes, but this is a move towards lowering teen smoking, an act which we are all aware has serious health risks. The Institute […]

3 Tips To Successful Bail

Applying for a bail bond is a quick and simple process, but there is no room for error. A bail bond can just as easily be revoked as it is granted, and obviously, no one wants that. Here are 3 important tips to follow when getting a bail bond: Hire a bail bond agent and […]

Surprise! A Birthday Celebration After Bailing Out Of Jail

If you really want to wow and surprise someone who is important to you for their birthday, and if you are financially stable enough to do so, you should give them the ultimate gift of a unified family. How do you do that? Bail the “troublemaker” of the family out of jail! The birthday is […]

What You Should Know About Bail And Bail Bonds

You know that with Contra Costa County Bail Bonds, you will not be facing this bail situation alone. You will have a professional and licensed bail agent with you for every step of the way, so you know exactly what is going on. Nonetheless, it is good to do independent research on the industry to […]

How To Get Away With Jail

If How To Get Away With Murder is one of your favorite shows at the moment, then How To Get Away With Jail will be your new favorite lesson. To get away with jail, you will need to bail out. That is, if you have been granted bail. And assuming this is the case, you […]

New California Smoking Laws You Should Know About

It is no secret that cigarette smoking is increasing among teens; not everyone obeys age limit laws. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration are constantly implementing new rules for smokers and the most recent ones focus on manufacturing, labeling and marketing, and not selling to those who are 20 or younger. The new rules apply […]

You Cannot Leave Your Gun Just Anywhere In Your Home

Grey’s Anatomy recently aired an episode where a young boy accidentally shot his friend because the two found a gun in the home; the gun belonged to one of the parents. No one ever intended any harm, but the gun was poorly stored at home. This episode prompted us to highlight California’s gun storage laws, […]

Memorial Day Weekend Checkpoints

Because driving while intoxicated is all too common, never a non-issue, and always important to address, the police will set up DUI checkpoints every now and then at various streets throughout the city. When a long holiday weekend comes around where there will be more alcohol consumption than usual throughout the day, there will be […]

The Countdown To EDC… And Jail

The ever-popular Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) music festival is here once again, it will be held in Las Vegas. The event draws hundreds of thousands of attendees each year. It has been held in Las Vegas over the past few years after moving from Los Angeles; the last time it was held in Los Angeles, […]

Things to Avoid for Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Weekend is around the corner, and in order to allow yourself to stay out as long as you wish, and drink as much as you want, while remaining safe of course, we want you to arrange your transportation to and from your shindig ahead of time. You have plenty of options: Lyft, Uber, taxi, […]

Why Checkpoints Are A Good Thing For You, The Drunk Driver

Memorial Day is a day when we honor and remember those who have died while serving our country. Here in Southern California, Memorial Day is more popular for bringing a three-day weekend for many students and professionals, and because it is nice and sunny out by this time of year. Memorial Day Weekend becomes a […]

Heroes Face Consequences Too

As cliché as this is going to sound, this is life and in life, things do not always go the right way. We run into obstacles that we must work through, whether we like it or not. We lose friends, but we make new ones all the time. We may not get that job, house, […]

What to Know About Detentions Vs. Arrests?

Detention and arrest are similar, yet drastically different situations. Detention does not mean the kind of detention you received when you were in high school. This detention is when a police officer briefly holds and questions somebody. Think of a cop stopping you for a short period of time at a checkpoint so you can […]

Hoverboard Laws That You Need To Obey

Even after all the fires and bursts, hoverboards still seem to be one of the trendiest toys. However, you will probably see less children with them than you did this time last year because, starting January 1, 2016, only people 16 years or older can ride one. Other laws have been introduced in addition to […]

Bail Is Easier With Contra Costa County Bail Bonds

At Contra Costa County Bail Bonds, trust us when we say that dealing with a loved one’s arrest is no easy feat. You can be the richest, smartest person in the world, and yet still have an internal struggle with such an issue. If you think it is hard for you to deal with, think […]