Getting a criminal bond without getting arrested.

As a Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer I got the following question asked weekly. "There is a warrant out for my arrest...I do not want to go to jail."  "What should I do?  Luckily, a person may avoid going to jail in this situation. There are things a person can when this situation arises. The first thing they should do is contact a bonding company so that they could do what is called a "non arrest bond." If the bonding company does not know what that a non arrest bond is move on because they probably can not help.

A "non arrest bond" is straight forward. This type of bond allows a person to avoid jail time while waiting for a bond.  Anyone that has spent time in jail they will say you do not want to be waiting in jail for someone to bond you out. Thus, the non arrest bond allows a person to skip the booking process. The bonding company gathers a person's information, gets the court assignement and the court date.  If someone does this they will be one of the lucky people that will avoid being questioned by the police