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    djcarn Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 3, 2009, 03:58 PM
    Bail money
    If you are in jail and the charges get dropped do you still have to pay bail
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    Nov 3, 2009, 05:20 PM

    Hello d:

    Nope. Bail is to make sure you show up for court... But, if the charges have been dropped, there's no court.

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    Nov 4, 2009, 07:31 PM

    No bail is needed. You can walk out of jail and go directly home or anywhere else that you please for that matter.
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    Nov 4, 2009, 07:32 PM

    Once charges are droped, you are merely released
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