Tips When You Are Facing A Warrant For Your Arrest

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Tips When You Are Facing A Warrant For Your Arrest

13 December 2019
 Categories: Finance & Money, Blog

If the police suspect you committed a crime, the court will issue a warrant for your arrest. When this occurs, the police will likely come to your house to find you. If you are not home, they may leave a letter that tells you about the warrant. When there is a warrant for your arrest, you should not ignore it and hope it goes away, because it won't. Instead, here are some tips to help you know what to do when you are facing a warrant.

Seek advice from a lawyer

The very first thing you should do when you find this out is contact a criminal defense lawyer for advice. Any criminal lawyer you visit and talk to will urge you to go to the jail to turn yourself in; however, there are several steps the lawyer might suggest doing prior to this.

Contact the jail to find out the bail amount

One thing the lawyer may suggest that you do, or the lawyer might do themselves, is contact the jail to learn more about the charges and the bail amount needed. If you are able to find this out, you can go to the jail prepared to be released. At this time, the lawyer might also gather information from you about the event, as a way of initiating the process of working on the case. If you are innocent of the charges in question, you must still turn yourself in; however, your lawyer might help you get the charges dropped.

Call a bail bondsman or gather the money you need

The next thing you should do is call a bail bondsman or gather up the bail money on your own. When you know the bail amount, you will instantly know if you can afford to pay it or not. If not, a bail bondsman company will pay it for you in exchange for a fee. You should work this out prior to turning yourself in though.

Go to the jail with your lawyer and the bail bondsman

Once you have everything ready, you should go to the jail, and you should aim to bring your lawyer and the bail bondsman with you. The jail will book you and will then release you after settling the matters of bail.

You will have to get booked into the jail before they will release you, as this is a standard procedure, but paying the bail will cause you to be released right after. To learn more, contact a bail bondsman for assistance.