The holidays are the best nights of the year in Las Vegas — and this year, they’re also the most watched. Metro has doubled its DUI blitzes for the holiday season: instead of one blitz a month, officers are running two a month from October through December, with around 30 extra officers out on blitz nights. Halloween weekend showed exactly what that looks like — in a single night, officers made 271 traffic stops, arrested 25 people for DUI, wrote 171 citations, and towed 28 cars.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s are still ahead, and every one of them will bring more blitzes. If the call comes in the middle of the night — and it usually does — here’s what you need to know. And first: don’t feel bad, and don’t let them feel bad either. Everyone is capable of having a bad day. My job is to get your person home, not to judge anybody.
What a holiday DUI costs
The court sets the bail amount — I don’t. For a typical first-offense DUI in Las Vegas, bail is usually $2,000. My fee is the premium Nevada law sets for every bondsman: 15%, which is $300 on a $2,000 bond, and I charge no other fees.
But please hear this part: $300 is not a flat price for every DUI. Bail can be set higher when there’s property damage, when someone was hurt, or when a driver fled the scene. And a DUI stop often comes with traffic tickets on top of it — things like following too closely or speeding — and those can carry their own bail amounts. The only honest way to know the number is to look at the actual charges, and I’ll do that with you on the phone before you agree to anything. I explain the math in more detail in my post on how much a bail bond costs in Las Vegas.
How getting them out works with me
You never have to come to an office. I handle everything by phone, the paperwork is electronic, and once we talk I’m usually on my way to post the bond within minutes — at 2 p.m. or 2 a.m., Christmas Eve included. You can read more about how I handle DUI bail bonds in Las Vegas here. If money is the obstacle, ask me about a payment plan: most start at 10% down, and for local homeowners there’s a no-money-down option with your home as collateral. And if you’re worried about affording bail at all, I wrote about your options. If you need more than bail — a warrant search, a court date update, or the name of a defense attorney I trust — just ask.
If you get that late-night call
- Stay calm. Write down their full name and, if they can tell you, where they were taken.
- Don’t wait until morning — bail doesn’t get cheaper, and the faster we start, the faster they’re home.
- Call me at (702) 222-2245. I’ll confirm the charges and the bail amount and tell you exactly what it costs — no pressure and no obligation.
I’m Christine Shea, owner of Bad Girl Bail Bonds, Nevada license #681107, right here in Las Vegas at 515 S 3rd St Ste B. I answer my own phone, 24 hours a day, all holiday season long. If someone you love is sitting in jail tonight, call me at (702) 222-2245 and let’s bring them home.