In the bail bond industry, there are many questions that we are asked on a daily basis. One that concerns a lot of people, is: what is better for bailing out my loved one, a bail bondsman or a bail agent? We get this question quite a lot at Contra Costa County Bail Bonds, so […]
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It is so easy to give good advice, but somehow it is difficult to take that same advice and apply it to our own lives. You tell a friend to not let one bad day ruin their entire life, but now you are having a bad day and cannot help but think it is going […]
During the holidays, people typically budget out their spending and plan a maximum on how much to spend on one person’s gift. Unless they are outrageously rich, those maximums will not reach the thousands. Plus, they want to be fair to family and friends and not spend way more on one sibling than the other. […]
Bail bonds and bail can easily be mistaken as the same thing, especially to the many of those who do not know the legal process that well. Bail bonds and bail are related, but they are very different. Bail is the amount of money a defendant will have to owe court in order to be […]
Having a criminal record does not mean your life is over. It means that you have made some bad mistakes in the past. The fact that you are not in prison and are living at home instead means that you handled the situation responsibly and are ready to move on. You can move on even […]
Between paying for bail and paying for Christmas gifts, it seems that you do not have much wiggle room. However, if you work with Contra Costa County Bail Bonds, your cash flow will not be as tight as you might think. You will have more money to spend as you wish. Cash bail is extremely […]
You may not have to like the police, but you sure as heck better respect them. They have tough jobs and hold quite a bit of authority and power. One wrong move can cause them to think twice about you. Don’t want trouble with the police? Just respect them. Part of respecting police includes knowing […]
When you hire a lawyer, you expect him or her to give you his or her best efforts. A truly good lawyer is going to want the best for you, and will work hard to make sure you get that. A truly good lawyer is 110% invested in you. That is the same kind of […]
Snow season and the holidays are coming up, which means it is once again time to start planning winter vacations to the mountains or to see the family. If you have a loved one in the travel group who is out on bail, or if that person is you, you need to make sure to […]
The current situation you are in is heartbreaking. Your loved one has been arrested and cannot afford to pay for bail alone. Sitting on your left shoulder is the little you that says, “Don’t get involved! You’ve done so much for them in the past and they keep letting you down! You need to let […]
The best early Christmas gift you can give to a friend this year is possibly going to be the most you have ever spent on them, but it is a priceless gift. We are talking about paying for their bail bond. The good thing to start off with is that bail bonds are significantly cheaper […]
The number for Contra Costa County Bail Bonds is 925-228-5858. You might want to remember that (and the company’s name) next time you have a run-in with the cops. This time, you got away or got off easy. But next time they may not be so forgiving and you may not get so lucky. Next […]
Bail for a defendant is going to be based on a number of criteria. What the crime was. Whether or not the defendant has a prior record of criminal activity. The bonds he or she has with other members of the community (flight risk). His or her financial standing. There is such a thing called […]
Getting arrested is a serious enough issue for a loved one of yours to be so mad at you – madder than you have ever seen them. So mad (and disappointed, which may be worse) to the point you think they will separate themselves from you, not talk to you, not help you, etc. But […]
Among a parent’s most frightening thoughts is that their child is going to be or has been arrested. In this moment, they want to be there to help their child as much as they can but frankly, there is only so much they can do – it is not like the parent can tell the […]
Compared to cash bail, bail bonds are a small cost. Bail bonds cost 10% of cash bail. So it may be a few hundred or a few thousand dollars that you would much rather spend on something else. But knowing that your loved one, who is sitting in jail, depends on you to come through […]
Voting rights for some convicted felons in California could soon change – possibly. Currently in California, the law only allows convicted felons to vote only when they have been released from jail and completed parole; their voting rights are automatically restored upon completion. But now there is a new bill (AB2466) that petitions to give […]
One unpaid parking ticket – you think you can get away with it for awhile. They have way more important matters to follow up on instead of your ticket. This ideology will only go so far, if it has even gotten you anywhere to begin with. You may think that because no one has followed […]
Even if your loved one is so befallen with guilt about the crime he or she has just been arrested for, to the point where he or she does not want to pay for bail, you, as their supportive loved one, should not let them sit there in jail for what will seem like forever. […]
Whatever negative, threatening, and intimidating thoughts you have surrounding bail bonds and bail agents, you need to drop them, now. These preconceived ideas and notions are easy to hold onto because you see them in TV shows and movies. Plus, you might think that because it is connected with crime and police and lawyers and […]
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