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Bail bonds in Ross, Texas.

If someone was arrested in Ross, they are booked into the McLennan County Detention Center on East Highway 6 in Waco — the only facility in the county that accepts bonds. Our office is minutes from that door, and we are open every hour of the year. Paperwork is filed within 30–45 minutes of agreement.

Ross at a glance

Booking facility

McLennan County Detention Center, 3201 E Hwy 6 — about 4 minutes from our office

Our office

700 E Waco Dr B, Waco, TX 76704

Paperwork filed

Within 30–45 minutes of agreement

Availability

Bondsman on duty 24 hours, 365 days


The process here

What a Ross arrest looks like

01

Arrest and transport

Police in Ross, the McLennan County Sheriff and DPS all transport to the same detention center on East Highway 6 in Waco.

02

Booking

Fingerprints, photograph and property intake. This is where most of the waiting happens, and it is the stage nobody can shorten — including us.

03

Bail is set

Misdemeanors often follow a bail schedule and are known immediately. Felonies are set at magistration, usually within 24 hours of booking.

04

We post the bond

Once the amount is on the record and the agreement is signed, we file. Release then depends on the jail working through its queue.


Nearby

Other towns we serve in McLennan County

Waco Bellmead Hewitt Woodway Robinson Lorena China Spring Lacy Lakeview Beverly Hills McGregor Crawford Riesel Mart Bruceville-Eddy Moody West Valley Mills Gholson Hallsburg Leroy Elm Mott Downsville Golinda

Locally

Not sure what kind of charge it is? Call and describe it. It costs nothing to ask.

Call (254) 855-9885 See our rates

A town of a few hundred, policed by the county

Ross is an incorporated city in northern McLennan County with a population of around 245 at the 2020 census — small enough that day-to-day patrol falls largely to the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, with the Department of Public Safety covering the highways.

A bondable arrest goes to the McLennan County Detention Center on East Highway 6 in Waco, the only facility in the county where bonds are posted. It does not matter which agency made the arrest or how small the town is; the destination is the same.

What a small town does not change

The process runs the same way it does for Waco. Booking takes as long as it takes. A magistrate sets bail, usually within 24 hours, and sooner for misdemeanors on a bail schedule. Once the amount is on the record and the agreement is signed, we file within 30–45 minutes.

What a small town does change is how quickly word travels, which is why we handle these quietly. Neighbours, employers and the rest of the family hear nothing from us.