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2009 Los Angeles County, California Felony Bail Schedule

(Selected provisions: for a complete listing go to www.lasuperiorcourt.org/bail)

CRIME

AVERAGE BAIL

CALIFORNIA

PENAL CODE

Arson ( aggravated)

500,000

451.5

Arson causing great bodily injury or of an inhabited structure

250,000

451(a), 451(b)

Arson of an uninhabited structure or forestland

75,000

451 (c)

Assault during a first degree burglary with the intent to commit a sex offense

1,000,000

220(b)

Assault with a firearm

50,000

245(a)(2)

Assault with a firearm on a peace officer or firefighter

100,000

245(d)(1)

Assault with a semiautomatic firearm

75,000

245(b)

Assault with a semiautomatic firearm on a peace officer or firefighter

200,000

245(d)(2)

Assault with deadly weapon (not a firearm) likely to cause great bodily injury

30,000

245(a)(1)

Assault with deadly weapon (not a firearm) likely to cause great bodily injury on a peace officer or firefighter

50,000

245(c)

Assaulting a custodial officer

25,000

241.1

Battery on a custodial officer

25,000

243.1

Battery on a peace officer causing injury

50,000

243 (c), 243 (b)

Bribery on a councilman, supervisor, etc

25,000

165

Burglary (residential)

All other burglary

50,000

20,000

459

Burglary with explosives

50,000

464

Car Jacking

100,000

215

Child abuse - Corporal punishment or injury of child

50,000

273d(a)

Child abuse - Willful harm or injury to child that is likely to cause great bodily injury or death

100,000

273a(a)

Conspiracy

same as substantive offense

182

Credit card-related felonies (various)

20,000

484e - 484i

Criminal threats

50,000

422

Domestic violence - Corporal injury of spouse, cohabitant, former spouse or parent of one's child

With prior conviction under P.C. 273.5(e)

50,000

100,000

273.5

Embezzlement by a bailee

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

20,000

507

Embezzlement or misappropriation by a trustee or contractor

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

25,000

506

Embezzling funds for construction

25,000

484c

Embezzling public funds

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

20,000

514

Embezzling the proceeds of the sale of secured property

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

20,000

504b

Embezzling when hired to transport property

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

20,000

505

Explosives - Bringing or placing explosives on common carrier

500,000

12303.1

Explosives - Exploding a destructive device or explosive with the intent to murder

1,000,000

12308

Explosives - Maliciously exploding or igniting any destructive device or any explosive which causes bodily injury

500,000

12309

Explosives - Possessing an exploding or destructive device or explosive with an intent cause injury

1,000,000

12303.3

Explosives - Possessing destructive devices or explosives in a public place

500,000

12303.2

Explosives - Possessing materials with the intent of making a destructive device or explosive

150,000

12312

Extortion - Extorting signatures by threat

50,000

522

Extortion (not robbery)

35,000

518, 519

Extortion using threatening letters

35,000

523

False evidence - Filing of false evidence by the police

50,000

141(b)

False impersonation

50,000

529

False imprisonment

50,000

236

False imprisonment of an elderly or disabled person

50,000

237(b)

False pretenses

20,000

532

Forgery, counterfeiting a driver's license or ID, showing or having a forged license or ID, forging or counterfeiting a corporate seal, entries in records or returns.

20,000

470

470(a)-(b)

Fraudulent documents - Making, passing fake checks

20,000

476

Fraudulent documents - Manufacturing or selling false citizenship or resident alien documents

75,000

113

Fraudulent documents - Offering forged/false documents for filing

35,000

115

Fraudulent documents - Using false citizenship documents

50,000

114

Fraudulent insurance claim - Making a false / fraudulent insurance claim

(or amount taken, whichever is higher)

25,000

550

Identify theft - Obtaining credit, goods, etc with unauthorized use of personal information

50,000

530.5

Involuntary Manslaughter

25,000

192(b)

Kidnapping

Kidnapping to commit a felony sexual offense (see P.C. 667.8(a))

100,000

1,000,000

207

Kidnapping a child under age 14

500,000

207(b)

Kidnapping during a carjacking

1,000,000

209.5

Kidnapping for ransom or extortion

1,000,000

209(a)

Kidnapping for robbery, rape, spousal rape, oral copulation, sodomy, etc.

1,000,000

209(b)

Looting

50,000

463

Manslaughter

100,000

192(a)

Mayhem

100,000

203

Murder (attempted)

500,000

664/187

Murder (willful and premeditated)

1,000,000

664/187

Murder with special circumstances

All other murders

not bailable

1,000,000

187

Perjury

25,000

118

Protective order - Violation of a protective order

50,000

273.6

Receiving stolen property if value more than $400

(or amount received, whichever is higher)

20,000

496

Robbery (First Degree)

100,000

211

Robbery (Second Degree)

50,000

211

Sex offense - Bringing or distributing into the state or using a minor to bring or distribute obscene matter within state

40,000

311.2, 311.4

Sex offense - Child molestation with specified priors

150,000

647.6

Sex offense - Contacting minor with the intent to commit sexual a offense

With a prior

5,000

25,000

288.3(a)

Sex offense - Engaging in specified sex acts with child under age 10

250,000

288.7

Sex offense - Failure to register as a convicted sex offender

20,000

290

Sex offense - Incest

50,000

285

Sex offense - Indecent exposure

35,000

314(1)

Sex offense - Lewd act with a child younger than age 14

100,000

288(a)

Sex offense - Lewd act with child under 14 years with force

100,000

288(b)(1) and (2)

Sex offense - Oral copulation where the victim is under 16 and the defendant is over 21 or where the where the victim is under 14 and the defendant is more than 10 years older, or the defendant compelled the victim to participate by force, duress or threats of great bodily injury, or if it is committed in a prison or jail, or if the victim is unconscious or incapable of consent.

100,000

288a(b)(2) – 288a(g)

Sex offense - Oral copulation with a victim younger than age 18

50,000

288a(b)(1)

Sex offense - Prostitution after being advised of HIV infection

50,000

647f

Sex offense - Rape

100,000

261

Sex offense - Rape using force and violence

250,000

264.1

Sex offense - Sexual assault of a child under age 14 (aggravated)

250,000

269

Sex offense - Sexual battery

25,000

243.4

Sex offense - Sexual penetration with force, violence, duress, menace or fear of injury

100,000

289

Sex offense - Sodomy with a victim under age 16 and defendant over age 21 or a victim under 14 and a defendant more than 10 years older than the victim or the defendant has sodomy with the victim compelled by force, fear or threat or violence, or if it is committed in a prison or jail or if the victim is unconscious or incapable of consent.

100,000

286(b)(2) - 286(g)

Sex offense - Sodomy with a victim under age 18

50,000

286(b)(1)

Sex offense - Spousal rape

100,000

262

Sex offense - Statutory rape (victim is under 16 and perpetrator is older than 18)

25,000

261.5(d)

Sex offense - Statutory rape (victim is under 18 years of age and three years younger than the perpetrator)

20,000

261.5 (c)

Solicitation of murder

1,000,000

653f(b)

Solicitation of rape, sodomy or oral copulation by force or violence, or any

violation of Section 264.1, 288, or 289

100,000

653f(c)

Stalking

150,000

646.9a-c

Subornation of perjury

25,000

127

Theft - Auto

When there is evidence of a chop shop operation

35,000

50,000

487(d)(1)

Theft – Computer-related

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

25,000

502

Theft - Grand theft

(or amount stolen, whichever is higher)

20,000

487(a) and (b)

Theft - Grand theft person

25,000

487(c)

Theft - Petty theft with prior conviction for petty theft with time served

20,000

666

Theft - Stealing, diverting money received for services, labor material when amount exceeds $1000

20,000

484(b)

Vandalizing a church or cemetery

50,000

594.3

Vehicular manslaughter - Causing an accident for financial gain

100,000

192(c)(3)

Vehicular manslaughter - Driving with gross negligence

50,000

192(c)(1)

Vehicular manslaughter - DUI with gross negligence

100,000

191.5(a)

Vehicular manslaughter - DUI without gross negligence

50,000

191.5(b)

Weapons - Carrying a concealed weapon or having one in a vehicle without a license with a prior felony conviction

35,000

12025(b)(1)

Weapons - Carrying a concealed weapon with a prior conviction of crimes against person, property or involving drugs

35,000

12025(b)(5)

Weapons - Manufacture, sale or possession of dangerous weapons; carrying explosive or concealing a dagger or dirk

20,000

12020

Weapons – Manufacturing, distributing, etc. assault weapons

50,000

12280(a)(1)

Weapons - Ownership or possession of concealable firearms by a felon or addict

35,000

12021

Weapons - Possessing a loaded firearm

35,000

12031

Weapons - Possessing an assault weapon

35,000

12280(b)

Weapons - Shooting a firearm (gross negligence)

35,000

246.3(a)

Weapons - Shooting a firearm from a car

250,000

12034(c)

Weapons - Shooting at inhabited dwelling, building, or occupied car

250,000

246

Weapons - Unlawfully possessing ammunition

35,000

12316(b)

Witness tampering - Influencing testimony

100,000

137(a),(b)

Witness tampering - Preventing, dissuading a witness from testifying or appearing

100,000

136.1

Writing NSF checks

5,000

746a

CRIME

AVERAGE

BAIL

CALIFORNIA

VEHICLE CODE

Driving or taking a car without the owner's consent

25,000

10851(a)

Driving specified vehicles (e.g., ambulances, police cars) without consent or specified priors

30,000

10851(b),(e)

DUI (causing bodily injury)

100,000

23153

DUI (Felony)

100,000

23152

Hit and run causing personal injury

50,000

20001

Throwing something at a vehicle with the intention of causing grave bodily injury

30,000

23110(b)

CRIME

AVERAGE

BAIL

CA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

Cocaine - Possession or purchasing cocaine based drug for sale:

≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

> 4 kg

> 10 kg

> 20 kg

> 40 kg

> 80 kg

30,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11351.5

Controlled Substances - Illegal possession of specified controlled substances

10,000

11350

Controlled Substances - Illegally transporting, selling or furnishing of specific controlled substances:

≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

> 4 kg

> 10 kg

> 20 kg

> 40 kg

> 80 kg

30,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11352

Controlled Substances - Maintaining a location for selling, giving, using specific controlled substances

30,000

11366

Controlled Substances - Manufacturing any controlled substance

75,000

11379.6(a)

Controlled Substances - Offering to manufacture any controlled substance

30,000

11379.6(c)

Controlled Substances - Possessing controlled substances for sale

≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

> 4 kg

> 10 kg

> 20 kg

> 40 kg

> 80 kg

30,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11378

Controlled Substances - Possessing or purchasing specified controlled substances for sale:

≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

> 4 kg

> 10 kg

> 20 kg

> 40 kg

> 80 kg

30,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11351

Controlled Substances - Prescribing, administering or furnishing controlled substances

20,000

11154, 11155

Controlled Substances - Prescribing, administering or furnishing controlled substances to an addict

20,000

11156

Controlled Substances - Renting, leasing a room for manufacturing, storing or distributing controlled substances

30,000

11366.5(a)

Controlled Substances - Selling controlled substances

≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

> 4 kg

> 10 kg

> 20 kg

> 40 kg

> 80 kg

30,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11379

Controlled Substances - Selling, furnishing, transporting, administering or give any substance represented to be a controlled substance

20,000

11382

Controlled Substances - Soliciting minor to violate controlled substances laws:

≤ 2,000 pills

2,001 to 5,000 pills

≥ 5,001 pills

50,000

75,000

100,000

11380

Controlled Substances - Unlawfully possessing a controlled substance

10,000

11377

Controlled substances - Violation of Health & Safety code 11379.6

> 1 lb. or 3 gal

> 3 lb or 10 gal

>10 lb or 25 gal

>44 lb or 105 gal

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

11379.8

Controlled Substances - Violation of Health & Safety code 11379.6 or 11383 (or attempt)

When a child under age is 16 present

When a child under age 16 suffers grave bodily Injuries

500,000

750,000

11379.7

Controlled Substances - Writing and dispensing a controlled substance prescription

20,000

11152, 11153

Marijuana - Cultivating or processing marijuana

≤ 1 lb

> 1 lb

> 25 lb

10,000

30,000

50,000

11358

Marijuana - Possessing concentrated cannabis

10,000

11357(a)

Marijuana - Possessing marijuana for sale

≤ 1 lb

> 1 lb

> 10 lb

> 25 lb

> 50 lb

20,000

25,000

30,000

50,000

100,000

11359

Marijuana - Transporting, selling or furnishing marijuana:

≤ 1 lb

> 1 lb

> 10 lb

> 25 lb

> 50 lb

20,000

25,000

30,000

50,000

100,000

11360(a)

PCP - Possessing or purchasing PCP for sale:

≤ 8 oz. liquid or 8 gm powder

> 8 oz. liquid or 8 gm powder

> 1 qt liquid or 2 oz powder

> 1 gal liquid or 8 oz powder

> 3 gal liquid or 1½ lb powder

> 5 gal liquid or 2½ lb powder

> 20 gal liquid or 10 lb powder

> 25 gal liquid or 12½ lb powder

>200 gal liquid or 100 lb powder

30,000

50,000

75,000

150,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11378.5

PCP - Selling PCP

≤ 8 oz. liquid or 8 gm powder

> 8 oz. liquid or 8 gm powder

> 1 qt liquid or 2 oz powder

> 1 gal liquid or 8 oz powder

> 3 gal liquid or 1½ lb powder

> 5 gal liquid or 2½ lb powder

> 20 gal liquid or 10 lb powder

> 25 gal liquid or 12½ lb powder

>200 gal liquid or 100 lb powder

30,000

50,000

75,000

100,000

250,000

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

5,000,000

11379.5

Prescriptions - Counterfeiting a prescription blank

20,000

11162.5(a)

SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS

ADDED

BAIL

CALIFORNIA

PENAL CODE

Drugs - Administer drugs against the victim's will

20,000

12022.75(a)

Drugs - Administering drugs to the victim while committing specified sex offenses

30,000

12022.75(b)

Drugs - Committing or attempting to commit a specified drug offense when armed with a firearm.

30,000

12022(c)

Drugs - Knowing that a principal is armed during the commission or attempt to commit a specified drug offense.

20,000

12022(d)

Gangs - Committing a felony for the benefit of a gang

30,000

186.22(b)(1)(a)

Gangs - Committing a serious felony for the benefit of a gang

40,000

186.22(b)(1)(b)

Gangs - Committing a violent felony for the benefit of a gang

50,000

186.22(b)(1)(c)

Hate Crime - Committing a hate crime (not Penal Code 422.7)

20,000

422.75

Injury - Inflicting great bodily injury

30,000

12022.7

Injury - Inflicting great bodily injury which causes the termination of pregnancy

75,000

12022.9

Injury - Inflicting great bodily injury while committing certain sex offenses

30,000

12022.8

Minors - Committing specified offenses with a minor for money or other consideration

20,000

675

Property - Intentionally taking, damaging or destroying property during the commission or attempted commission of a felony causing a loss that exceeds $65,000

(or the amount of loss, whichever is greater)

65,000

12022.6(a)(1)

Property - Intentionally taking, damaging or destroying property during the commission or attempted commission of a felony causing a loss that exceeds $200,000

(or the amount of loss, whichever is greater)

200,000

12022.6(a)(2)

Property - Intentionally taking, damaging or destroying property during the commission or attempted commission of a felony causing a loss that exceeds $300,000

(or the amount of loss, whichever is greater)

300,000

12022.6(a)(3)

Property - Intentionally taking, damaging or destroying property during the commission or attempted commission of a felony causing a loss that exceeds $3,200,000

(or the amount of loss, whichever is greater)

3,200,000

12022.6(a)(4)

Sex offense - Being armed with a firearm in a sex offense case

30,000

12022.3(b)

Weapons - Committing or attempting to commit a felony when a principal is armed with a firearm

15,000

12022(a)(1)

Weapons - Committing or attempting to commit a felony using of weapon other than firearm

20,000

12022(b)(1)

Weapons - Giving a firearm to another to facilitate a felony

55,000

12022.4

Weapons - Shooting a firearm during the commission of specified crimes

200,000

12022.53(c)

Weapons - Shooting a firearm during the commission of specified crimes and causing grave bodily injury

1,000,000

12022.53(d)

Weapons - Shooting a firearm from vehicle causing death or grave bodily injury

100,000

12022.55

Weapons - Transferring a firearm

25,000

12072(g)(4)

Weapons - Using a firearm in a sex offense case

55,000

12022.3(a)

Weapons - Using a firearm in the commission of a felony or attempted felony

55,000

12022.5(a)

Weapons - Using a firearm in the commission of specified crimes

55,000

12022.53(b)

Weapons - Using an assault weapon in the commission of a felony

55,000

12022.5(b)

Weapons - Using armor piercing ammunition

55,000

12022.2

SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS

ADDED

BAIL

CA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

Drugs - Committing specified drug offenses near a school

20,000

11353.6

Drugs - Committing specified drug offenses relating to PCP and as part of a transaction inducing another to violate specified drug offenses when the transaction exceeds:

$ 500,000

$2,000,000

$5,000,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

11356.5

Drugs - Committing specified drug offenses with specified prior convictions

30,000

11370.2

Drugs - Committing specified trafficking offenses within 1,000 feet of drug treatment center, detoxification facility or homeless shelter

30,000

11380.7

SERIOUS OR VIOLENT PRIORS

ADDED

BAIL

CALIFORNIA

PENAL CODE

Felony - Current offense is a felony with a prior prison term for any felony offense(s) within the past 5 years

10,000

667.5(b)

Felony - Great bodily injury with prior violent felony convictions

1,000,000

667.7

Felony - One serious or violent prior felony conviction (2nd strike)

50,000

667(e)(1)/1170.12(c)(1)

Felony - One serious prior felony conviction

25,000

667(a)(1)

Felony - Two or more serious or violent prior felony convictions (3rd strike)

Current offense is not serious or violent

Current offense is serious or violent

100,000

1,000,000

667(e)(2)/1170.12(c)(2)

kidnapping with the intent of depriving a legal guardian of custody

30,000

667.85

Sex offense - Conviction of Penal Code 288 or 288.5 with 2 or more prior sex offense convictions

1,000,000

667.51(c)

Sex offense - Conviction of Penal Code 288 or 288.5 with a prior sex offense conviction

30,000

667.51(a)

Sex offense - Felony sex offense under specified circumstances

1,000,000

667.61

Sex offense - Habitual sex offender

1,000,000

667.71

Sex offense - Kidnapping a victim under age 14 to commit sex offense

1,000,000

667.8(b)

Sex offense - Kidnapping the victim to commit a sex offense

1,000,000

667.8(a)

Sex offense - Specified sex offense involves separate victims or the same victim at different occasions

100,000

667.6(d)

Sex offense - Specified sex offense involves the same victim on the same occasion

100,000

667.6(c)

Sex offense - Specified sex offense with 2 or more prior sex offense convictions

150,000

667.6(b)

Sex offense - Specified sex offense with prior sex offense conviction

30,000

667.6(a)

Violent offense - Current offense is violent with a prior prison term for violent offense(s) within the past 10 years

25,000

667.5(a)

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