Learn the Language of the Dallas Bail Bond Process

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Black's Law Dictionary and other legal sources provide the following definitions for these common terms associated with bail and the bail bond process:

• Bail Agent/Bail Bondsman/Bailer is one who provides bail as a surety for a criminal defendant’s release.
• Bail bond is a bond given to a court by a criminal defendant’s surety to guarantee that the defendant will duly appear in court in the future and, if the defendant is jailed, to obtain the defendant’s release from confinement.
• Bail commissioner is a judge empowered to hold an emergency hearing to set bail when a hearing cannot be held during regular court hours.
• Bailee is a person who receives personal property from another as a bailment.
• Bail jumping is the criminal offense of defaulting on one’s bail.
• Excessive bail is bail that is unreasonably high considering both the offense with which the accused is charged and the risk that the accused will not appear for trial.
• Personal recognizance is the release of a defendant in a criminal case in which the court takes the defendant’s word that he or she will appear for a scheduled matter or when told to appear.
• Surety is a person or organization who is primarily liable for the payment of another’s debt or the performance of another’s obligation.

The Eric C. Hill PC and his staff strives to keep clients and the public as well-informed about the Dallas bail bond process as possible. Call 214- 524-5789 for more information.