print email comment close Bail: Getting Out of Jail After an Arrest URL: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/article-30225.html Description: This article describes the procedures related to bail, "cash or a cash equivalent that an arrested person gives to a court to ensure that he will appear in court when ordered to do so." Describes how bail is set, how bail is posted, and the circumstances under which someone may be released "on their own recognizance." From Nolo, a California publisher of legal self-help books. Publisher: Nolo LII Database Information: Record 22830 created by Jennifer English on 10/30/2006 Last modification on 09/04/2009 Published: 11/01/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22830