Should you ever agree to co-sign someone’s bail bond, you must take your role very seriously. Being a bail bond co-signer, even for someone very close to you, puts you at risk of losing money and/or belongings you put up as collateral. You essentially must stay on top of them and see to it that […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
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Major Bail Bond Benefits You May Not Know About
Being in jail is simply sitting around all day doing nothing, having a few just-okay meals, and being allowed outside, maybe, for a few hours. Other than that, there is not much to it, pretty boring and miserable. As silly as it sounds, being in jail is actually hard work. If an inmate wants to […]
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The Bail Bond Red Carpet
Celebrities live the good life, so why do so many of them end up getting arrested and charged with gun or drug possession, DUIs, or violence? The answer is because celebrities are still every day people just like you. They simply have more money and fame. While the glitz and glamour may seem really nice […]
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How California Bail Works
For defendants, there is a price for freedom and that price can be very low, a few hundred dollars, extremely high, one million dollars, or anywhere in between. Freedom is what America is all about, so who gets to put a price on freedom for defendants? And how is that amount determined for each person? […]
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Want To Know If There Is A Warrant For Your Arrest?
The police often put out arrest warrants where the suspect may not immediately know they are wanted. Situations like these happens when a person has many unpaid traffic tickets, or they defaced a national park tree or rock by carving into it because many people tend to forget this is illegal. People not knowing there […]
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California Raises The Legal Age To Buy Cigarettes
Starting June 9th, people age 18, 19, and 20, will no longer be able to purchase tobacco products in California. Currently, you have to be at least 18 years old to buy cigarettes, but this is a move towards lowering teen smoking, an act which we are all aware has serious health risks. The Institute […]
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3 Tips To Successful Bail
Applying for a bail bond is a quick and simple process, but there is no room for error. A bail bond can just as easily be revoked as it is granted, and obviously, no one wants that. Here are 3 important tips to follow when getting a bail bond: Hire a bail bond agent and […]
If you really want to wow and surprise someone who is important to you for their birthday, and if you are financially stable enough to do so, you should give them the ultimate gift of a unified family. How do you do that? Bail the “troublemaker” of the family out of jail! The birthday is […]
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What You Should Know About Bail And Bail Bonds
You know that with Martinez Bail Bond Store, you will not be facing this bail situation alone. You will have a professional and licensed bail agent with you for every step of the way, so you know exactly what is going on. Nonetheless, it is good to do independent research on the industry to give […]
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How To Get Away With Jail
If How To Get Away With Murder is one of your favorite shows at the moment, then How To Get Away With Jail will be your new favorite lesson. To get away with jail, you will need to bail out. That is, if you have been granted bail. And assuming this is the case, you […]
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New California Smoking Laws You Should Know About
It is no secret that cigarette smoking is increasing among teens; not everyone obeys age limit laws. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration are constantly implementing new rules for smokers and the most recent ones focus on manufacturing, labeling and marketing, and not selling to those who are 20 or younger. The new rules apply […]
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You Cannot Leave Your Gun Just Anywhere In Your Home
Grey’s Anatomy recently aired an episode where a young boy accidentally shot his friend because the two found a gun in the home; the gun belonged to one of the parents. No one ever intended any harm, but the gun was poorly stored at home. This episode prompted us to highlight California’s gun storage laws, […]
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Memorial Day Weekend Checkpoints
Because driving while intoxicated is all too common, never a non-issue, and always important to address, the police will set up DUI checkpoints every now and then at various streets throughout the city. When a long holiday weekend comes around where there will be more alcohol consumption than usual throughout the day, there will be […]
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The Countdown To EDC… And Jail
The ever-popular Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) music festival is here once again, it will be held in Las Vegas. The event draws hundreds of thousands of attendees each year. It has been held in Las Vegas over the past few years after moving from Los Angeles; the last time it was held in Los Angeles, […]
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Things to Avoid for Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Weekend is around the corner, and in order to allow yourself to stay out as long as you wish, and drink as much as you want, while remaining safe of course, we want you to arrange your transportation to and from your shindig ahead of time. You have plenty of options: Lyft, Uber, taxi, […]