Harvey Handler Bail Bonds Newark Office: Directions and What to Bring

Office details

Please phone before you come in, so we can confirm someone is at the desk and have the paperwork started.

Finding the right door

The building at 58 S 2nd St has more than one business at the street address, and Chicago Title lists the same number for its Newark office. Look for the Harvey Handler Bail Bonds name at the entrance. If you are not sure you are in the right place, call from outside and we will talk you to the right door.

Parking

Street parking downtown is time-limited in many spots, so read the posted signs before you leave the car. If you are heading to the Municipal Court afterward, the court says its designated on-street spaces near the City Building allow up to three hours.

What to bring

Bring a government-issued photo ID for each person who will sign. It also helps to have:

• The full name and date of birth of the person in custody, spelled as on the jail listing
• The booking number and docket number from the Licking County Jail Active Inmate Listing
• The bond amount and bond type shown on that listing
• Your own address and employer, which go on the indemnity paperwork

On the phone we tell you the premium for this bond and which forms of payment the office takes, so you are not guessing at the counter.

Call first, then come in

Most families start with a phone call, so we can check the listing together and have the forms ready by the time you arrive.

Getting here from the jail and the courts

Licking County keeps its jail and its main courts in downtown Newark, in the same few blocks as our office. These are the addresses the county and the court publish, so you can map your own route:

Sources: the Sheriff's Office, the Municipal Court and the Clerk of Courts. Both clerks keep weekday business hours; the Municipal Court clerk closes from noon to 1 p.m.

Where we post bond from this office

The Newark office writes bonds for cases held at the Licking County Justice Center and heard in the county's courts:

• Licking County Justice Center, where every arresting agency in the county books people
• Licking County Municipal Court, for misdemeanors, OVI and first appearances
• Licking County Court of Common Pleas, for felony arraignment and bond review
• The Licking County Clerk of Courts, which keeps felony case records and bond filings

Arrested in Newark

An arrest by the Newark Division of Police usually ends with booking at the county jail on East Main Street, the same facility every agency in the county uses. The sheriff's listing shows the arresting agency on each entry, and on the listings we have read, Newark arrests appear with the code NPD. A first appearance on a misdemeanor or OVI charge then takes place at Licking County Municipal Court, which sits in the City Building and hears cases from the whole county (court page). A felony arrest moves on to the Court of Common Pleas once the case is indicted.

Towns we serve from Newark

Families from across Licking County call this office. The towns below are the ones we hear from most, and the list is a starting point, not a boundary: if the case is in a Licking County court, we can help.

• Heath: right next to Newark on the south side; misdemeanor cases from Heath go to the county Municipal Court in Newark.
• Granville: the village west of Newark; cases filed in the Municipal Court are heard in the same Newark courtrooms as everyone else's.
• Pataskala: on the western edge of the county; the Clerk of Courts runs a title office there at 316 Township Rd, but criminal filings and bond paperwork are handled in Newark.
• Hebron: in the southern part of the county; misdemeanor and traffic cases from Hebron go to the Municipal Court in Newark, which hears cases from the whole county.
• Johnstown: in the northwest corner of the county; people arrested there are booked at the Justice Center in Newark.
• Buckeye Lake: near the southern county line; felony cases from the village go to the Court of Common Pleas on Courthouse Square.
• Utica: in the north of the county; families there usually reach us by phone and sign remotely.

Some Ohio cities and villages also run a mayor's court for minor local violations. If a ticket or summons names a mayor's court, that court, not the Municipal Court, has the case, and the paperwork will tell you where to appear.

Charges we bond

The Newark office handles the same charges listed on our Business Profile:

• OVI and DUI bail bonds
• Domestic violence bail bonds
• Drug charge bail bonds
• Felony bail bonds
• Misdemeanor bail bonds
• Warrant bonds and warrant checks
• Weapons charge bail bonds

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