Need help after an arrest in St. Martin, Minnesota? GPS Bail Bonds provides 24/7 assistance with Stearns County Jail information, court-set bail and eligible surety bond options. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office and District Court maintain separate law-enforcement, custody and case resources.
Share the person's name and what you know — that it happened in St. Martin or the surrounding St. Martin Township, and any booking or case details. GPS can help you check Stearns County custody and court information.
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GPS Bail Bonds is available 24/7 to help Minnesota families understand their bail bond options.
Help for families in a southern Stearns County city where the City Clerk handles city business and every criminal-justice step runs through Stearns County.
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St. Martin Bail Assistance
St. Martin has a City Clerk but no police department, jail or court. GPS helps families connect a St. Martin arrest with the Sheriff's dispatch line, the county roster and the right District Court information.
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Available 24/7
Call (763) 288-2581 or send the form any time. GPS answers around the clock; the St. Martin City Clerk, the county offices and the court keep their own schedules.
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Sheriff, Jail & Court Guidance
The Sheriff's Office handles law enforcement for St. Martin, the Stearns County Jail handles custody, and Stearns County District Court decides bail. The city's clerk line is not dispatch — we explain who to contact.
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Clear Premium & Paperwork Guidance
We walk through court-set bail, filed surety rates, the minimum collected before posting, receipts and each signed agreement before you commit to anything.
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Eligible Surety Bond Assistance
When the court authorizes a bond and underwriting is met, GPS can discuss surety options and qualifying payment terms. A cosigner or collateral may be required; nothing is pre-approved.
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Minnesota Statewide Coverage
Stearns County or any other Minnesota county — GPS can help with the jail and court involved. GPS has no office in St. Martin.
A Stearns County Sheriff's deputy or another authorized agency may respond. St. Martin has no municipal police department, and being cited is not the same as being taken to jail.
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Confirm Custody and Booking
Check the official Stearns County current-inmate roster. A recent arrest may not appear yet, and a person may already be released or held on another agency's case.
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Verify Court-Set Bail and Conditions
Stearns County District Court decides whether money bail applies. A judge may set conditions, bail or both. Confirm the terms through the court or another authorized source.
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Contact GPS About Bond Options
Call (763) 288-2581 with whatever identification, custody or case details you have. GPS can explain whether an authorized surety bond may be possible. Approval is not promised.
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Complete Premium, Paperwork & Underwriting
Identification, signed agreements, the approved premium with a receipt and, where required, a cosigner, collateral and underwriting review.
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Post the Bond and Follow Court Orders
Bond acceptance and release processing vary, and another hold can delay release. Afterward, every court appearance and release condition must be followed.
Statewide GPS guides for St. Martin families looking at bail options in a Stearns County case. The order is fixed and is not a ranking of local offenses.
Not every charge is eligible for bail, and no amounts are guaranteed — the court decides in each case.
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What Bail Bonds Cost in St. Martin
St. Martin does not have a separate city bail bond premium schedule. Stearns County District Court determines monetary bail and release conditions, while Minnesota's filed-rate and statutory rules govern commercial surety premiums statewide.
Court-Set Bail vs. Bond Premium
The court sets the bail amount. Paying it directly in cash is one option. A surety bond instead costs a premium — a fee paid to the bail bond agency that is not returned at the end of the case. Minnesota Criminal Procedure Rule 6 ↗ (opens an external site)
Filed Surety Rates & Minimum Upfront Payment
Under Minn. Stat. §60M.02, premiums follow rates filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Bonds of $10,000 or less require at least 50% of the premium collected before posting; bonds greater than $10,000 require at least 30% collected before posting. Any unpaid premium balance requires the applicable approved, signed promissory note and the statutory repayment terms. The statutory minimum premium remains $100. Minnesota §60M.02 — Bail Bond Premiums ↗ (opens an external site)
Promissory Note & Repayment
Any unpaid premium balance is put in writing, with a payment schedule and any allowed interest. The signer is responsible for that balance regardless of how the case ends. The same §60M.02 rules above govern premium payment.
Use the court-set bond amount from the jail or court.
Estimates are for informational purposes only and are not a binding quote or financing offer. Actual premiums are based on the applicable approved surety rate. Payment arrangements depend on eligibility, underwriting, and Minnesota law. Call GPS Bail Bonds for a case-specific quote.
General information under Minnesota Statutes §§60M.02 and 60M.03 — not a quote or legal advice.
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St. Martin Jails & Custody Information
St. Martin has no municipal police department, jail or court. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is the county law-enforcement contact; people held for court are generally booked into Stearns County Jail in St. Cloud, and cases go to Stearns County District Court there — confirm current custody and release terms through official sources.
St. Martin City ClerkContact listed on the city website: 165 West StreetMailing: P.O. Box 245, St. Martin, MN 56376320-548-3569
St. Martin has no police department of its own, and there is no Sheriff's substation in the city; the city's website points residents to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office. For non-emergency matters, use dispatch at 320‑251‑4240. The Records Division (320‑259‑3700) is not dispatch, and Sheriff's administration (320‑259‑3702) is not jail central control. The City Clerk line below is for city business only — it is not law enforcement.
The principal county custody resource for St. Martin arrests, located in St. Cloud. Operated by the Stearns County Sheriff's Office on Courthouse Square. The county's current-inmate roster lists adults presently recorded in custody.
Handles criminal and traffic matters filed in Stearns County, including applicable St. Martin cases. The two Courthouse Square addresses are service locations of one district court, not two courts — confirm the assigned hearing location with the court. Judges determine bail or release conditions; GPS does not set bail amounts or hearing schedules.
Search the Stearns County current-inmate roster by name first — an arrest does not always mean a booking, and the person may already be out. If they aren't listed, call jail central control. The St. Martin City Clerk can't look up inmates or take bail; for a law-enforcement question, call Sheriff's dispatch at 320‑251‑4240.
Stearns County Jail central control (24/7): 320-259-3760
An arrest and a jail booking are different events. Booking at Stearns County Jail involves identification, photographs and records processing, so a recent arrest may not appear on the roster right away. A citation or summons does not automatically mean someone was booked.
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Official Inmate Search
Stearns County's inmate and warrant search page links the current-inmate roster, which shows adults presently recorded in custody. It is not an arrest log, a warrant system or a court record, and it may not update the moment someone is booked or released. GPS is independent of it and cannot change it.
Stearns County District Court may release someone without monetary bail, on conditions, with money bail, or a combination. Conditions such as no-contact or no-alcohol terms still apply after a bond is posted.
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Cash Bail vs. Surety Bond
Cash bail paid directly as the court authorizes is different from a surety premium paid to a bail bond agency, which is not returned. Confirm the bail amount, conditions and payment rules with the facility actually holding the person. Those procedures do not define how GPS accepts payment.
A warrant, another case, or a probation or supervision hold can keep someone in custody even after bail is posted on the St. Martin matter. See our Warrant and Probation Violation guides.
Court dates
Court Appearance Information
Stearns County District Court, part of the Seventh Judicial District, handles criminal cases filed in Stearns County, including applicable St. Martin cases. Criminal and traffic matters use 815 Courthouse Square; civil, family, juvenile and jury services use 725 Courthouse Square — two service locations of one court. The case record shows the actual hearing location. Calendars change, not every case is publicly searchable, and Minnesota Court Records Online is not the live jail roster. Court paperwork controls every appearance and release condition.
Don't wait to have everything. Share what you know and we'll help fill in the rest.
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Defendant's Full Legal Name
As it would appear on an ID, including any middle name.
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Date of Birth or Approximate Age
Helps tell apart people with similar names in jail reports.
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City or County of Arrest
Tell us it happened in St. Martin — or out in St. Martin Township — and anything you know about the arrest. You don't need the booking number or the facility before calling.
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Booking Number, If Available
Shown in jail records. Not required to start.
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Jail, Charge, Court or Bail Info, If Known
Anything you've been told — even partial details help.
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Your Contact Info & Relationship
So we can reach you and know how you're connected to the defendant.
Charge types families often ask about. This is not a local frequency ranking, and there is no St. Martin-specific bail schedule — bail is set by the court.
DWI
Minn. Stat. §169A.20; degrees §§169A.24–.27
Degree depends on prior incidents and aggravating factors. Higher degrees can carry conditional-release requirements such as alcohol monitoring.
St. Martin is a separate incorporated city in southern Stearns County, ZIP 56376, with its own city government and website at stmartinmn.com.
The city sits within St. Martin Township, shown on MnDOT's township map; the township is a separate unit of government, and its officials are not city contacts. For criminal cases, both go through Stearns County.
Minnesota Geographic Names (1920) records St. Martin Township as settled in 1857 and organized in 1863, and its village as founded in 1866. Both are named in honor of St. Martin, bishop of Tours.
The St. Martin Martins play amateur baseball at Ray Weber Field, 112 Birch Street, according to the Minnesota Baseball Association — a long-running part of the town's summers.
City business runs through the City Clerk: the city website lists 165 West Street and 320-548-3569, and municipal payments are mailed to P.O. Box 245. Those are city services — not criminal-bail payment instructions.
County services handle every criminal-justice step: the Stearns County Sheriff's Office (non-emergency 320-251-4240) is the law-enforcement contact, the jail is at 807 Courthouse Square in St. Cloud, and cases go to Stearns County District Court in the Seventh Judicial District.
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St. Martin Bail Bonds FAQs
Yes. Call (763) 288-2581 or use the form at any hour, including nights, weekends and holidays. GPS helps by phone and online and has no St. Martin office.
Yes. St. Martin is an incorporated city in southern Stearns County, ZIP 56376 — not the Louisiana parish or the Caribbean island of the same name.
Yes. The city and the surrounding St. Martin Township are separate governments with separate officials. For criminal cases, both go through Stearns County.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office, through non-emergency dispatch at 320-251-4240; call 911 in an emergency. The City Clerk (320-548-3569) handles city business, not law enforcement.
No. There is no jail or detention center in St. Martin. People held for court are generally booked into the Stearns County Jail in St. Cloud.
Generally at Stearns County Jail, 807 Courthouse Square in St. Cloud. Some people are cited and released, and an arrest by another agency or on another county's warrant can mean another jail.
Open the county's current-inmate roster and search by name, or begin at its inmate and warrant search page. It shows adults presently in custody, not criminal history.
Call jail central control at 320-259-3760, answered 24/7. The booking may not be posted yet, or the person may have been cited, released, transferred or held elsewhere. GPS can help you check.
Stearns County District Court in the Seventh Judicial District, in St. Cloud — criminal and traffic services at 815 Courthouse Square. The court phone is 320-656-3620.
Check the release paperwork, the Stearns court calendar or Minnesota Court Records Online, or call 320-656-3620. Not every hearing appears publicly, and dates can change.
No. The city's payment options cover city bills, not criminal bail. Cash bail goes through the process the court authorizes; a surety bond goes through a licensed bail bond agent.
Premiums follow rates filed under §60M.02, minimum $100. At least 50% is collected before posting on bonds of $10,000 or less (balance within four months), 30% above (within twelve), with a signed promissory note. No plan is guaranteed.
Anything you know: full name, date of birth or approximate age, where in or near St. Martin it happened, the arresting agency, and any booking, charge or bail details. Gaps are fine.
