The city of Sedgwick sits in both Harvey County and Sedgwick County, so an arrest here can send your person to the jail in Newton or the jail in Wichita. We are a Wichita bail bond company that works both counties. Call (316) 833-8506 and we will find out which one before you drive anywhere.
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A bail bond is a service fee for putting up bail money to a court in order to allow you to get out of jail until your court date. The court will set a bail amount for you, if it is more than you can afford and you don’t want yourself or your loved one to remain in jail until that court date, then you need to talk to a bail bonds company who will put the money up on your behalf.
Co-signing for a bail bond means you are taking legal responsibility for the full amount of the bail bond. So if the court said the bail bond was $10,000, and the bail bondsman is asking you to pay $1,000 to them as their service fee, and the person skips out and runs from the appointed court date, the bondsman will come after you to get the money they put up to the court, which means you owe the full $10,000.
If they were arrested in Sedgwick, they are in one of two places. On the Harvey County side, the Harvey County Detention Center at 120 E 7th St in Newton, (316) 284-6960. On the Sedgwick County side, the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility at 141 W Elm in Wichita. City tickets go to Sedgwick Municipal Court at 505 N Commercial, (316) 416-4041, which sits the first Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. Call us at (316) 833-8506 and we will tell you which applies.
The city of Sedgwick is one of two towns in our service area that sits in two counties at once. Sedgwick lies in both Harvey County and Sedgwick County, which means an arrest here can send your person to either of two different jails, in front of either of two different district courts.
If that sounds confusing, it is, and it is the reason people waste an evening calling the wrong facility. We are a bail bond company based in Wichita at 700 N Market St, Ste 1, staffed 24 hours a day, and we work both counties. Call (316) 833-8506 and we will find out which one your person is actually in before you drive anywhere.
Sedgwick is a town of roughly 1,600 people split across a county line. Where somebody goes after an arrest depends on which county the arrest happened in and which agency made it.
One town, two completely separate booking systems, roughly forty miles apart. If you have been calling one jail and being told there is no record of your person, this is almost certainly why.
City ordinance violations and city traffic charges written by Sedgwick officers stay in town and go to Sedgwick Municipal Court.
That last line deserves attention. A municipal court that sits once a month means that if your person is arrested on a city charge on the second week of the month and stays in custody, the next court date is nearly four weeks out. A bond is what closes that gap.
Felonies and county filed misdemeanors go to the district court of whichever county filed the case.
Same town, same night, two different court systems with different calendars and different procedures. Establishing which one you are in is the first useful thing anybody can do for you.
Do not wait until you have every item. Call and we will start working while you find the rest.
The court sets the bond amount. We charge a percentage of it as our fee and in most situations can start with a down payment rather than the full fee up front. The terms depend on the bond amount, the charge and the county, which genuinely matters in Sedgwick because a Harvey County case and a Sedgwick County case are not run under the same local court rules. We quote you on the call.
The fee is payment for posting the bond. It is not a deposit and it is not refunded when the case ends, at our company or any other in Kansas.
Co-signing makes you responsible for the full bond amount if your person misses court. Two honest questions first: will they show up, and can you stay in contact with them until the case is finished? Most bonds that go bad involve a forgotten date rather than somebody running. If you co-sign, you are the person who keeps track of it.
We answer at (316) 833-8506 24 hours a day, and our Wichita office at 700 N Market St, Ste 1 is open and staffed around the clock rather than forwarded to an answering service. Tell us the name and we will find out which side of the line your person is on.
