Understanding Bond Payment at Taylor County Detention: Cash, Surety, and Clerk Office Rules
Posting bond is stressful when you're trying to move fast. Here's how bond payment works at Taylor County Detention—when you can pay at the jail, what
You can pay a bond at the Taylor County Detention Center at any time. That means you don’t have to wait for specific “bond hours” to bring money in - if you’re ready to post it, the facility’s guidance says you can do it whenever you arrive.
Taylor County Detention requires bond payments to be made in cash, and they require exact change. Plan for that before you leave home: if you show up with the wrong amount, you may have to leave and come back. Cards, checks, and “we’ll figure it out at the counter” aren’t part of how bond is collected at the facility - cash and exact change is the rule.
Not every bond can be posted at the detention center. If the bond is a cash bond over $10,000, or if it’s a property bond, it has to be posted at the Circuit or County Clerk’s office (which one depends on the case).
Surety Partially Secured
- ✓ Be a Kentucky resident
- ✓ Have a valid Kentucky driver’s license or Kentucky ID
- ✓ Be at least 18 years old
- ✓ Be employed
- ✓ Have no pending felony charges and no convicted felony charges
- ✓ Not be the defendant or a co-defendant in the case
For a partially secured bond, the required cash deposit is 10% of the bond amount, with a minimum deposit of $5. So if the bond is set at $1,000, the deposit would be $100; if the bond is very low, the deposit still can’t be less than $5.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Bring cash in the exact amount required - Taylor County Detention only accepts cash with exact change for bond payments
- ✓ If you’re acting as a surety, bring a valid Kentucky driver’s license or Kentucky ID
- ✓ Before you head out, consider calling ahead to confirm you’re using the right place to post (the jail vs. the Circuit/County Clerk) and that you have what you need
Note: If the bond is over $10,000 cash or it’s a property bond, you’ll need to post it through the Circuit/County Clerk’s office (depending on the case), not at the detention center.
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