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 Murphy-Hill Law Group and their competant staff strive to keep clients and the public as well-informed about the Dallas bail bond process as possible. Call 214- 524-5789 for more information.