Asked 4/14/2016 – Katy, TX

I was arrested in Waller County Texas for possession of controlled substance over one less than 4. I was in jail for 5 days and bonded out on a $25,000 Bond paying bail bondsman $1,500 owing $1,000 to be paid out later .The case was disposed. I called the JP’s office and they told me that it was disposed and there was no charge. The filing date for the disposal was the 9th I bonded out at nearly 4oclock on the 10th .

Answer

Tell me what the exact “disposal” paperwork was. A justice of the peace does not have jurisdiction over felony drug cases, so I am assuming the JP was the magistrate who set the bond. Was the bond ever filed and accepted by the jail or court of competent jurisdiction? Has it been discharged? Is the case pending lab results of the substance? If the bond was the reason you were released from jail, you are not entitled to any refund. If the bondsman went to post the bond and was informed by the jail the bond was unnecessary because the case was disposed and no bond was filed, you can start talking refund