How is Bail Amount Determined? Bail Schedule
There are many factors that come into account when an arresting agency decides on how much bail the accused must pay to be released from jail. For most crimes, bail amounts are derived from a document called the "bail schedule" a list of crimes with corresponding bail amounts decided by the district attorneys office and local judges. However, the bail schedule does not list bail amounts for ALL crimes. In this case bail will be decided by the Judge. Here are some examples
How the Jail handles the bail amount totals varies from county to county. Some counties maintain the policy of "Stacking" bail. In this system all charges carry a specific amount and are added together, the sum is the amount that the accused must pay for release. Other counties may use only the highest bail amount to determine the total bail.
How to Determine Bail in El Dorado County
El Dorado County is a little Different than most counties in their policy of determining total bail amounts. All misdemeanor counts of a crime are stacked (bail amounts are added together) and felonies are only stacked if the crimes occurred in succession of time ex. burglary, led to hit and run, hit and run led to evasion. Warrants are always stacked for they are different case numbers.