What are the Houston DWI Bond Amounts?

This is a question that I get regularly when someone's friend or family gets arrested for DWI in the middle of night in Houston.  For a first time offender, the bond should be set at $500 if they have never been arrested for any other crime.  For a second DWI, that amount increases to $1,000.  The bond amount really takes a jump on a third DWI.  The main reason for this is because after the second DWI any DWI arrest is classified as a felony.  Thus, the bond is set at $10,000 for a person's third DWI.  There are other felony cases that are felonies such as DWI with a child passenger, intoxication assault or negligent homocide.  Those bond amounts range from $2,000 to $25,000. 

Please keep in mind that those amounts are assuming that the person does not have any other arrests outside of the previous DWI when applicable.