Lunenburg Bail Bonds

In the United States, bail bond laws became popularized from a long history of English statutes and policies. When our country was first colonizing, the Americans at that time counted on the bail bond structure that had first developed in England hundreds of years prior. In the 13th century, the bail system at that time was very haggard and corrupt. Some of the sheriffs from that time would exploit the bail system just for their personal gain.

When the Habeas Corpus Act was established, this generally improved administration of bail bond laws. It also provided no protection against excessive bail requirements. The Bill of Rights changed this though and that is when the Eighth Amendment in the United States Constitution was created to protect those accused of bailable offenses from being placed on unreasonable bail bond requirements that would prevent them from being released and keep them detained.

In 1966, The Bail Reform Act was created. This was the first major change in federal bail bond law since 1789, in which Congress created. The Act in 1966 got criticism from many in Washington DC. This is because all crimes previously fell under the regulation of Federal Bail Law. In a large number of cases, people that were accused of violent crimes but were still released out on a bail bond would be found to commit additional crimes while out on bail, only for them to be re-released on another bail bond. To this day, though, we are still in need of yet another bail bond reform. However, with many other larger problems in our United States economy, it seems that a bail bond reform is on the very back burner of political matters right now.

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What our bail agents will need from you:

• Defendants Full Name
• Prior Arrest information
• Defendants Date of Birth
• Bond Amount

Sheriff's Department
11453 Courthouse rd
Lunenburg, VA 23952
(434) 696-4452

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