Get Louisiana Addendum To Bail Bond Application And Agreement

You Will Need Permission to Leave The State You may be allowed to leave the state if you have written consent from the court and your bail bond agent.

In some situations, the judge may allow the defendant to bail out of jail on his own recognizance without having to post a bond. You may post the entire cash bond yourself at the jail. After the case has concluded, you should be entitled to all the money you put up.

Arrested in Louisiana, a defendant will have bail set within 72 hours. If the defendant pays the bail bondsman they will be set free, but must attend to all court dates and abide by court rules for the bond. Commercial bail bond costs in Louisiana is 10% of the total.

You can contact a licensed bail bondsman to post a commercial surety bond, more commonly known as a bail bond. This service is helpful if you cannot afford to post the entire amount of the bond in cash. For a fee (usually around 13% of the total bond), a bail bondsman will post the total amount of the bond for you.

A bail bondsman can pay the amount of the bail to the courts in exchange for a payment of 10% the bail amount, and the courts hold the money until their court date arrives. If the defendant shows up for their court date, the bondsman gets back the entire amount of the bail.

You may be allowed to leave the state if you have written consent from the court and your bail bond agent. However, depending on the specific circumstances of your case, the crime you're accused of, and the amount of your bond, the court or your bond agent may place travel conditions on your bail.

If you cannot make bond, then the district attorney has 45 days on misdemeanors and 90 days on felonies to decide whether to accept your case. The period can be longer for certain offenses such as murder or aggravated rape.