Being a Bondsman Can be Rewarding

Dec 28
08:37

2011

Gardner Wilkinson

Gardner Wilkinson

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Often, if your family, a friend or a lawyer is trying to post your bail, but doesn't have the money, they will contact a bail bonds company in Orange ...

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Often, if your family,Being a Bondsman Can be Rewarding Articles a friend or a lawyer is trying to post your bail, but doesn't have the money, they will contact a bail bonds company in Orange County. When they contact the company, they will talk to a bondsman. A bondsman is a person, or bail bonds company, that puts up their own money or assets to bail a defendant out of jail. The whole bail bonds process in Orange County works like this:

  • A person is arrested in Orange County.

  • Their information is taken and a detailed report of the alleged crime is documented.

  • They are taken to the local police station or other law enforcement center where they are booked.

  • They are incarcerated.

  • Depending on the crime, they could be able to post bond immediately, but if the severity of their crime is high, they may have to wait in jail for up to 48 hours for a bail hearing. At that hearing, a judge in Orange County will decide, based on the severity of their crime, if they will be able to be released on bond.

  • If they post bond in cash or assets after the judge decides how much their bail will be, they can go.

One of the reasons that being a bail bonds professional in Orange County is such a good job is that it pays well. Every time a bail bonds agent bails someone out of jail, they make a certain percentage back in commission. The average bondsman makes anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 a year by paying others' bail bonds. The job can be challenging, and it will keep you busy, but there is always work.

Another reason why being a bondsman in Orange County is an acceptable career is because there is a long-term work opportunity. People are arrested every day, all over the United States, and in the financial situation most are in, not a lot of them can afford thousands of dollars for bailbonds.

Bail bondsmen make a difference in people’s lives, too. Let’s say there is a young, pregnant woman just about ready to deliver. Rent is due and there’s just enough in the bank account to pay rent and the bills. Then this young lady gets a call, and it's her fiancee, and the father of her child, with the terrible news that he is in jail in Orange County and that his bail is going to be set at $2,000. This woman is going to have to either tell him to wait it out and spend the next couple of weeks without him, and if she gives birth he'll have to miss it, or she’s going to have to contact a bail bondsman. If he agrees to help her, it's going to make things a lot easier for her.

In the end, most people don’t have a great understanding of what bail bonds professionals do, but they do make a good living, and they do it in a good way, making a difference in people’s lives.

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