Bounty Hunting
Alright so since some of you have been asking what bounty hunting is I decided to set up a blog for it. Sooo...What is bounty hunting?
When someone is bailed out by a bail bondsman(see below for any definitions) and gets , the bail bondsman may have to hunt down the person him/herself, or hire Bail Enforcment Agents. These people perform a bounty to get the fugitive back to the bondsman before the bondsman's money is forefieted to the court. There have been few questions arrose with the topic of Bounty Hunting...
Q) Is it legal?
A) YES. Its in the US Constitution, Eighth Ammendment.
Q) Do all States allow bounty hunting?
A) NO. Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Oregon all have laws against bounty hunting/bail bonding.
If you've ever heard of someone being held without bail, that was enacted in the 1984 Bail Reform Act. Bounty Hunters did not have the rule of having a clean criminal record untill the Repsonsibillity Act of 1999. By definition, a bounty hunter has more rights than a police officer, which was enacted by the Taylor v. Taintor court case.
DEFINITIONS
Bail Bondsman- a person who guarantees bail for prisoners, usually charging them a 10% nonrefundable deposit, and who is responsible for paying bail if they flee
Failure to Appear(FTA)- the technical term for skipping out on bail
Bail Enforcement Agent- technical name for a bounty hunter
Bounty- money paid for the return of a criminal, typically ten to twenty percent of the total bail bond
Fugitive- from the latin fugere, meaning "to flee," the word has been with us since Middle English, but could vanish at any moment
Eighth ammendment- Constitutional Amendment that guarantees the accused the right to reasonable bail
1984 Bail Reform Act- act allowing courts to hold prisoners without bail if they are too dangerous to release
Repsonsibillity Act of 1999- a failed congressional bill that sought to impose on bounty hunters the same civil rights restrictions that apply to police
When someone is bailed out by a bail bondsman(see below for any definitions) and gets , the bail bondsman may have to hunt down the person him/herself, or hire Bail Enforcment Agents. These people perform a bounty to get the fugitive back to the bondsman before the bondsman's money is forefieted to the court. There have been few questions arrose with the topic of Bounty Hunting...
Q) Is it legal?
A) YES. Its in the US Constitution, Eighth Ammendment.
Q) Do all States allow bounty hunting?
A) NO. Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Oregon all have laws against bounty hunting/bail bonding.
If you've ever heard of someone being held without bail, that was enacted in the 1984 Bail Reform Act. Bounty Hunters did not have the rule of having a clean criminal record untill the Repsonsibillity Act of 1999. By definition, a bounty hunter has more rights than a police officer, which was enacted by the Taylor v. Taintor court case.
DEFINITIONS
Bail Bondsman- a person who guarantees bail for prisoners, usually charging them a 10% nonrefundable deposit, and who is responsible for paying bail if they flee
Failure to Appear(FTA)- the technical term for skipping out on bail
Bail Enforcement Agent- technical name for a bounty hunter
Bounty- money paid for the return of a criminal, typically ten to twenty percent of the total bail bond
Fugitive- from the latin fugere, meaning "to flee," the word has been with us since Middle English, but could vanish at any moment
Eighth ammendment- Constitutional Amendment that guarantees the accused the right to reasonable bail
1984 Bail Reform Act- act allowing courts to hold prisoners without bail if they are too dangerous to release
Repsonsibillity Act of 1999- a failed congressional bill that sought to impose on bounty hunters the same civil rights restrictions that apply to police
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