Forfeiture prevention
Prevent forfeitures. Captira does the work.
Every bail agent has a forfeiture story, or works twice as hard to make sure they don't get one. Captira automates the alerts, reminders, location tracking, and re-arrest monitoring that turn that grind into a system.
| Defendant | Power | Date | Time | Court | Notified | Set for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, James | 562-10 | 5/4/26 | 9:00 AM | Gloversville City | Pre-Trial | |
| Bautista, Maria | 562-11 | 5/6/26 | 1:30 PM | Johnstown City | Arraignment | |
| Russo, Anthony | 563-04 | 5/7/26 | 10:15 AM | County Court | Probation Violation | |
| Henderson, Henry | 562-22 | 5/12/26 | 9:30 AM | Gloversville City | Pre-Trial Conf. | |
| Patel, Anika | 563-09 | 5/14/26 | 2:00 PM | County Court | Sentencing | |
| Tran, David | 562-30 | 5/15/26 | 11:00 AM | Johnstown City | Trial |
Worked example
One week with Captira on a real-shaped case.
Defendant J. Smith. $10,000 bond, posted Monday. Here's what Captira does so you don't.
Monday
Bond posted, case file opened
Indemnitors, contacts, and court dates loaded into the file. Check-in schedule activated. Court date reminders queued. You move on with your day.
Tuesday
First check-in arrives
Defendant texts in on schedule. GPS captures location. Matches the address on file. No call needed.
Wednesday
Court date reminder fires
Automated SMS goes out to the defendant and the two contacts on file for Friday's 9 AM hearing. Three days of margin.
Thursday
Daily check-in confirms pattern
GPS shows the defendant 3 miles from baseline. Within your configured GeoFence threshold. No alert.
Friday
Court appearance closed out
Defendant appears. You mark the date complete in the case file. Captira archives the reminder thread.
Saturday
GeoFence trips, you're notified
Defendant 71 miles from last check-in. You receive an SMS and an email within seconds. You reach the defendant in 5 minutes.
Sunday
Resolved, no forfeiture
Defendant was at a family wedding. Marked OK in the case file. Captira keeps the location history. Risk closed before it ever became one.
Sound familiar?
The work of preventing a forfeiture is invisible until it isn't.
It's Friday afternoon. You're chasing next week's court dates, calling defendants who haven't responded, and hunting an indemnitor's number you wrote on the back of an envelope.
Nothing has actually gone wrong yet. That's the deal you've made: spend the whole week preventing the thing that hasn't happened, so it doesn't happen.
How it works
Four signals that keep forfeitures from happening.
Captira watches court dates, check-ins, location, and outside events so you don't have to make a hundred phone calls a week.
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Court dates tracked + reminded
Every court date in the case file. Automated reminders to the defendant and their indemnitors and contacts. Missed dates surface before they become forfeitures.
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Check-ins on autopilot
Scheduled check-in reminders go out by text. Defendants respond, you stop making phone calls. GPS captures location automatically when they check in.
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GeoFencing on movement, not perimeter
Set a configurable distance threshold. When a defendant's location drifts beyond their pattern (default 60 miles), Captira alerts you instantly by text and email.
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Re-arrests caught across states
Defendant Watch monitors multi-state booking systems. If a defendant gets re-arrested anywhere we cover, you know before it shows up in your inbox the hard way.
What your day actually looks like
The signals that prevent forfeitures, hitting your phone.
Court date reminders sent. Check-ins arriving. GeoFence alerts firing. Re-arrests caught. All on the case file, all without you making a call.
Court date reminder sent
J. Smith · 5/22 9:00 AM · defendant + 2 contacts
Check-in received
M. Doe · GPS · 2.4 mi from baseline
GeoFence alert · out of pattern
T. Park · 47 mi from last check-in
Re-arrest detected
R. Lee · Cook County, IL · booked 12:42 AM
Features that back it up
The tools doing the heavy lifting.
Every claim above maps to a real Captira feature, working on every active case file in your agency.
Court date tracking
Track multiple court dates per case. Automated reminders to defendants, indemnitors, and contacts. Missed-date escalation built in.
GPS check-ins + GeoFencing
Configurable check-in cadence. GPS captured automatically. Movement alerts with a distance threshold you control. Locations viewable on Google Maps.
Defendant Watch
Multi-state re-arrest monitoring. Notification fires the moment a tracked defendant is booked into a covered jurisdiction. Catches what manual checks can't.
Intake
Payments
Case mgmt
Notes
Collab
These three are what backs the forfeiture-prevention story. Captira has 20+ more capabilities across intake, payments, case management, court tracking, and reporting.
Why it works
Why bail agents choose Captira.
The work happens on its own
Reminders go out, check-ins arrive, alerts fire. You stop calling defendants and start running the agency.
Earlier signals than radius geofences
Pattern-aware alerts fire when behavior changes, not when someone visits family two towns over. Fewer false alarms, faster real ones.
Visibility manual checks can't give you
Re-arrest monitoring across covered states catches what a small agency could never check manually. One catch pays for years of Captira.
Every signal lands on the case file
Court dates, check-ins, GPS history, GeoFence alerts, re-arrest notifications. All on the defendant record. Nothing gets scattered to text threads or sticky notes.
Pricing
Try the whole platform for $1.
No tiered features, no add-on fees for the essentials. One price, the whole agency.
Then $99/mo. Cancel anytime, no contract.
- Full platform, every feature
- Free digital signing included
- Automated check-ins, court reminders, and alerts
- Multi-user, multi-office
Small agency? If you have fewer than 4 staff, ask about our 3-month emerging-agency discount. Talk to us about what's possible.
No demo calls. No sales pitch.
Try the actual product for $1. You decide if it fits your agency, not a salesperson.
Common questions
What agents ask us first.
What's the total monthly cost? Are there hidden add-ons?
How long does it take to migrate from my current system?
How much training is involved?
What hours is support available?
What happens after the $1 first month ends?
What if my defendant doesn't have a smartphone?
Does Defendant Watch cover my state?
Can multiple staff use one account?
What happens if a defendant ignores check-in reminders?
Is the $1 first month a trick?
Let Captira do the forfeiture work.
One prevented $10,000 forfeiture pays for Captira for over eight years. Try it on one defendant for $1. Cancel anytime.