POSTING BOND
Posting bond is to assure the defendants appearance in court for a misdemeanor or felony case. Although "bond" or "bail" is usually an amount of money it can also be the person’s guarantee or recognizance that he/she will appear. Conditions of bail can be imposed by the Judge, restricting and limiting contact with victims or witnesses, mandatory contact by the defendant with the Court or a Court appointed agency and various other conditions by order of the Court.

Bail bonds may be posted 24 hours a day for someone who has been arrested and booked into jail.
CONTACT THE COURT AT (419) 885-8975 between 8AM and 4PM, Monday-Friday.
CONTACT THE CITY OF SYLVANIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT (419) 885-8902 if the Court is closed.

In some instances bail bonds are not set until the defendant has had his/her first appearance before a Judge. (Violent misdemeanors and felony charges) In cases where a bail bond has been set you need to know the following:

TYPES OF BOND
1) SURETY BOND: The bail bond is posted for the defendant by a Professional bonding company for a fee. Bail Bondsmen are listed in the yellow pages of The phone book. The Court cannot recommend a Bondsmen to you.
  
2) CASH BOND: The full amount of the bond set by the Court must be paid by either cash or a certified check. If you are paying by certified check it must be made payable to Sylvania Municipal Court.

At the completion of the case, the full amount of the bail bond posted will be refunded in full (By check) to the person who is named as the bailor.If you are posting bond for someone you must decide who’s name the receipt will reflect. As a bailor, you will be asked for your complete name, address and phone number.
  
3) 10% CASH: If ordered by the Court the amount of bond required to be posted is 10% of the total. (If bond is set at $3,000.00 the required cash deposit would be $300.00)

At the completion of the case the amount refunded to the bailor is 10% less then the amount posted. (If the amount posted was $300.00 (10% of $3,000.00) the Court would keep $30.00 and the refund check to the bailor would be $270.00
  
4) OWN RECOGNIZANCE:
(O.R. Bond) 		A recognizance bond requires the defendant to sign a recognizance form indicating that he/she will appear in Court until the case is completed.

Failure to appear after signing a recognizance bond is punishable by six months in jail and/or a $1000.00 fine, regardless of the out come of the original charge. 
  

5) MONITORED O.R. A monitored Own Recognizance bond is ordered by the Judge and will require you to appear and be interviewed by Lucas County Pre-trial Services located at 1100 Jefferson Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43624.

You will be interviewed and then be required to make daily phone contact with that agency until the case is completed.
  

6) SUPERVISED O.R. A supervised Own Recognizance bond is ordered by the Judge and will require you to appear and be interviewed by Lucas County Pre-trial Services located at 1100 Jefferson Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43624. You will be interviewed and then be required to physically report to their offices on a daily basis until the case is completed.
  
ALL OF THE ABOVE BONDS ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL ORDERS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COURT. UPON A HEARING BONDS MAY BE REVOKED OR AMENDED BY THE COURT.

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