If you just got the call that someone is being held at the Larimer County Jail, here is what to expect and how a bail bond gets them released. Lowest price guaranteed, payment plans from 1% down, and 100% online bonds posted 24/7.
The jail is operated by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Fort Collins, the county seat, and it holds people arrested by the sheriff arrested by the sheriff, by municipal police departments across Larimer County and by the Colorado State Patrol. It also holds people serving county sentences and people waiting on transfers to other jurisdictions.
Booking is the intake process: identification, fingerprints, photographs, a warrant check, a medical screening and an inventory of personal property. Depending on how busy the facility is, booking takes anywhere from an hour to most of a night. A person cannot be released on bond until booking is complete and a bond amount has been set, either from the county bond schedule or by a judge. The best use of that time is to call us, so the paperwork is finished before the bond is.
Most Colorado sheriff's offices keep an online inmate search, and the booking desk can confirm whether a person is in custody and what the bond amount is. If you are not sure where someone is being held, tell us the name and date of birth and we will track them down, including when they were booked in a neighboring county.
A judge or the bond schedule sets the bond type. A cash bond means the full amount is deposited with the court. A surety bond, which is what a bail bondsman posts, means a licensed agent guarantees the full amount and the family pays a premium instead. A personal recognizance bond requires no money at all. Some bonds come with conditions attached, such as a protection order, pretrial supervision, monitoring or a no-alcohol condition, and the jail will not release the person until those conditions are arranged.
Once Alec posts the bond, the jail verifies it, processes the release and returns the person's property. In Larimer County this usually takes one to four hours, longer during shift changes or on busy weekend nights. Your loved one leaves with a notice of their next court date, and we go over it with them before they go home.
Alec posts bonds at the Larimer County Jail around the clock. Northern Colorado courts set bond around the clock, and we post at any hour, including weekends and holidays. Everything can be handled online: you send a photo of your ID, sign the agreement electronically and pay the premium or the down payment from a secure link. Alec then posts the bond with the jail directly and keeps you updated by text until the release is complete.
Our paid-in-full rates run from 9% on the smallest bonds down to 4% on qualified bonds over $40,000, and payment plans start at 1% of the bond down with monthly payments of 1% of the bond. On a $7,500 bond, that is $75 down and 14 payments of $75. More money down means less premium on the back end.
Do not have all of it? Call anyway. We will fill in the gaps.
Tell us the name, the jail and the bond amount if you have it. If you don't, we'll look it up. Nights, weekends and holidays included.
Get your rate and payment plan, then sign the paperwork from your phone. No office visit and no driving to the jail required.
We post the bond with the jail right away and keep you updated until they walk out the door.
I got into bail because the old way was never built for working families. I want to help the masses: a fair price, a real payment plan, and a person who picks up the phone at 3 a.m. Nobody should sit in jail because bail was priced for somebody else.— Alec Spensieri, Professional Cash Bail Agent, License #735171
Yes. The jail accepts bonds 24 hours a day and so do we. Release times at night can be longer, but the bond gets posted immediately.
We start the paperwork during booking so the bond is posted the minute an amount is assigned. If the charge requires a judge to set bond, we attend to it as soon as the first appearance is over.
The jail takes the bond; the payment plan is between you and us. As low as 1% down with approved co-signers, including a homeowner, on bonds of $2,999 and up.
Property inventoried at booking is returned at release. Cash taken at booking is sometimes applied to fees or held by the court, so ask the release deputy.
Yes, unless the court orders otherwise. We recommend someone be there to pick them up, especially late at night.