After a bail hearing, you may get bail, which is a court order that lets you stay in the community while your case is in the court system. Usually, there will be conditions attached to your bail—and these are rules that must be followed exactly or you might be sent back to jail to wait for your next court date.
If an accused person is not released by police, the accused must be brought before the court for a bail hearing. The court (judge or justice of the peace) decides, based on the evidence and submissions of the parties, whether to detain or release the accused, with or without conditions.
No - if you signed the bond it doesn't matter whether you have a job or not - or whether the bondsman asked you if you did. You are liable as surety on the bond - having a job or not has nothing to do with your liability. Sorry.
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.
For example, in California, bail bond records are generally public and accessible via the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system.
Your best option to assist someone close to you who is facing a bail hearing is to act as their surety. A surety makes a promise to the court that they will be responsible for supervising an accused. If you want to bail someone out after an arrest, the best thing you can do is contact an experienced bail lawyer.