The immediate consequences
- Booking and custody until bail is posted or a citation release issues.
- A scheduled bail amount, from the county schedule for the specific section charged.
- A protective order in many cases, especially where the parties know each other.
- An arraignment date, typically within a couple of court days for in-custody defendants.
- For non-citizens, an aggravated assault filing can carry serious immigration exposure — that is an immigration attorney's question, not a bail question.
The longer consequences of a conviction
- Custody or probation with conditions, including anger management in many misdemeanor dispositions.
- A felony §245 conviction involving force likely to produce great bodily injury can qualify as a strike.
- Firearm prohibitions — ten years for many misdemeanors, lifetime for felonies.
- Professional licensing review for nurses, teachers, contractors, and security personnel.
- Civil liability, which runs separately from the criminal case.
What you can control right now
Get out, then prepare. Pretrial custody is the part of this that costs jobs, and it is the only part a bail bond fixes. A misdemeanor assault bond is usually small; a §245 felony filing commonly runs $30,000–$50,000 in Los Angeles, which is $3,000–$5,000 in premium — see assault and battery bail bonds and our bail cost calculator.