![]() The people they capture go right to jail. They are not law enforcement and have no need for any types of pending arrest or search warrants because their clients are out on bond and part of their agreement in not staying in jail was to sign away these rights. Ofcourse ours tends to be very thankless as well. Personally, since much of what they do ends up in civil court from lawsuits usually started by the families of the very people who lost their homes putting up the bond in the first place I do not see the appeal in this thankless job. They are allowed to protect themselves which is why they have similar tools and equipment as L.E. They don't even have to knock on the door and can go through it if need be. ![]() They need only to know the guy they are tasked to take into custody is at a location and they can take them into custody. The have to obtain a license in my state and it gives them way more authority in going after bail jumpers. What is the "line" that bounty hunters have to stay within before they venture onto impersonating some kind of officer? What rules do they have to follow? Can they detain people who aren't the person they are after? Can they make traffic stops?Īre they the same thing as a bail bondsman?It all depends on the state as far as their powers go. I saw them wearing badges on the show, is this legal, do they give them any legal authority? The use of badges, body armor, etc, which resemble that used by LE, probably "pushes the envelope" with regard to impersonating an Officer, but doesn't quite commit the offense within legal requirements.Īlso, can someone enlighten me into how the whole bounty hunter process works, what its purpose is and what their legal rights are? He'll tell you he doesn't believe in guns. "Dog" is a convicted felon,and thus cannot carry firearms. "Dog the Bounty Hunter "aka Dwayne Chapman has his own TV reality show. The ruling is predicated on the premise that Bondsmen/Bounty hunters are not LE Officers, and thus not subject to the same restrictions that would be placed on LE Officers. The authority of Bondsman to pursue into other states, apprehend skips without warrants, etc is based on an 1870's US Supreme Court Decision. If the Bondsman has the reputation of not picking up his "skips" he's essentially finished as a Bondsman. Word travels rather quickly among the criminal element. There is also the question of reputation. Too much of that eats deeply into the profit margin of the bonding agency. Should the defendent not appear, the Bondsman"eats" the bond at it's face value. The precise precentage depends on the state involved. The fee for this service varies from 10-13-15% of the face value of the bond. Very basically, a Bondsman puts up bond/bail to guarantee a defendent's appearence in court. These individuals essentially work for, or are, Bail Bondsmen. Bounty Hunter(s),Bail Enforcement Agent,etc, all the same animal.
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