Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds
Tuscarawas County bail and bond: the Reiser Avenue jail, the courts and the first steps
Adults arrested in Tuscarawas County are held at the Tuscarawas County Jail, 2295 Reiser Avenue SE, New Philadelphia, which the Sheriff's Office runs. Search Tuscarawas County Inmate Search to see the booking, the charge and the bail amount. The Sheriff's Office main line is 330-339-2000. Misdemeanors go to New Philadelphia Municipal Court or the county court in Uhrichsville, and felonies to Common Pleas Court.
Is my wife in the New Philadelphia jail?
Search her name on Tuscarawas County Inmate Search. Once the booking is complete, the record shows the charge and the bail. New arrests can take time to post.
The Sheriff's Office at 330-339-2000 can help with what the search leaves out. Have her full name and date of birth ready.
Where is the jail, and who is in charge?
It is at 2295 Reiser Avenue SE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, the same address as the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff runs the jail.
Tuscarawas County keeps its own adult jail and is not a member of a regional jail.
How do I know whether the case is in New Philadelphia or in Uhrichsville?
New Philadelphia Municipal Court, 166 E. High Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, hears traffic cases, non-traffic misdemeanors, ordinance violations, evictions and civil claims up to $15,000. Its phone is 330-343-6797.
The Tuscarawas County Court, Southern District, 366 E. Third Street, Uhrichsville, OH 44683, hears the same kinds of cases for its area and answers at 740-922-4795. Ask the arresting agency or either clerk which court has the case.
Who handles the money at the municipal court?
The court and the clerk share the main line, 330-343-6797. The Violations Bureau is at 330-343-6797, extension 203 or 258, and probation is at 330-343-6880. Ask the clerk for the case number and what the court accepts before you bring money.
Ohio requires every municipal and county court to have a rule that allows bail by credit card.
Which court takes a felony?
To the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas. The Clerk of Courts is at 125 E. High Avenue, Room 230, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, and answers at 330-365-3243.
Only a judge or magistrate sets the amount on a felony.
How soon will a judge set or review the amount?
The first hearing has to happen by the second court day after arrest. A person who remains held and has no lawyer gets another hearing on the second court day after that, and the court appoints a lawyer at state expense for someone who cannot pay.
Saturdays, Sundays and court holidays are not counted.
Does the court use a fixed misdemeanor schedule?
Ohio law says every court must keep one and review it by January 31 of each even-numbered year. It exists only to let a person leave before the first appearance, and a judge can set another amount later.
Ask the municipal court clerk at 330-343-6797 or the Uhrichsville clerk at 740-922-4795 what figure applies to the charge.
What kinds of bond will a judge accept?
A judge may accept an unsecured promise, a deposit of ten percent of the bond amount, a surety bond, real estate or securities, or a cash deposit. With the ten percent form, ninety percent is returned after all conditions are met.
Under R.C. 2937.011, financial terms have to be the least costly ones that still bring the person back to court.
How do I vet a bondsman in Tuscarawas County?
Check that the person holds an Ohio Department of Insurance license. The agent charges the approved rate and discloses any expense fee. The fee is not refunded.
An agent may not require title to your property, and may not solicit families at the jail or the courthouse.
Can I post my home in Dover or Sugarcreek?
A bond may be backed by real estate in Ohio. The owner files an affidavit that describes the property and its liens, lists the other bonds the owner has backed and shows that the owner is financially able to cover at least the full bond. A lawyer cannot act as the surety.
Ask the Clerk of Courts at 330-365-3243 for the forms the court uses.
What makes a judge say no to bail?
A judge may deny bail for a capital offense with strong proof, or a felony with strong proof when the person poses a substantial risk of serious physical harm to anyone or to the community.
The hearing under R.C. 2937.222 allows a lawyer, witnesses and cross-examination, and the findings must rest on clear and convincing evidence.
Is there a free lawyer for an adult?
The Tuscarawas County Public Defender, 203 Fair Avenue NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, can be reached at 330-364-3523 or toll free at 800-531-1698. Tell the judge at the first hearing that you cannot pay, and the court decides who qualifies.
Counsel can ask the court to reduce the amount or release the person on conditions.
What happens when a teenager is arrested?
Tuscarawas County operates its own juvenile detention center, a 24-bed facility for youth who must be held before a hearing. Call the Clerk of Courts at 330-365-3243 to learn the hearing time and where the youth is held.
A juvenile record is private. The adult search will not list a child.
What if he does not appear at court?
A warrant can be issued and the bond forfeited. A surety is released by delivering the defendant into open court or by requesting a warrant before the date.
A helper's money cannot be applied to the defendant's fines or costs without the helper's express approval.
What strings can come with release?
The judge may bar contact with a victim, set limits on travel or residence, order drug or alcohol treatment, or require electronic monitoring or house arrest. Ohio law asks for the least restrictive terms that still protect people and bring the person back.
A motion to change a term leads to a hearing if the other side objects.
How can I tell a payment request is real?
Courts never ask for gift cards, crypto or an app transfer to a person. Check Tuscarawas County Inmate Search, then call 330-339-2000 or 330-343-6797 yourself.
Tuscarawas County bail contacts
- Jail
- Tuscarawas County Jail, 2295 Reiser Avenue SE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663; Sheriff's Office 330-339-2000
- Custody lookup
- Tuscarawas County Inmate Search
- Municipal Court
- 166 E. High Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH 44663; 330-343-6797; probation 330-343-6880
- County Court, Southern District
- 366 E. Third Street, Uhrichsville, OH 44683; 740-922-4795
- Clerk of Courts
- 125 E. High Avenue, Room 230, New Philadelphia, OH 44663; 330-365-3243
- Public defender
- 203 Fair Avenue NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663; 330-364-3523
- Bond help
- Tuscarawas County bail and bond pages
Tuscarawas County fees, hours and phone numbers change, and a judge may order an amount that differs from any schedule. Verify with a clerk before you pay. This is general information and not legal advice.
How do Bail Bonds work at Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff recommends that you might want to use a bail bond agent licensed to do business in Tuscarawas County.
However if you don't want to use a bail bond agent:
- You can always pay a cash bond yourself, or use your home in Tuscarawas County, or in some cases the state of Ohio, but the benefit of using a bail bond agent is that they take responsibility for making sure the inmate shows up for court in Tuscarawas County, and if they don't, then they take the financial responsibility.
- The typical fee for a bond in Ohio is between 10-20% of the bail amount; usually 15% or less. So if an offender has a bail of $10,000.00, their bond will be $1,500.00.
- Pay by cash, cashier's check, money order or credit card at the Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center, or the courthouse in Tuscarawas County where the offense took place.
Call 330-484-6471 to find out the exact bond (plus other fees) amount, or look it up online by looking up the information on the Tuscarawas County inmate locator.
Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center
Address:
2299 Reiser Avenue SE
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Phone:
330-484-6471
Frequently Asked Questions about Bail and Bonds in Tuscarawas County
Does Tuscarawas County have bail?
What kind of bonds are accepted in Tuscarawas County?
Who can set bail in Tuscarawas County?
When is bail set in Tuscarawas County Ohio?
Does Tuscarawas County have bail?
Yes, Tuscarawas County recognizes most types of bonds.
What kind of bonds are accepted in Tuscarawas County?
Bail in Tuscarawas County is available in several different types including personal bond (aka own recognizance), cash bond, 10% bond, surety bond, and property bond.
Who can set bail in Tuscarawas County?
A judge usually sets bond. In some counties the County Court has established a bail schedule, which outlines the bail for many non-violent or minor crimes. If a charge is not part of the bail schedule a hearing will be necessary.
When is bail set in Tuscarawas County Ohio?
Bail is set in Ohio the first time the accused is brought into court. Although this hearing is set as soon as possible based on court availability, it can take up to 3 days not including weekends or holidays.
What is Bail?
Bail is what the arrested in Tuscarawas County must pay or do to stay out of jail until the first court appearance.
The agreement to bail acts as a promise that the arrested will return to court for court dates and trial. Bail usually refers to a dollar amount, but bail can also mean something that has to be done, or a condition such as reporting to an officer of the court, a curfew, restraining orders or attending a treatment program.
Bail is usually a significant enough amount of money and/or condition that the person will be negatively impacted and has incentive to return to court and not flee. A flight risk usually means that the person would flee the area, and not necessary that they are going to take an airplane.
If a judge in Tuscarawas County feels that the arrested will return to court for further proceedings, the arrested could be released under a conditional release without needing to pay bail money. This is called Released on Own Recognizance, or ROR.
Conditions for ROR might be to obey all court orders and laws, maintain contact with the lawyer, report changes in residence or have no contact with the victim. Family support will show the court that there are people who will make sure that the defendant makes it to court.
If the judge or bail schedule determines that the defendant would be a danger to the public if they were released, bail can be denied, and the person will be detained in the Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center until the case is resolved or goes to trial.
Bail can be denied if the defendant did not comply with bail conditions from a previous arrest. Bail is usually denied in cases of violent offenses.
What is the difference between Bail and Bond?
Bail and bond are used interchangeably to mean the same thing but technically, they are different. The bail is the amount to be paid and a bond is a signed document promising payment of the bail amount with certain conditions. Think of a bond as a loan to pay for the bail.
The bond payment is always written to the court in your municipality, Tuscarawas County or district directly and does not go through the defendant. Chances of obtaining a bond from a bond company or clerk of court are better if family is involved.
The thought of being in jail can cause the arrested to panic and try to secure a bond immediately.
DO NOT panic and take the time to understand all the options.
More courts are now trying to work with defendants to make bail work and might provide non-monetary options or even reduce the bail.
Payments to a bond company are not refundable. It is a long process to get back property title or money that was given to the clerk of court or bondsperson to secure the bond. This could put your loved ones into a difficult financial situation.
Another reason not to unnecessarily rush into securing a bond is that if the court notes that you came up with the money to pay a bond company, they may assume you have resources to pay a defense attorney and decline public defense.
On the other hand, as anyone who has ever been involved in their criminal defense understands, fighting your case while ‘out on the streets’ gives you a much better chance of either winning, or getting a more favorable sentence.
What are the different types of bonds in Tuscarawas County?
Based on a review of information from the arrest, the judge or bail officer will determine and notify the accused of which types of bonds are available to them.
To describe the types of bonds, let’s use an example of buying your neighbor’s car. Your neighbor decides the price of the car and how they would be paid.
Similarly, the court (meaning a police or bail officer, clerk of court, bail magistrate or judge) determines the bail amount and how it would be paid.
Here are different options that the seller of the car or the court might consider:
You could pay full asking price for the car in cash. This is similar to paying cash bail. The full amount of bail would be paid to the town or county clerk or at the jail. Cash, cashier’s checks and credit cards are usually accepted.
You could sign an agreement on your own or with another person to pay for the car at a future date knowing that your neighbor would know where to find you if you stopped payment. This would be similar to a cash bond or a personal recognizance (PR) bond which are bonds to where someone representing the defendant signs paperwork promising to pay the bail amount if the defendant does not show up to court. There is no money due up front.
If the defendant does not show up, the full amount of the bail will be due to the court and the people who signed the paperwork will be responsible for paying the court and the court will send the sheriff’s department to arrest you.
Cash bonds and PR bonds are types of unsecured bonds because you are not securing it with any money down. In bond terms, a surety is a person who will be responsible for making sure that you will show to court and will be responsible to pay the bond if the arrested person does not show up.
Surety can be family, friend or a bondsperson. Your attorney cannot act as a surety.
You can put a deposit down for your neighbor’s car and sign an agreement that the car will be paid off at a later date. Cash percentage in lieu of bonds is when the defendant pays a percentage of the bail amount, usually 10%, to the court which then holds the money until the case is over.
The amount is returned to the person who paid the 10% after the case is over. In most cases, the full amount is not returned if there are court fees or fines due. This is a type of surety bond if another person signs the bond paperwork.
You could sign an agreement that if the car were not paid off, that your neighbor would get your house or something of value.
A property bond is a bond that the courts might consider in which the bond is pledged in land or home real estate (mobile homes are not accepted).
Usually, the property must be in the same state as the courts, and it must be worth at least 1 ½ - 2 times the amount of the bond.
There are multiple court fees involved to execute a property bond with the courts and a tedious process to get the property deed back. This is another type of surety bond if another person or a bond company is used to secure the bond.
You could also go to a local bank and take out a car loan offering property or anything of value for collateral. You may get someone to co-sign on the loan and offer their property. The bank charges fees, interest and could keep your property if you did not pay the loan back, or even on time.
A professional bondsperson makes money, at least 10% of the bond amount by providing you with a “loan” called a bond. The percent that they charge is fixed by the state and cannot be negotiated. The defendant or surety does not get that 10% or more back even if the terms of the bail are met.
With a property bond, the property deed would need to be signed over to the bondsperson and everyone on the deed would need to be involved.
Since the bondsperson signed off, to be responsible that you show to court as your surety, they can send a bounty hunter to bring you to court if you flee. A bondsperson does not have to give you a bond if the defendant seems to be too much of a risk.
Ask the bondsperson to explain all the costs: percentage, fees or court fees. There is never a reason to rush through signing the paperwork with a bond company. Make sure that everything told to you is in writing and that you understand what you are signing. Ask questions, and if you feel rushed or don’t understand the contract with the bond company, you might want to call another one.
(There have been phone scams where a bond company calls and informs a person that their family member has been arrested and they ask for financial information. A bondsperson will not call asking for money without involvement of the arrested.)
Does Tuscarawas County have bail?
Yes, Tuscarawas County recognizes most types of bonds.
What kind of bonds are accepted in Tuscarawas County?
Bail in Tuscarawas County is available in several different types including personal bond (aka own recognizance), cash bond, 10% bond, surety bond, and property bond.
Who can set bail in Tuscarawas County?
A judge usually sets bond. In some counties the County Court has established a bail schedule, which outlines the bail for many non-violent or minor crimes. If a charge is not part of the bail schedule a hearing will be necessary.
When is bail set in Ohio?
Bail is set in Ohio the first time the accused is brought into court. Although this hearing is set as soon as possible based on court availability, it can take up to 3 days not including weekends or holidays.
Can I get the bail or bond reduced in Tuscarawas County Ohio?
Yes, if there are extenuating circumstances, let the judicial officer know. The accused can ask for bail reduction or a change in bail conditions.
In Tuscarawas County Ohio, who can pay bail for me?
The person posting bail should be a relative or close friend, called a surety, because they are promising and taking responsibility that you will return to court to get their money back.
A surety is not responsible for court fees or paying off personal debts for the defendant. A professional bondsperson who is approved by the State of Ohio could be the surety and execute a bond to the court on your behalf.
Can bail be paid online in Tuscarawas County Ohio?
Yes, Tuscarawas County does offer online bail payment. In Ohio, bail payment is made to the Clerk of Court.
What options are there to pay bail in Tuscarawas County Ohio?
Most all jail and courts accept cash, a cashier or bankers’ check. Some accept a credit card with fees. Please contact the jail for specific information on what methods of payment are accepted: Go to the Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center for more information about posting bail in Tuscarawas County. An alternative would be to contact the Clerk of Court.
Will I get all my bond money back in Ohio?
Bail money is returned to the person who paid the bail; in whole or in part once the case is finished. There may be fees, restitution (money to pay for damage caused by the crime) or fines that come out of that amount. If you used a bondsperson, you would not get your 10% back. Property is returned by the court or bondsperson after the appropriate requests and formal paperwork are completed with the court.
Can I get bail or a bond with no money down in Tuscarawas County?
The judge or officer who sets bail determines which kind of bail will be an option for you, but a cash bond and PR bonds usually do not require cash down, though you might have to pay court fees.
A cash bond or a personal recognizance (PR) bond are bonds where someone representing the defendant signs paperwork promising to pay the bail amount if the defendant does not show up to court. There is no money due up front.
If the defendant does not show up, the full amount of the bail will be due to the court and the people who signed the paperwork will be responsible for paying the court and the court will send the sheriff’s department to arrest you.
Cash bonds and PR bonds are types of unsecured bonds because you are not securing it with any money down. In bond terms, a surety is a person who will be responsible to make sure that you will show to court and will be responsible to pay the bond if the arrested person does not show up. A surety can be family, friend or a bondsperson. Your attorney cannot act as a surety.
What are the least expensive and affordable bail bonds in Ohio?
The Tuscarawas Juvenile Attention Center or court in this jurisdiction can provide you with a list of approved and licensed bond companies, but they cannot recommend a specific company. You are not obligated to use the first company available and can call several companies to compare what kind of bonds that the bondsperson is willing to execute.
The percentage of bail that the bond company can charge is set, usually at 10%, by the state and cannot be negotiated.