Bail Bonds in Cerritos

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The Cerritos Sheriff’s Station, located at 18135 Bloomfield Avenue, Building 5, is a non-holding facility with eighteen (18) beds that only keeps individuals arrested for a short time period. The Cerritos Station is a 28,000 square foot facility built within the City’s Civic Center. The Cerritos Sheriff’s Station has 58 sworn and 20 civilian employees policing the city’s approximate 52,000 population. Bail Bonds DIRECT® has bail agents that are available to post bonds for individuals arrested by Cerritos Sheriff’s Department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. We have agents locally who can meet with you in a matter of minutes within your initial phone call to us. Depending on your circumstances, we can even complete the bail bond process via telephone, email and/or fax. If you have a loved one that has been taken into custody by the Sheriff’s Department in Cerritos, call Bail Bonds DIRECT® and we will act quickly to bail them out. We have one of the fastest bail bond release options available in any city throughout Southern California. Our entire bail process consists of approximately 30 minutes of explaining the process, filling out the required paperwork, qualifying you and posting the bond.

Bail Bonds DIRECT® Cerritos bail agents understand this is an uncomfortable, stressful and frightening time for you. We are here to offer free bail information and make this process as easy and understanding for you as possible. Upon the arrest of an individual, some of the information we can provide include: (1) booking information; (2) case information; (3) warrant information; (4) court appearance locations; (5) date to appear in Court; (6) charge(s); and (7) bail amount(s). (This information is only available and provided to Licensed Bail Agents.) Our agent will take as much time as necessary with you to ensure you understand the process and make you feel as safe and comfortable with this unfortunate situation. Below is more specific information to help guide and assist you.

Once an individual has been arrested by the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department, the sheriff will transport the arrestee to the city Sheriff’s Department. From there, inmates are usually transferred to the Lakewood Sheriff’s Department, located at 5130 N. Clark Avenue, city of Lakewood, depending on Lakewood’s jail capacity and availability and held there until their arraignment. The transfer takes places usually within twelve (12) hours after the arrest, depending on circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, the number of individuals awaiting transfer, the transportation available from Cerritos Sheriff’s Station to Lakewood Sheriff’s Station and the type of arrest that was made, i.e., a warrant or on a matter that requires further investigation. No matter the circumstance, Bail Bonds DIRECT® offers the possibility to avoid a transfer if we are notified in a timely manner. Below are the three scenarios for bail bonds involving an individual arrested in Cerritos, California.

1) Cerritos Sheriff’s Station does allow bail bond postings directly with the department, but it must be done quickly. It is important to contact Bail Bonds DIRECT® as soon as possible from the time you are aware that your loved one has been arrested. This is so that in the case you do wish to bail them out, we can begin the process quickly and efficiently by notifying the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station that the individual arrested will be bailed out and request that they hold them at the police department rather than transferring them to Lakewood Sheriff’s Department, Lynwood Jail or Mens Central Jail in Los Angeles. If the individual has not yet been transferred and Cerritos Sheriff’s Department agrees to hold the individual, they will then go through the booking process directly at the sheriff’s station. This means that the individual arrested will be classified by the alleged crime(s) they are accused of (penal code, vehicle code, health and safety code, business and professions code, etc.). The County of Los Angeles has a pre-determined bail schedule that is the basis for the amount of bail that is set, determined by the violating code (look up a code). Once the bail amount is assigned, the arrested individual has his or her fingerprints taken on a machine called a live scan. The live scan is connected to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) national database. The live scan and DOJ compares records and will report if the arrested individual has any warrants, bail holds and/or aliases to the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department. Upon completion of the live scan and the returned results, the arrestee has then "cleared fingerprints" and is ready to be bailed/bonded out as long as there are no "holds". If a hold is placed, it means the arrestee is unable to bail/bond out because another law enforcement agency, parole/probation officer and/or Judge has Ordered that the person be held without the option to bailing/bonding out until they make at least one Court appearance.

Once the individual has cleared fingerprints, Bail Bonds DIRECT® can post the bail bond directly with the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department and the individual will be released and free within 15-30 minutes. We understand that it is not always an easy decision whether to bail someone out; but again, it is important to contact us immediately so that this option is available to you to avoid the long, draining and frustrating process of possible being transferred to Mens Central Jail or Lynwood Jail.

2) If a bail bond has not been posted within the arrestee’s holding time at Cerritos, which is usually twelve (12) hours, he/she will be transferred to Lakewood Sheriff’s Station, depending on capacity and availability, where they will be held until arraignment. An arraignment is the first Court appearance the arrestee will make, usually where they will plead guilty or not guilty, and be given a new Court date to appear. If the individual was arrested for a misdemeanor, he or she will have their arraignment the day after they have been arrested. If the individual was arrested for a felony, he or she will have their arraignment on the second day after his or her arrest, both not counting weekends and holidays. After the arraignment, the individual will automatically transferred to Mens Central Jail (Twin Towers) located at 441 Bauchet Street in the city of Los Angeles or Lynwood Jail, located at 11705 Alameda Street in the city of Lynwood, for women. Lakewood Sheriff’s Department does allow bail bonds to be posted directly at the Station, but it must be done prior to the arrestee’s first court appearance, while he/she is still under their custody. The procedure is one in the same as Cerritos Sheriff’s Department, but again, it is very important that you decide quickly if you wish to post bond at Lakewood to avoid your loved one being transferred to Los Angeles County jail, which is a long and grueling experience, as described below. Please keep in mind that there is a possibility that Lakewood Sheriff’s Department may not have the capacity to hold the arrested individual and as such, your loved one could be immediately be transferred to Mens Central Jail or Lynwood Jail for women.

3) Should you decide to wait and not act quickly, after arraignment, the arrested individual will be transferred to either Mens Central Jail (Twin Towers) or Lynwood Jail for women. The Mens Central Jail is a maximum security correctional facility that holds approximately 5000 male inmates and is the largest jail in the world. If the arrestee is transferred, it often takes 8-16 hours to process the inmate at either Mens Central Jail or Lynwood Jail, where they will go through the booking process again. Although the arrested individual may have already "cleared fingerprints" at Cerritos and/or Lakewood Sheriff’s Department, they will need to clear the system again at Mens Central Jail and/or Lynwood, where it takes significantly longer due to the high capacity of inmates. After they have completed the booking process at Mens Central Jail or Lynwood Jail Bail Bonds DIRECT® is then able to post the bond at the Cashier’s Office of the jail. After the bond has been posted, it then takes another 6-16 hours approximately for the individual to be released. This process is long, draining and frustrating.

Once you become aware of the arrest, despite not feeling sure of your decision to hire our services, we offer a free consultation/free bail information and will contact Cerritos Sheriff’s Department to inquire on the arresting charges, the bail amount and request they keep the inmate at the sheriff’s department rather than transferring them to either Lakewood, Mens Central Jail or Lynwood Jail. Once we obtain the bail information, we will call you back and discuss your options. If you are low on finances for the bail bond, we can still help. In addition to taking all major credit cards, we offer payment plans with no financing costs depending on your credit rating.

If you have made the decision to bail your loved one out, we have professional Cerritos bail bond agents to meet you and take you through the process quickly. We will receive a Court appearance date that is predetermined by the Jail, usually within one month of the arrest date. Individuals arrested in Cerritos, California will most likely appear at the Bellflower Courthouse located at 10025 E. Flower Street in the city of Bellflower. Upon his or her release, our bail agent will meet with the arrested individual, go through the required paperwork with him or her, notify them of their Court Appearance and any other requirements our office may implement.

Bail Bonds DIRECT® Cerritos office understands you have many options/choices in deciding which Bail Bond Company to work with. We ask that you simply contact us, speak with one of our agents and give us the opportunity to make this bail bond process calm, comfortable and FAST for you and your loved one.