DUI Bail Bonds
The 10 runs straight through El Monte and a good share of local DUI stops come off it. A first misdemeanor DUI often releases without bail once the driver is sober, and we post the bond whenever the court sets an amount.
El Monte, CA runs its own jail on Valley Boulevard and books around the clock. A licensed bail bondsman can post there whatever time the arrest happened.
Nobody plans for this call. What El Monte families get from us is a straight answer about where their person is and what the next few hours look like.
Call in Spanish or English, whichever is easier at two in the morning. No one in your family should have to translate a bail contract for anybody else in the room.
This is one bad night, not a verdict on anybody. Our agents have handled hundreds of these and nobody here changes tone because of what the charge says.
You see the premium and every fee before you sign. Nothing gets added later and no balance turns up weeks after your person is already back at work.
We tell you when the bond is filed, when the jail takes it, and when your person is released. You are not left guessing at the front counter.
You get an agent on the line, not a queue or a form promising a callback. At two in the morning outside a jail, a callback is not an answer to anything.
What your person is booked for decides the bail, and the bail decides your cost. These are the El Monte bonds we write most often, day or night.
The 10 runs straight through El Monte and a good share of local DUI stops come off it. A first misdemeanor DUI often releases without bail once the driver is sober, and we post the bond whenever the court sets an amount.
Felony bail runs high in Los Angeles County, and an El Monte felony arrest usually leaves the city jail for county custody downtown. We post the larger bond and explain what the judge is likely to attach to release.
An immigration hold is federal, so the county ten percent rule does not apply and an immigration judge sets the bond. We help families locate a detained relative and post that bond once the judge has set it.
These arrests come with an emergency protective order deciding where your person may go after release, and it binds straight away. We post the bond and read that order with you line by line before anybody drives home.
Most El Monte misdemeanors carry a bail already set by the county schedule, so you learn the figure early. If bail is $20,000 the premium is $2,000, and these are the quickest bonds we write in the valley.
Possession and sales are charged very differently in California and the bail between them is far apart. We post either one and explain which side of that line the booking paperwork puts you on before you sign anything.
We keep the process simple so your family spends less time waiting and more time together. Here are the three steps we walk you through, from the first call to release.
Once the court sets bail, you pay a small part of the full amount to begin the release. You can do it online or in person, and we explain every dollar before you sign.
Most families cannot pay the whole premium at once, and that is fine. We build a payment plan around your budget, with a low amount down, so cost never keeps your loved one inside.
We present the full bond to the court and handle the paperwork with the jail. From there we push for the fastest release the facility allows and keep you posted until they walk out.
El Monte grew up at the end of the Santa Fe Trail and the San Gabriel Valley cities sit right against it. We cover the ones next door as well.
Areas we serve: Los Angeles · South El Monte · Rosemead · Baldwin Park
El Monte police book into the city jail on Valley Boulevard, and the court sits on the same street a block away. Some cases move downtown. Addresses below.
| Type | Facility & address | Phone | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jail | El Monte City Jail, El Monte Police Department 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, CA 91731 | (626) 580-2100 | Directions |
| Jail | Twin Towers Correctional Facility and Inmate Reception Center 450 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 | (213) 473-6100 | Directions |
| Court | El Monte Courthouse 11234 East Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA 91731 | (626) 401-2200 | Directions |
| Court | Alhambra Courthouse 150 West Commonwealth, Alhambra, CA 91801 | (626) 293-2100 | Directions |
These are the questions El Monte callers ask first, roughly in this order, beginning with which building has their person and ending with what it costs.
El Monte police run their own Type I jail at 11333 Valley Boulevard, staffed around the clock every day of the year, and the city reports roughly 3,500 people booked into it annually. Some arrests are then transferred to Los Angeles County, where men go to the Inmate Reception Center at 450 Bauchet Street and women to the Century Regional Detention Facility.
El Monte cases go to the El Monte Courthouse at 11234 East Valley Boulevard, a Los Angeles Superior Court location on the same street as the police station. The clerk’s office is reachable on (626) 401-2200. A first appearance usually falls within a couple of court days, and we hand you the date in writing.
For most charges the figure comes from the county bail schedule rather than from any individual officer. West Covina’s police department describes that schedule as established through the Uniform Bail Procedures Committee and approved by the judges of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. A judge can still raise or lower it at the first hearing.
The premium is ten percent of the bail the court sets, dropping to eight percent when a licensed attorney is on the case. On $50,000 bail that is $5,000, or $4,000 at the lower rate. The premium is the cost of the bond itself, so it is not returned to you when the case finishes.
All of them. We post bonds across every El Monte ZIP, including 91731, 91732, 91733, 91734 and 91735, which takes in the Valley Mall district, Norwood, Mountain View and the areas either side of the busway. We also take calls from South El Monte, Rosemead, Baldwin Park and Temple City.
Se habla espanol. Our bilingual agents handle El Monte bonds in English or Spanish, whenever you call.
Asking costs nothing. Call 1-888-577-2245 at any hour, send the contact form, or have us meet you on Valley Boulevard. A licensed bondsman can start the bond now.