Penal Code 211
When a person violates penal code 211, the person has committed robbery, which is a federal offense. First degree robbery has a bail of $100,000, which second degree robbery has a bail of $50,000. This bail amount is determined on an annual basis by a panel of judges. The bail is also the same for all counties across the state of California.
When a person commits robbery, the defendant will be arrested and taken to jail for booking. The defendant may be given the opportunity to get out of jail on bail. When bail becomes an option, many defendants turn to bail bonding agencies for help paying the bail amount.
Bail bonding agencies are available to pay the full amount of the bail in the form of a bond that the court will hold onto until the defendant has fulfilled his or her legal commitment to the courts. The defendant will pay the bail bonding agency a down payment in exchange for its services. Along with the down payment, the defendant will provide the bail bonding agency with collateral assets that the bonding agency may hold onto until the defendant fulfills his or her legal obligation.
In the event that the defendant fulfills the legal obligation, the courts will release the bail amount back to the bail payee, which is the bail bonding agency. However, if the defendant fails to fulfill a legal obligation, the bail bonding agency will seize the assets that the defendant had put up as collateral. The defendant may also be tracked down by a bounty hunter that the bail bonding agency hires to rearrest the defendant.
Whenever a person violates a penal code, the best course of action is to comply with all officers and fulfill a legal obligation as agreed upon when the defendant is released on bail. Otherwise, the defendant stands to lose a great deal of money…and freedom. |
