Texas Bail versus Federal Bail Differences

Here is a quick video explanation provided by BailBondBidsNow.com - regarding Texas Bail versus Federal Bail Differences:

State Court Bond vs. Federal Court Bond - Is There a Difference?

There is VAST difference between Texas Bail and Federal Bail.

First thing to understand is that Texas Bail involves the State of Texas Courts usually assigned to particular Texas Counties or Texas County Judicial Districts. Generally these cases involve alleged violations of Texas State law.

On the other hand Federal Bail involves Federal Court generally divided by Federal Districts with larger states having several Federal Districts and less populated States only having one Federal District. Texas has 4 Federal Districts. Federal Courts cases usually involve alleged violations of Federal law.

In sum there is a massive difference.

The good is that Texas Courts have alternative methods to make bonds - cash deposit, attorney bond, bondsman, personal recognizance, etc. These processes are generally a bit more standardized but at least provide a minimum amount of choice.

In opposite Federal Courts usually require that Collateral or Promissory Notes be deposited with the Clerk of the Federal Court. Collateral can be real estate, cash, stock accounts, etc. while Promissory Notes are basically contracts that the Defendant or other approved individual will be responsible for providing payment should Defendant not appear in court.

So in sum, both the overall process including the process of a Defendant obtaining release from detention are vastly different and both having pros and cons.

And finally, on a side note - for Arrestees having both State cases and Federal cases at the same time the general guidance is to try to resolve the Federal case first followed by the Texas case. Generally the first court to sentence will be the facility where the physical sentence is served and generally speaking Federal prison facilities are significantly more humane than state prison facilities. Furthermore, almost always, as long as the State has a “hold” or an “arrest warrant” for a Defendant the State Court will usually issue State credit for the time served in a Federal prison.