We understand you may have questions about the bail process

Generally, you should have the following information available before contacting a bail bondsman. However, it is not always necessary, and most bail bonds companies can obtain this info if you are unable to readily provide it. In any instance having the following information ready for the bail agent could help speed the bonding process up:

• Have the Defendants full and legal name.
• Have the Defendants DOB.
• Have the Defendants charges and the Court for which they have been filed.
• Know the Jail or Detention center in which they are being detained.
• Lastly, know the full amount of the bond required for the release of the Defendant, and the type of bond which has been set, either cash or surety.

It is important to know that while it may appear that posting the full cash amount over using a bail bondsman may save you lots of money, that there are many advantages toward using that of a professional bail bondsman.

• Many times Court cases can run for a very long time, most of the time months, to even over a year a time the case could go on before it reaches final disposition. This means that the cash you post could potentially be tied up for a very long time.
• When you post a bond using the full cash amount, you may lose many of the very services and amenities that come with the purchase of a surety bond through a professional bail bondsman. For instance, even if the defendant were to accidentally miss Court, you could potentially lose the full Cash bond on a forfeiture with no real way of getting that back, and could potentially have to hire an attorney just to do so. This is what bondsman do for a living, many of them already have attorneys who handle this sort of thing all time, or at a minimum know how to handle such a situation to avoid forfeiture. Lastly, if you post a cash bond and ever decide that you no longer want on the bond for fear of losing your money, you have no real advantage to getting off the bond until the case is over. When using a bail bondsman they could revoke their bond, place the Defendant back in jail allowing you to be released from liability.

Typically, most people go to Court and usually when they don't, it's because of a miscommunication or accidental fault. In the instance someone does miss Court, Wyoming Law, requires the Court to enter a forfeiture of the bond, whether it be cash or surety. If it was an accident, there are many avenues toward remedy of forfeiture that can be taken, and your bondsman should be able to inform you the best route to take in this instance. However, if the Defendant intentionally fails to appear then your bondsman will seek remedy of forfeiture by either collecting the money by contract or locating and apprehending the Defendant and surrendering them back to the Sheriff.