Gold Country Bail Bonds - Local Agents
The purpose of this site is to better serve you with information regarding bail bonds and their procedure. At Gold Country Bail Bonds we understand that you may not have gone through this process before and in difficult times there is always questions of who you can trust. For over twelve years our Bail Bondsman have been providing fast professional service to Northern California areas including: Placerville, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe, Jackson, San Andreas, Auburn, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Sonora, Roseville, El Dorado Hills, Folsom, Woodand, Marysville, and Sacramento Areas.
It is our company's goal to provide discreet, confidential, and professional service to all our clients. Service is the foundation of our business, and it is this foundation that has made Gold Country Bail Bonds a local leading provider of bail bonds in El Dorado, Sacramento, Yolo, Calaveras, Placer, Nevada County, Sutter, Tuolumne, and Amador, and Counties. Nationwide Agents Available 8% Bail Bond Premium on Approval
8% Bail Bond Premium on Approval
The Department of insurance has approved Gold Country Bail Bonds to offer 8% Rates if any party to the transaction is a member of AARP, has retained an attorney, is Active or Vet Military, or Labor Union Member.
Local Bail Agent Network
Gold Country Bail Bonds works through a network of Agents in over 30 States and Southern California to provide convenient expedited service where you need it. If you have a friend, family member or loved one that has been arrested in another state just call us to expedite the process. Our extended network of qualified agents will insure a fast hassle, free release from custody. We have licensed bail agents available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to answer any and all of your questions and concerns about bail bonds. If are in need of a bail bond for a friend, family or loved one, please have the person's name, and if possible the county name that they are held in ready, so that we may expedite their release process. We here at Gold Country Bail Bonds would like to thank you for the opportunity to serve you. Please use the buttons above to get more information
Warning: Bail agency backgound check
Warning: It does not make us proud to advise you there are some bail agencies in the community who will take advantage of unknowing consumers. We are proud to say that most bail agencies are honest and fair with the public. Some are not. It is to your advantage to protect yourself and your family by following a few simple bail bonds consumer tips and bail bonds process.
- Make sure you only deal with a licensed bail agent. Ask to see the bail agent’s license and identification prior to any bail transaction. Ask the agent if their license is restricted or in full force. Use this link to check the agent’s license status. http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0200-industry/0070-check-license-status/
- Make sure the bail agent charges you only legal rates. The premium charged for a bail bond is normally 10% of the full bail amount. Only select bail agencies are approved to charge a discounted rate of 8%. (Gold Country Bail Bonds is one of the few approved for this rate.) Any additional charges should be itemized and explained to your satisfaction.
- Make sure you are given itemized receipts for all charges.
- Make sure you are given copies of all signed contracts and agreements.
- If financing is provided, make sure you understand the terms of the financing agreement prior to signing and be sure you are given copies of anything you sign.
- Make sure the bail agent you contract with will be available to you after the bail bond has been posted. Part of what you pay for is service. Any professional bail agent will be available for questions or concerns throughout the entire process.
Advice: As an informed bail bond consumer, you will have the tools necessary to make the right decisions. Make sure you feel comfortable with the bail agent you choose. Go by your gut instinct. If it feels right, it probably is. If it doesn't feel right, walk away and call someone else. At GOLD COUNTRY BAIL BONDS, we pride ourselves on being professional, straight forward and honest. For immediate assistance, please feel free to contact us.
Arraignment, What Happens, the Process
When a person is arrested the process actually brings about various steps to take or procedures to follow. These steps should be considered a way to protect the rights of the accused. First, following the arrest, comes the process of being booked, arraignment will follow. An arraignment can be defined as the process of reading the criminal charges (complaint) against the defendant in a formal manner. The defendant has the right to be accompanied by an attorney.
An arraignment hearing may be combined with a short hearing to determine the bail amount, and/or if bail will be allowed or not. At this step in the process the defendant has a chance to enter a plea; any of the following pleas are common in a criminal proceeding: no contest, not guilty, or guilty.
When the arraignment takes place depends on different factors. The major factor is the defendant’s custodial status. If the defendant is in custody, arraignment takes place within 48 hours. (Not including weekends and Court holidays.) In the event that the case is not disposed of at arraignment that will be the time when the court sets the next hearing date. Constitutional rights grant the defendant the right to a speedy trial. Prompt arraignment helps to insure that the defendant’s right to speedy trial are met.
Arraignment occurs when a judge, court clerk, or prosecutor reads the complaint to the defendant in court, and asks how the defendant would like to plea to the charges. Generally in both misdemeanor and felony cases the defendant is provided a copy of the complaint outlining the specific charges levied against them.
The filing of a complaint is followed by arraignment. If the defendant is being held in custody, the California Penal Code requires that arraignment be held without unnecessary delay. Unnecessary delay means no more that 48 hours after arrest. When the defendant is not held in custody no specific statutory deadline applies. If the defendant posts a bail bond after arrest but before arraignment the arraignment can be set at a date in the future.
There can also be consequences for unnecessary delay between arrest and arraignment. If a delay occurs a lawful arrest may convert to an unlawful detention. An unreasonable delay in bringing a defendant before the court may be grounds for a civil suit; however it may not be grounds for a dismissal of the criminal case.
The defendant’s attorney can seek a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of the defendant if he is not arraigned or released within the applicable statutory time periods.
Your Miranda Rights
Your Miranda Rights, named after the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona. If you have been charged with a criminal offense, you may likely benefit from consulting with a criminal defense lawyer. Compiled below are some basics concerning your right to remain silent, this information is exactly that, “information” and should not be relied upon as legal advice.
The police must advise suspects of their Miranda Rights, the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, the right to an appointed attorney if they can’t afford one, prior to conducting custodial interrogations of a suspect. However, If the suspect is not “under arrest” (i.e.: in police custody) there is no need for the police to warn a suspect of his/her Miranda Rights.
The police have become very aware of when they have to advise suspects of their Miranda Rights. Police may question a suspect, intentionally telling the suspect, "You are not under arrest at this time”. After the suspect answers questions voluntarily, sometimes even if he refuses, he is still arrested. The questioning being non-custodial may even be admissible in court. After the arrest the police may have no interest in further questioning, and therefore may never advise the suspect of his Miranda Rights.
Discounted premiums for AARP members, families and friends
Gold Country Bail Bonds now offers an industry first for AARP members, families and friends to receive a 20% discount on bail bonds premiums. That’s right, a bail bond for 8%. You can even take advantage of our client friendly premium financing program which allows you to make payments on your discounted bail bond premium at zero (0%) percent interest.
With our AARP discount bail program Gold Country Bail Bonds offers an instant 20% discount to AARP members, low monthly payments at 0% interest, fast friendly service anytime 24/7 local and nation wide.
Not a member of AARP? Not to worry, Gold Country Bail Bonds offers other discount bail bond programs to union members, active or retired military, or persons retaining a lawyer.
Our discount programs have been carefully engineered with you “our client” in mind. Our bail bond premium discount programs are offered to anyone participating in the transaction. (Co-signors and defendants qualify for a discount) Call us and let one of our experienced agents assist you with one of our discount programs.
How to get your Gun Back
You must complete a “Law Enforcement Gun Release Application”. Send the application along with the appropriate processing fee to the Department of Justice. The processing fee for a Law Enforcement Gun Release Application is $20.00 for the first firearm (long gun or handgun), and $3.00 for each additional handgun listed on the application. If the court or agency in possession of your firearm determines that the firearm was reported stolen, the fee for the stolen firearms(s) will be waived. You must send documentation from the court or agency confirming that the firearm was reported stolen along with the Law Enforcement Gun Release Application to quality for the fee waiver. Once DOJ receives your Law Enforcement Gun Release Application, a firearms eligibility check will be conducted to determine if you are lawfully eligible to possess firearms. You will receive a notice of the results. If this notice states that you are eligible to possess firearms, you then take the notice to the court or agency in possession of your firearm to claim it. The notice must be presented to the court or agency within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice. Failure to do so will result in the need to submit a new application and fees to undergo another firearms eligibility check.