When a person is arrested, the court can either release the accused on his or her own recognizance or require the posting of bail. Victor sturm is not a bail bondsman. He is however permitted by Texas Law to execute bail bonds for his clients in Brazoria County, Texas. Criminal defense attorney Sturm handles bail bond issues for clients facing a wide range of misdemeanor and felony criminal charges.

When Victor Sturm handles your bail bond, the fee is included in the attorney fees of your case. This is one of the advantages of hiring a bail bond lawyer rather than a bail bondsman. In addition to saving you money, it can save you time and effort.

        HOW DOES A BAIL BOND WORK?

After booking the prisoner into jail, the arresting officer files a probable cause affidavit with the court. This is basically the police officer’s short version of what the allegations against the defendant are. The judge reads this report, and checks the defendant’s criminal history. At that point, the judge sets a bail amount.

The seriousness of the allegations and the length of the defendant’s prior arrest history are the two most important factors in determining the amount of bail set by the judge.Your bail amount will be set based on the severity of your crime, any past criminal record you may have, as well as the potential that you may be a flight risk and try to leave town to avoid a trial.

The bail money is paid to and held by the court in order to ensure that you will indeed return to court at your assigned time to face the charges against you. When you appear and finish your criminal case, your bond will be closed.

Most people charged with a crime choose to hire a criminal defense lawyer at some point to defend them against their criminal charge in court. So it may make sense to proactively hire bail bond lawyer Sturm to defend your criminal charge and bond you out of jail.

A bonding company can do one thing: post bond for you. Hiring a lawyer who can also post an attorney bond means you immediately have an experienced criminal defense attorney at your side to represent you in court as soon as possible. Time can be critical in many cases such as a DWI arrest where you have a mere fifteen days from the day of your arrest to request an Administrative License Revocation hearing. By having Victor Sturm post bond for you, he can start to defend your case right away and you are no longer alone against the system.

ATTORNEY BAIL BOND VERSUS BONDING AGENY

Sure there are options on where you can get a bail bond. Bail bond agencies are available and are required to be licensed and follow regulations set by the county and state. You will pay them a fee for the bond and will still need to pay a lawyer to represent you on the criminal charge. This is certainly not the most cost effective way to post bail as the bond agent fees are typically ten percent of the bond amount.

Another option to handle your legal matter quicker and less expensively is to hire a bail bond attorney to post the bond and also represent you on the criminal charge. This is a much smarter way to make your bail because the funds paid for the bond will be applied to (or included in) the attorney’s fees to represent you on your charge. Instead of throwing away extra money to a bail bondsman, you will be spending your money with the person who will be investing time and energy in your case and will be fighting to get your charges dismissed in court.