Can you get arrested if someone you bailed out doesn’t show up for court?
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Can you get arrested if someone you bailed out doesn’t show up for court?
Asked on August 19, 2011 West Virginia
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I can "hear" the panic in your "voice" here. If you put up the money for someone to be bailed out of jail in the form of a bond it is not the same as if they are released in to your custody. You just put up the money, correct? Released in to your custody is different and generally requires that you will guarantee that they will then appear back in court the next time that the case is on the court's calendar. So no, you will not be arrested. You will, however, lose the money that you put up for them. That is something in and of itself. And I would encourage them to appear so that a warrant is not issued for their arrest. Good luck to you and to whom ever you tried to help. No good deed goes unpunished.
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