Bailing someone out of jail who has a history of untrustworthy behavior can create headaches. You're essentially agreeing to put up 10 percent of a bail bond that could be tens of thousands — or even hundreds of thousands — of dollars. If they fail to show, then you went to all that extra trouble for nothing.
Yes! In California, bonds can be posted twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week. But whether you can bail someone out of jail at any time depends on their situation. When someone is arrested, they have a first appearance soon after.
It means there is another case with far more nail or a hold. A judge orders one dollar bail so a person receives credit for time in jail on that case.
Setting $1 bail means that he has another pending case that is keeping him in jail. Until that other case is resolved, paying $1 will NOT get him out of jail. That $1 bail is ensuring that corrections recognizes he is incarcerated so that he is earning time served on BOTH cases.
Some examples of typical bail amounts for common crimes are: Petty theft: $50 to $1,000. DUI: $500 to $10,000. Assault: $1,000 to $50,000. Murder: $1 million or more.