HOW DO I FIND THE AMOUNT OF SOMEONE’S BAIL?
If someone has been arrested in New York State and has been arraigned by a Judge in a New York State Supreme Court, a New York State District Court or a New York State Criminal Court, you can use the Webcrims system to find out someone’s bail amount. You can use webcrims to find someone’s bail if they have an open court case in the following courts:
- Bronx Criminal Court
- Bronx Supreme Court – Criminal Term
- Buffalo City Court
- Dutchess County Court
- Erie County Court
- Kings Criminal Court
- Kings Supreme Court – Criminal Term
- Nassau County Court – Criminal Term
- Nassau First District Court
- New York Criminal Court
- New York Supreme Court – Criminal Term
- Orange County Court
- Putnam County Court
- Queens Criminal Court
- Queens Supreme Court – Criminal Term
- Richmond Criminal Court
- Richmond Supreme Court – Criminal Term
- Rockland County Court – Criminal Term
- Suffolk County Court – Criminal Term
- Suffolk First District Court
- Westchester County Court – Criminal Term
Find how much someone’s bail is in New York by going to the webcrims website and looking up the current status of the defendant’s criminal case. You can follow these directions for the process of finding out what the status of someone’s criminal case is and for finding out the amount of someone’s bail or whether the person has a bail in a New York Court:
- CLICK HERE to go to the Webcrims website.
- Log in as a public User. Enter the CAPTCHA code that you see on the screen to log in.
- Click the option for Find Defendant by Name.
- Enter the Defendant’s Name and Search for his/her case
- Click on the Criminal Case that you are interested in getting information for
- Click Appearances (under case details on the left)
- The amount of the bail should appear in the “outcome/release status” column on the far right side (remember that “released on own recognizance means that the person was released without having to post a bail)
In the instance below, the person was released on his or her own recognizance and did not have to pay bail:
In the Instance below, the initially had a $5,000 bail. You can also see that the bail was not posted. However, at some point in the most recent court appearances, you can see that the person had an ROR status, which means that the court decided that there was no need for a bail.
*Please note that this process can also be used to find an open criminal case in New York/Find out if someone has a current criminal matter in New York State.
RELATED LINKS:
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE CASH BAIL REFUND PROCESS IN NEW YORK CITY – A New York City Department of Finance pamphlet which provides information on how bail is refunded in New York City, how bail is forfeited in New York City, and assigning bail to an attorney or assigning bail to another person in New York City.
CLICK HERE to Find Information on BAIL ONLINE in ERIE COUNTY NY
LOCATE AN INMATE IN NEW YORK STATE – This resource is helpful for those looking to find an inmate in a New York State Jail or New York State Prison.
WHAT IS BAIL? – This comprehensive article discusses what bail is and concepts that one may find helpful in understanding how a court decides what the bail set should be.
How Do I Find My Next Court Date? This article is helpful for those looking to find their next court date in a criminal court case in New York State. The Article provide’s links to webcrims, a criminal court case information site which can be used to find a defendant’s next court date in New York.
POST BAIL IN NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FACILITY – Click Here to go to the New York City Department of Corrections’ page on posting bail for someone held in a NYC DOC facility.
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