Maryland Bail Bonds Blog

Yesterday, Big Boyz Bail Bonds in Baltimore Maryland was able to successfully post bond for a defendant held on $200,000 bond in Dorchester County detention center. The most significant factor about this particular bond is that it was posted for a mere 1% of the bail bond as a down-payment. To make matters more beneficial for our client, she did not have to travel to Baltimore from her home in Dorchester County to complete any paperwork. Information for the bail was taken over the telephone and signatures were obtained via fax.

In talking with the defendant's mother (who signed for the bail bond) it was clear that she did her research in evaluating all of her options available to her for getting her son released from custody. Rather than calling a bail bondsman initially for information she contacted the courts to find out what her options were. The courts explained to her that she had the option to use Maryland Real Estate, Cash, or a Bail Bondsman. This person had Maryland Real Estate, but did not have enough equity in the eyes of the court systems to secure the bail with her property.

Eventually she contacted our 24-hour Maryland Bail Bonds office for additional information about posting the bail bond. Rightfully so, she had a lot of questions due to her lack of experience in dealing with this particular type of situation. Since she never had to use a bail bonds service before, she inquired in great detail about her responsibilities as the signer for the bail bond.

When a family member or friend gets arrested it is important to not act too hastily or irrationally. It is important to act as this person did and do research into all of your possible options. Certainly when choosing a bail bondsman in Maryland there is literally hundreds if not thousands of options. It is important when contacting a Maryland Bail Bonds company to ask all the questions necessary. They do not teach bail bonds in school systems so don't feel like any question is a stupid question. As long as you are contacting a legitimate-licensed-bail-bondsman you will obtain 100% accurate answers to your questions.

One of the toughest tasks for bail bondsmen in Maryland is helping clients who reside out of state. The reason for this is quite simple, any time you are dealing with clients who don't live in state you are taking on a much higher level of risk. Most bail bondsmen in Maryland will not even consider a bail with out of state ties to it. If you are looking to get someone released from custody in the state of Maryland and you live out of state, look no further than Big Boyz Bail Bonds. Yesterday, Big Boyz Bail Bonds was able to successfully execute a bond for a family who all reside in the state of North Carolina.

The situation for the family in North Carolina was quite intriguing. The defendant was originally arrested in Virginia when pulled over for speeding. During the routine traffic stop, the officer ran her name and discovered she had an arrest warrant from 2005. She was held in Virginia for almost 10 days and then extradited to Baltimore County to be served on the warrant. We were contacted by the family who spent a lot of time contacting other bail bondsmen in the area who were unable to service their bail due to the North Carolina information.

A licensed bail agent was dispatched to meet the family at the Baltimore County Circuit Court to do paperwork and post the bail. The family was unaware that the warrant was issued and had they been they would have turned their family member into authorities. The defendant originally lived in Maryland when the charge originated but soon after re-located to North Carolina to attend school and be closer to home. After speaking with the defendant after her release she informed us that to her knowledge she had already been to court for this particular charge. According to court records she did appear for a court date and the charges were dismissed. But she was unaware that she had this charge still pending to go to court.

The defendant retained criminal defense attorney Brian G. Thompson of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White. Anytime an out of state defendant retains a local attorney it certainly makes the bail bondsman feel a little more comfortable about taking on the liability. It will probably be at least 3-4 months before this defendant must return to Maryland to appear for court so until then we will be sure to stay in touch with our defendant, and make sure she and her family is aware of her court date.

Maryland Bail Bonds Company Big Boyz Bail Bonds takes numerous calls daily from people wanting to check if they or one of their friends or family members has a warrant. Many people think that bail bondsmen in Maryland have the same system to check warrants as the police do. This is not the case.

In truth, bail bondsmen in Maryland can only see certain types of warrants. We can see warrants for failure to appear (FTA) and violation of probation (VOP). When an FTA or a VOP occurs at the district court level, often times a preset bail will be set. These are the warrants that we can see for our clients. If an FTA of VOP occurs at the circuit court level the preset bails cannot be verified. The defendant must be served on the circuit court warrant and appear before a judge.

Many people call inquiring about arrest warrants which are much different than the previously mentioned types of warrants. In today's world it is rather simple for someone to go and get an arrest warrant out against somebody. All you need is a police report number, general information about the person you're trying to get detained, and venture to the commissioner's office to fill out the necessary paperwork. These warrants are kept from the public. Commissioner's decide whether to issue the warrant or not; and if they do, they give the information to an officer to attempt to locate the defendant and make the arrest.

Next time you want to contact a bail bonds service that provides warrant checks keep in mind the warrants we can actually see. If you try to contact your local police department or precinct they are going to tell you to come in no matter what so they can make the arrest if you do in fact have a warrant.

Very few bondsmen in Maryland will actually perform warrant checks for their clients because most work off their cell-phones in their vehicles and are sleeping when you need them for something. If you want detailed information concerning a possible warrant it makes sense to contact a reputable bail bonds company such as Big Boyz Bail Bonds. We always have multiple employees in an office by a phone and a computer to look into a situation.