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After an arrest in Orange County, the person is transported to the Orange County Jail at 3300 W. Colonial Drive for booking. Booking includes fingerprinting, a photograph, and a check for outstanding warrants. For most charges, bail is set using the standard Orange County bail schedule, a list of preset amounts assigned to specific offenses. Domestic violence cases are an exception: bail is not set until the following morning when a judge reviews the case.
Once bail is set, the clock starts. The person remains in custody until the full bail amount is paid to the court, or until a licensed bail bondsman posts the bond on their behalf.
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Have you recently been contacted by a family member or friend to secure them a bond? Are you confused about exactly what the bail bonds process is? At Mike Snapp Bail Bonds, we aim to keep you informed during each step of the bail bonds process. The bail bonds system was created to release a defendant from jail while his court case is proceeding. This gives them the ability to remain at home while their sentence is being determined by the courts. When you contact a bail bonds agency, you are looking to release the individual from jail as quickly as possible. Bail is set while the individual goes through the booking process at their arresting facility, and this bail determines the amount of the bond that is required. A bail is a contract that depends upon the individual's performance, behavior, and attendance at all required court dates and events.
Contact Mike Snapp Bail Bonds in Orlando if you are in need of reliable and convenient bail bonds services.
At Mike Snapp Bail Bonds in Orlando, our experienced agents are trained to work with you to provide a smooth, reliable, and confidential bail bonds process. This is how our bail bonds process works:
When you work with Mike Snapp Bail Bonds, you will be charged a fee of 10% of the full bond amount or a minimum of $100 as required by the laws in the state of Florida. We offer many payment options to help make the process convenient, efficient, and stress-free for you.
Our agents will work with you every step of the way to help you properly and safely secure bail bonds in Orlando whenever you need to help your friends or family members be released from jail. We work quickly to help them get home sooner.
Once the bond is posted, the jail controls the release timeline and we cannot speed it up ourselves. In Orange County the release process usually takes approximately 6 to 12 hours after the bond is posted. In Seminole County it often takes around 6 to 8 hours, and in Osceola County it often runs several hours longer than in the other counties. Many factors can affect the timing. Waiting is hard, and feeling worried or anxious is completely normal, but being upset does not move things along faster. We encourage families to be patient and let the jail complete its process at its normal pace, and we stay in touch with you the whole time.
Typically, a friend, relative, attorney, or the defendant himself will contact a bail bond company by phone. Our 24/7 availability makes this possible during any hour of the day or night.
When the arrest first takes place, the defendant will go through a booking process at their arresting facility. At this booking process, the bail is set. This is the value of the bond you will need to secure when you reach out to the experienced agents at Mike Snapp Bail Bonds in Orlando.
Once you, your friend, or your family member is arrested and booked, they will be able to contact the bail bonds agency. During this first phone call, we will ask you a series of questions about the circumstances surrounding the arrest. We will ask where the defendant is, how long they have been there, what occurred to cause the arrest, what the charges are, and more questions to help us better understand the situation and your bail bond needs. This is how bail companies assess the risk involved in issuing your bond.
Once our agency and our clients agree to do the bond, we will require documentation and signed paperwork before finalizing the bond.
Once the paperwork is agreed upon and finalized, the agent working with you will post bail at the arresting facility. This will then result in the release of you, your friend, or your family member. When the defendant is released, he will have to attend all court appearances required for his case and also continue to uphold his behaviors as agreed upon by his case.
When your friend or family member needs your help to release them from jail, you want to work with the best bail bonds agency in Orlando. Contact Mike Snapp Bail Bonds today to get started with our reliable, convenient, and stress-free bonds agents.
The fee you pay a bail bondsman, 10 percent of the total bail amount, is the premium for the bond service. It covers the bondsman's risk of being held liable for the full bail amount if the defendant does not appear in court. Florida law sets this rate and it cannot be lowered or negotiated. For any bond of $1,000 or less, the fee is a minimum of $100. For any bond over $1,000, the fee is 10 percent of that bond. A $5,000 bond requires a $500 fee. A $50,000 bond requires a $5,000 fee.
One point that families often get wrong is that this fee is charged per bond, not on the combined total of all the bonds. A common and costly mistake is to add every bond together and take 10 percent of that grand total. Instead, each bond over $1,000 is charged its own 10 percent. If you are unsure how this applies to your situation, call us and we will walk through the numbers with you.
This fee is not refundable after the bond is posted, regardless of whether the case is dismissed, the charges are dropped, or the defendant is found not guilty. It is the cost of the service, not a deposit, and it is not returned to you when the case ends.
When money is tight, we can often set up a payment plan for clients and families who qualify. We look at income, monthly bills, and what someone can realistically manage and when, then work out an arrangement before any paperwork is signed.
The person who signs the bail bond agreement is called the indemnitor. The indemnitor is financially responsible for ensuring the defendant appears at all required court dates. If the defendant fails to appear, the court begins the process of bond forfeiture and the indemnitor can be held responsible for the full bail amount.
Along with that financial responsibility, the indemnitor agrees to a few important things while the bond is active:
For the full list of what the indemnitor agrees to, please review the Indemnitor Application and Agreement form.
Before signing, make sure you understand what you are agreeing to. Our agents will walk you through every term in the agreement and answer every question before you sign anything.
If you find out there is an active warrant for you, or you missed a court date, you may be able to do what is called a walk through booking instead of being picked up and waiting in a cell. It is a calmer, more organized way to take care of the situation.
Whether you can bond out right away depends on the charge. Even some warrants that have a set bond amount still require seeing a judge first, so immediate release is not guaranteed. We will look at the specifics with you before anything happens, so you know what to expect.
Here is how it works with us. The expedited booking is available Monday through Friday. The Orange County Jail requires a $20 money order for the expedited booking process. The defendant first comes to our office to complete everything with us, and then we personally take them to the jail and deliver the bond with them to make sure it goes through smoothly. Because everything is prepared in advance, the walk through process generally shortens the release time compared with a standard booking.