More about Huntington Beach California

In addition to being bail bonds agents we are proud members of the Huntington Beach community.

The Huntington Beach Police Department, located at 2000 Main Street in Huntington Beach, 92648, operates a small City Jail. Bail Bonds DIRECT ® has Huntington Beach bail agents that are available to post bail bonds at the Huntington Beach Police Department City Jail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. We have an Orange County Bail Bondsman 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 in custody at the Huntington Beach Police Department jail, call Bail Bonds DIRECT ® Huntington Beach office and we will act quickly to bail them out. We have one of the cheapest and fastest bail bond release options available in any city throughout Southern California mainly due to our “credit release by phone program”. 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 ® in Huntington Beach has bail agents that understand this is an uncomfortable, stressful and frightening time for you. We are here in Huntington Beach to offer free bail information and make this process as easy and understanding for you as possible. Below is specific information to help guide and assist you.

Huntington Beach City Jail is a class one jail facility. Class one means that the jail only holds an arrestee until his or her arraignment date. An arraignment is the first court appearance the arrestee will make, usually where they will plead guilty or not guilty, get an attorney assigned to the case and be given a new Court date to reappear. 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 be transferred to Orange County Main Jail/Central Jail Complex in Santa Ana, California. There are instances where the Huntington Beach City Jail will not hold an arrestee and instead transfer them immediately to Orange County Main Jail/Central Jail Complex in Santa Ana, California. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, medical care requirements; the arrestee needs to appear in another Court besides the West Justice Center Courthouse in Westminster and/or jails overfill. The transfer process is explained more in detail below.

Once an individual has been arrested in Huntington Beach, California, they are taken to the City Jail at Huntington Beach Police Department for booking. Upon arrival, the individual is 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 Orange 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 Huntington Beach Police 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.

If the individual has cleared fingerprints, the Bail Bonds DIRECT® Company can post the Huntington Beach bail bond directly with the Huntington Beach Police 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 it is important to contact us 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 Huntington Beach Police Department that the individual arrested will be bailed out and there is the possibility that we can request that they hold them at the City Jail rather than transferring them if a transfer is required, as stated above. After the arrestee has appeared at his or her arraignment, they will be transferred to the Santa Ana jail on the same day. The Orange County Main Jail/Central Jail Complex, located at 550 North Flower in Santa Ana CA 92705, is a maximum security correctional facility that holds approximately 5700 male and female inmates. If and/or when the arrestee is transferred, it often takes 6-12 hours to process the inmate at the Santa Ana Jail, where they will go through the booking process once again. Although the arrested individual may have already "cleared fingerprints" at Huntington Beach Police Station, they will need to clear the system again at the Santa Ana Jail, where it takes significantly longer due to the high capacity of inmates. After they have completed the booking process at Orange County’s Main Jail, Bail Bonds DIRECT ® is then able to post the bond at the Cashier’s Office of the Santa Ana jail. After the bond has been posted, it then takes another 6-12 hours approximately for the individual to be released. This process is long, draining and frustrating.

In order to avoid a circumstance that your loved one may require a transfer to the Orange County Main Jail/Central Jail Complex, located at 550 North Flower in the city of Santa Ana, and enduring the drawn out process there, Bail Bonds DIRECT ® can work directly with the Huntington Beach Police Department City Jail to keep the individual at the City Jail pending a bail bond posting. Once you become aware of the arrest, despite not feeling sure of your decision to hire our services, we offer in Huntington Beach a free consultation/free bail information and will contact the Huntington Beach City Jail to inquire on the arresting charges, the bail amount and request they keep the inmate at the City Jail rather than immediately transferring them to the Orange County Main Jail/Central Jail Complex if they so require. Once we obtain the bail information, we will call you back and discuss your options. If you are low on finances for the Huntington Beach bail bond, we can still help. In addition to taking all major credit cards, we offer the lowest payment plans with no financing costs depending on your credit rating. Because of this fact, we come up very high on internet search engines for the terms “cheapest bail bonds”, “discount bail bonds” and “affordable bail bonds”.

Once you have made the decision to bail your loved one out, we have professional Huntington Beach bail bond agents to meet with you and take you through the process quickly. Upon posting the bail bond, the arrestee will be released from the City Jail within 15-30 minutes. We will receive a future court appearance date that is predetermined by the Jail, usually within one month of the arrest date. Individuals arrested in Huntington Beach, California will most likely appear at the West Justice Center Courthouse located at 8141 13th Street in the city of Westminster. 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 ® Huntington Beach office understands you have many options/choices in deciding which Orange County Bail Bonds 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.