If you are taken into custody and charged with a crime, you may be allowed to leave jail on your own recognizance. This means that you aren't required to pay bail because the judge or another representative in your case believes that you will return to stand trial.

When can an accused be released on recognizance?

Courts can grant an O.R. release to anyone arrested for a crime in California unless: One or more of the crimes charged is punishable by death, The release would compromise public safety, or.

Who is qualified for release on recognizance?

Section 3. Recognizance Defined. – Recognizance is a mode of securing the release of any person in custody or detention for the commission of an offense who is unable to post bail due to abject poverty.