My question involves criminal records for the state of: Texas
My son was arrested for theft of less than $50.00 class C misdeamnor. When I went to the jail to bail him out, I was told that I could get a bail bondsman for a $400.00 bond or pay $200.00. I paid the $200.00, I called the police department a couple of days later to see if he would be going to court and was told to call the court clerk and asked about deferred ajudication. I called the court clerk and was told that the $200.00 was the fine and that it would go on his record as a class C misdeamnor and would remain there forever. My question is so by paying the fine I did not think that it was a plea of guilt only the amount to bail out. I would hate for this to remain on his record. What can I do?

