Examples of Common Bail Conditions

If you face criminal charges and manage to secure a bail release, expect the judge to attach several conditions to your release. Below are some of the typical bail conditions you can expect.

Maintain Employment

The judge may order you to maintain employment while you are out on bail. If you are currently unemployed, the court may require you to make a good-faith effort to find work. The rationale is that you are less likely to engage in crime if you have an economic activity to keep you busy.

Conduct Regular Check-ins

The court won't just wait for you to observe the conditions of your bail. In many cases, the judge will assign you to a pretrial service officer who will monitor your compliance. The judge will order you to check in with the officer at

regular intervals. The court may also give the officer the authority to check in on you regularly or spontaneously.

Avoid Contact With Certain People

Another common condition is to avoid contact with the victims or witnesses of your alleged crime. For example, if you face assault and battery charges, you shouldn't call, meet, or send messages to the alleged victim. The same

conditions will apply to the person who witnessed the assault.

The rationale here is that you might threaten the witnesses and have them recant their testimony or fail to testify. You might even get into further trouble with the victims and commit further crimes.

Avoid or Restrict Yourself to Certain Areas

Movement restrictions are also common for criminal suspects out on bond. For example, the court might order you to:

• Remain in your house from dusk to dawn
• Stay within the state until your trial
• Avoid specific locations in your neighborhood

Movement restrictions usually depend on the nature of your charges. For example, if you face drug charges, the judge might order you to avoid neighborhoods where you used to source the drugs.

Avoid Drugs and Alcohol

Intoxication from drugs or alcohol impairs judgment. Impaired judgment can lead you to crime. Thus, the judge might order you to avoid drugs and alcohol if you are out on bail. This restriction is even more likely if your charges involve

alcohol or drugs. For example, the judge might order you to abstain from drugs or alcohol if your charges involve driving under the influence (DUI).

Avoid Firearms

Crimes that involve firearms are more serious than other crimes. For example, if you assault some with a gun, your charges will be more serious than if you assault someone without any weapon.

Courts use bail conditions to avoid further crime. Thus, the judge might order you to avoid firearms, even legal ones, until your case's conclusion. Again, firearm restriction is more likely if your charges involve violent crime.

Avoid Driving

The judge may also order you not to drive until your case concludes. Driving restrictions are common with those who face traffic offenses. For example, the judge may order you not to drive if the prosecution has charged you with road

rage, DUI, or reckless endangerment with a vehicle.

Avoid Further Crimes

Lastly, the judge may also order you to avoid crime while you are out on bail. This condition means you should avoid all criminal acts even if they don't relate to the pending charge. For example, you should not even get a traffic ticket if

you have a pending shoplifting charge.

Ensure you adhere to all the above conditions, plus any other the court might mandate. You should also make all the necessary court appearances. That way, you will avoid complications with your bail bonds company. Contact Bail

Busters to handle your bail any time of the day.