WHAT IS SKIPPING BAIL?
After you are arrested, a judge will establish the bail amount that will need to be paid to enable you to be released. That is released until you have to go to court. If you have the financial means, you can pay the bail with cash, known as cash bail. If you don't have the financial mean, which is usually the case, defendants have to utilize the services of a bail bonds company in Tampa to post bail. In using a bail bondsman, you usually have to pay 10-15% of the bond amount with the bail bondsman paying the remaining balance. Read below to find out what would happen if you missed, or skipped, you court date(s) after bail was posted.
Skipping Bail Definded
By paying the bail, either through your own cash or with the services of a bail bonds company, you are promising to appear at all scheduled court hearings. However, if you do not show up for a court hearing date, this is called "skipping bail". In most counties in the US, this is a crime by itself, and you will likely face significantly more charges and penalties. Further, this will also likely result in increased fines, a long jail/prison sentence, and could result in a bounty hunter assigned to located and return you to country jail. All of these additional ramifications will be augmented on to your original crime for which you were first arrested.
When you skip bail, the judge will almost always issue a bench warrant for you to be arrested again. This will mean that any police officer in the country that you come into contact with will have the authority to arrest you, even if you are not committing a crime at that time. And since you skipped bail once, with the bench warrant, you will not have the opportunity to post bail again. You will be jailed in a county facility until your next court appearance, thus eliminating any further risk that you may flee.
When you skip bail, the judge will almost always issue a bench warrant for you to be arrested again. This will mean that any police officer in the country that you come into contact with will have the authority to arrest you, even if you are not committing a crime at that time. And since you skipped bail once, with the bench warrant, you will not have the opportunity to post bail again. You will be jailed in a county facility until your next court appearance, thus eliminating any further risk that you may flee.
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Posting bail, either cash or through the services of a Tampa bail bondsman, means that you promise to attend all future court hearings. However, if you do not show up for a court hearing, it is known as SKIPPING BAIL. Skipping bail is a crime over and above your original offense and add to your punishment.
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Additional Charges for Skipping Bail
Now naturally there could be honest reasons for failing to appear for you schedule court hearings, which as injury, illness, and situations outside of your control. However, if you are forced to miss a court hearing, your lawyer should notify the court immediately and reschedule the hearing date. Be aware though that your attorney will need to provide evidence that you honestly needed to miss the originally scheduled court hearing and did not intentionally and willfully skip.
If you lawyer successfully provided valid evidence of your need to reschedule, you are free to proceed with a new court date to continue defense of yourself. Remember you attorney will need concrete evidence if you needed to miss a court date. The more evidence you can provide, the better it will be for you to prove you did not skip bail.
If you lawyer successfully provided valid evidence of your need to reschedule, you are free to proceed with a new court date to continue defense of yourself. Remember you attorney will need concrete evidence if you needed to miss a court date. The more evidence you can provide, the better it will be for you to prove you did not skip bail.
Posting Bail with Trinity Bail Bonds
With Trinity Bail Bonds Tampa, we are entirely focused on reuniting you with family and friends. And, if you, a friend, or a family member needs our services, please call us night or day, 24 hours/day. We can get the bail bonds process started as soon as you call so you or your loved one can be out of jail ASAP.