Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

bail reinstatement

my friend is involved in an on-going assault case..over one year. he recently missed a court date, due to severly ill brother. he was out of the country, but was not charged w/ any additional things. there was not a warrant issued when he missed the court date, they held it until the following Friday. He did return and appeared at the time and day requested by the court, however his attorney that had been fire after the previous court date went into the judge prior to court and told him that he had no knowledge of where his client was, which was not true because he had called wanting $$ during the week. by the time my friend and his new attorney went into the court a waarnt had been issued(a matter of 5 minutes). Now he has been in jail 2wks. and the bail of $50,000.00 has been lost(bail was at $500,000.) Is there a way to make the bondsman reinstate the bond? The bond-company took the bond back, despite not losing anything? is there anything we could do?


Asked on 9/20/02, 5:53 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Re: bail reinstatement

If you missed the court date and the court ordered bail forfeited, the bondsman loses on his bond and comes after you. Your only hope is to hire counsel to file a motion and argue to the court that it should reinstate the bail. The better your facts and excuse, the more likely the success. If you don't do this, the bondsman comes after you to take the security posted. This is a no-brainer; spend some money to save a lot of money. Call if interested. 714-960-7584

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Answered on 9/20/02, 6:19 pm


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