You can bail someone out of the Larimer County Jail by posting a bail bond. Bail bonds are designed to ensure that someone returns for court after they get out of the Larimer County Jail. Otherwise, inmates might not come and would get a Failure to Appear, or Bail Jumping charge, which further complicates their case and punishment.
How Can I Post Bond at the Fort Collins Jail?
How you can post bond at the Fort Collins Jail depends on your situation. You can usually use either cash or a surety. Cash is easy to understand – just bring enough for the bond amount and about $50 more for the bond fee and booking fee. Use of a surety is more complicated, because they rent you the money, and you don’t ever get your rental fee back. Normal fees run 15% for smaller bonds under $10,000 and 10% for those bonds over $10,000. Sometimes we can get our bondsmen to charge a smaller fee, so call us to save money.
No Bond Hold at the Larimer County Jail? What to do Next?
A no bond hold occurs in Larimer County with serious cases and domestic violence cases. Before a bond can be posted, judges want to first see the inmate and evaluate whether special bond conditions should be imposed on the inmate. These would include things like a protection order (no contact with your victim or with kids, or no alcohol or drug use). Pretrial services might be ordered. While a No Bond Hold seems only negative, there is a positive. We, as lawyers, can do a jail visit with your spouse and prepare for the bond hearing. At the hearing, we may be able to get a lower bond or one where your friend in jail can have contact with their kids or some special contact with their victim / spouse / loved one. Judges consider it hazardous to their career to let a spouse have contact with their victim prior to treatment. Without treatment first, the risk is that the fight might reignite when the accused gets out and something violent may occur. Treatment reduces the chance of further fights. Using a lawyer can help make the court more comfortable with contact.
Fort Collins Jail Quick Release for Work or Important Events
Getting a quick release from the Fort Collins jail is often important to save a job, travel for work, or help with children. In other cases, contact with kids is important because no one else is available to help. We can speed up the release or get bond conditions modified.
Where Can I Live? Larimer County Protection Order Says I Can’t go Home
Sometimes, a Protection Order from a Larimer County judge says you can’t go home, because your victim lives there, and you have a no-contact order. This is tough to overcome, without first seeing the judge in the case. Our Attorneys can talk to the DA or set up a court meeting, but it is not as quick as the initial bond hearing. Because of the VRA – Victim Rights Act, the victim must provide input to the court about how they feel about contact. This is done through the defendant’s lawyer or the district attorney. This means a special, victim centered request needs to be presented as early as possible before the court.
Can I Drop the Charges in a Domestic Violence case in Fort Collins?
Dropping the charges usually arises once police lies are exposed and you learn your husband or wife can’t come home. Generally, DAs and courts don’t care that you as the victim want to drop the charges. And, the things you’ve said to police are recorded on bodycam videos, to make proof of a crime easy. We often talk with government lawyers to obtain a case result which expedites your family’s reunification. Otherwise, we set the case for trial and remind the DA that they may lose the case based on our thorough preparation. A favorable resolution often results.
Call our Fort Collins criminal defense lawyers as soon as possible after an arrest. Don’t wait to see what happens at the bond hearing without a lawyer – you might need to wait a long time to get a second chance at bond modification.
Together, we can protect your family’s future.
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