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vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearahak%C3%BCtt" title="Pearahakütt – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Pearahakütt" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazarrecompensas" title="Cazarrecompensas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cazarrecompensas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari-ehiztari" title="Sari-ehiztari – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sari-ehiztari" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="شکارچی جایزه‌بگیر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شکارچی جایزه‌بگیر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasseur_de_primes" title="Chasseur de primes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chasseur de primes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemjejager" title="Preemjejager – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Preemjejager" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealgaire_deolchair%C3%AD" title="Sealgaire deolchairí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sealgaire deolchairí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EC%83%81%EA%B8%88_%EC%82%AC%EB%83%A5%EA%BE%BC" title="현상금 사냥꾼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="현상금 사냥꾼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacciatore_di_taglie" title="Cacciatore di taglie – 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiejager" title="Premiejager – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Premiejager" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="バウンティハンター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バウンティハンター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dus%C3%B8rjeger" title="Dusørjeger – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dusørjeger" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk 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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Capitao-mato.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Capitao-mato.jpg/220px-Capitao-mato.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Capitao-mato.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="405" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">An Afro-Brazilian bounty hunter looking for escaped slaves in an 1823 portrait by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Moritz_Rugendas" title="Johann Moritz Rugendas">Johann Moritz Rugendas</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Occupation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Activity sectors</div></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Description</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Fields of<br />employment</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parapolice" title="Parapolice">Parapolice</a> <br /> (quasi-<a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">law enforcement</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Related jobs</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bail_bondsman" title="Bail bondsman">Bail bondsman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thief-taker" title="Thief-taker">thief-taker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vigilantism" title="Vigilantism">vigilante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshal#United_States" title="Marshal">marshal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">mercenary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest" title="Citizen's arrest">citizen's arrest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neighborhood_watch" title="Neighborhood watch">neighborhood watch</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>bounty hunter</b> is a private agent working for a <a href="/wiki/Bail_bondsman" title="Bail bondsman">bail bondsman</a> who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or <a href="/wiki/Bounty_(reward)" title="Bounty (reward)">bounty</a>. The occupation, officially known as a <b>bail enforcement agent</b> or <b>fugitive recovery agent</b>, has traditionally operated outside the legal constraints that govern police officers and other agents of the state. This is because a bail agreement between a <a href="/wiki/Defendant" title="Defendant">defendant</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Bail_bondsman" title="Bail bondsman">bail bondsman</a> is essentially a <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">civil contract</a> that is incumbent upon the bondsman to enforce. Since they are not police officers, bounty hunters are exposed to <a href="/wiki/Legal_liability" title="Legal liability">legal liabilities</a> from which agents of the state are protected as these <a href="/wiki/Qualified_immunity" title="Qualified immunity">immunities</a> enable police to perform their functions effectively without fear of lawsuits. Everyday citizens approached by a bounty hunter are neither required to answer their questions nor allowed to be detained. Bounty hunters are typically <a href="/wiki/Independent_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent contractor">independent contractors</a> paid a commission of the total bail amount that is owed by the fugitive; they provide their own <a href="/wiki/Professional_liability_insurance" title="Professional liability insurance">professional liability insurance</a> and only get paid if they are able to find the "<a href="/wiki/Skiptrace" title="Skiptrace">skip</a>" and bring them in. </p><p>Bounty hunting is a vestige of <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> which was created during the Middle Ages. In the United States, bounty hunters primarily draw their legal <a href="/wiki/Imprimatur" title="Imprimatur">imprimatur</a> from an 1872 Supreme Court decision, <i><a href="/wiki/Taylor_v._Taintor" title="Taylor v. Taintor">Taylor v. Taintor</a></i>. The practice historically existed in many parts of the world; however, as of the 21st century, it is found almost exclusively in the United States as the practice is illegal under the laws of most other countries. State laws vary widely as to the legality of the practice; <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> have outlawed commercial bail bonds, while <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> offers few regulations governing the practice.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Before_the_Civil_War">Before the Civil War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Before the Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Slave_catcher" title="Slave catcher">Slave catcher</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Old_West">The Old West</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Old West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1873, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> noted that bounty hunters were a part of the U.S. law enforcement system with a decision in <i><a href="/wiki/Taylor_v._Taintor" title="Taylor v. Taintor">Taylor v. Taintor</a></i>:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When the bail is given, the principal is regarded as delivered to the custody of his sureties. Their domain is a continuance of the original imprisonment. Whenever they choose to do so, they may seize him and deliver him up to his discharge; and if it cannot be done at once, they may imprison him until it can be done. They may exercise their rights in person or by agent. They may pursue him into another state; may arrest him on the Sabbath; and if necessary, may break and enter his house for that purpose. The seizure is not made by virtue of due process. None is needed. It is likened to the arrest by the <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a> of an escaped prisoner.</p></blockquote> <p>Bounty hunters at the time were used to catch wanted criminals and children who ran away from the <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools" title="American Indian boarding schools">American Indian Boarding Schools</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Modern_times">Modern times</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In modern times, bounty hunters carry out arrests mostly of those who have skipped bail or whose bail has been revoked; but are often referred to as and typically prefer to be identified by more formal titles such as "bail enforcement agents" or "fugitive recovery agents".<sup id="cite_ref-insi_Bail_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insi_Bail-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dos._NYSD_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dos._NYSD-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When undertaking arrest warrants, agents may wear <a href="/wiki/Bulletproof_vest" title="Bulletproof vest">bullet-resistant vests</a>, badges, and other clothing bearing the inscription "bail enforcement agent" or similar titles.<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many agents arm themselves with firearms, or sometimes with less lethal weapons, such as <a href="/wiki/Taser" title="Taser">tasers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)" title="Baton (law enforcement)">batons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tear_gas" title="Tear gas">tear gas</a> (<a href="/wiki/CS_gas" title="CS gas">CS gas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pepper_spray" title="Pepper spray">pepper spray</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Pepper-spray_projectile" title="Pepper-spray projectile">pepper spray projectiles</a>. </p><p>In the United States, the National Association of Fugitive Recovery Agents is the professional association representing this industry.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Domestic_practice">Domestic practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Domestic practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bounty hunters in the United States are employed by <a href="/wiki/Bail_bondsman" title="Bail bondsman">bail bondsmen</a>. The bounty hunter is usually paid about 10% of the total bail amount, but this commission can vary on an individual, case-by-case basis, usually depending upon the difficulty level of the assignment and the approach used to exonerate the bail bond. If the fugitive eludes bail, the bondsman, not the bounty hunter, is responsible for 100% of the total bail amount. This is a way of ensuring clients arrive at trial. As of 2003, bounty hunters claimed to catch 31,500 bail jumpers per year, about 90% of people who jump bail.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070922_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070922-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bounty hunters have varying levels of authority in their duties with regard to their targets, depending on which states they operate in. Barring restrictions applicable state by state, a bounty hunter may enter the fugitive's legal residence without any <a href="/wiki/Warrant_(law)" title="Warrant (law)">warrant</a>, besides the original bail bonds contract signed by the fugitive, to execute a re-arrest. </p><p>In some states, bounty hunters do not undergo any formal training,<sup id="cite_ref-Bounty_Hunter_Blitz_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bounty_Hunter_Blitz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are generally unlicensed, only requiring sanction from a bail bondsman to operate. In other states, however, they are held to varying standards of training and <a href="/wiki/License" title="License">license</a>. State legal requirements are often imposed on out-of-state bounty hunters, so a fugitive could temporarily escape rearrest by entering a state in which the bail agent has limited or no jurisdiction.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=" (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Laws_and_regulation">Laws and regulation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Laws and regulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States legal system, the 1873 <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case <i><a href="/wiki/Taylor_v._Taintor" title="Taylor v. Taintor">Taylor v. Taintor</a></i>, 16 Wall (83 U.S. 366, 21 L.Ed. 287), is cited as having established that the person into whose custody an accused is remanded as part of the accuser's bail has sweeping rights to that person.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though this may have been accurate at the time the decision was reached, the portion cited was <a href="/wiki/Obiter_dictum" title="Obiter dictum">obiter dictum</a> and has no binding precedential value.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2008, four states, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, prohibited the practice, as they have abolished commercial bail bonds and banned the commercial bail bonds industry within their borders.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2012, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> similarly prohibit surety bail bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-Bail_Bonds_Information_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bail_Bonds_Information-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The states of Texas and California require a license to engage in bounty hunting while other states may have no restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been some states that have rolled out specific laws that govern bounty hunting. For example, Minnesota laws provide that a bounty hunter cannot drive a white, black, maroon, or dark green vehicle, or wear any colors that are reserved for the police in the state (e.g. maroon, which is worn by the Minnesota Highway Patrol).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Connecticut">Connecticut</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Connecticut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The State of <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> has a detailed licensing process which requires any person who wants to engage in the business as a bail enforcement agent (bounty hunter) to first obtain a professional license from the Commissioner of Public Safety; specifically detailing that "No person shall, as surety on a bond in a criminal proceeding or as an agent of such surety, engage in the business of taking or attempting to take into custody the principal on the bond who has failed to appear in court and for whom a re-arrest warrant or <a href="/wiki/Capias" class="mw-redirect" title="Capias">capias</a> has been issued unless such person is licensed as a bail enforcement agent". Connecticut has strict standards which require bail enforcement agents to pass an extensive background check and, while engaging in fugitive recovery operations, wear a uniform, notify the local police barrack, wear a badge, and only carry licensed and approved firearms, including handguns and long guns which are permitted. Recently, the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Police" title="Connecticut State Police">Connecticut State Police</a> converted its bail enforcement agent licensing unit to reflect the role bail enforcement agents play in the Connecticut criminal justice system; placing them in the newly defined Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.<sup id="cite_ref-Connecticut_Department_of_Emergency_Services_&_Public_Protection_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connecticut_Department_of_Emergency_Services_&_Public_Protection-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several schools in Connecticut have obtained certification by the Connecticut State Police to pre-license bail enforcement agents in a minimum of 20 hours of criminal justice training and a minimum of eight hours of firearms training. Some of the more advanced schools offer specialized training in the area of tactical firearms to prepare BEAs for conducting dangerous recovery operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Tactical_Recovery_Network_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tactical_Recovery_Network-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Florida">Florida</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Florida"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Florida, only a "limited surety agent" licensed by the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Department_of_Financial_Services" title="Florida Department of Financial Services">Florida Department of Financial Services</a> - Bureau of Agent and Agency Licensing, may legally apprehend bail fugitives in addition to law enforcement's ability to arrest a fugitive pursuant to a bench warrant.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Chapter 648 of Florida Statute regarding Bail Bond Agents, "A person may not represent himself or herself to be a bail enforcement agent, bounty hunter, or other similar title in this state."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Louisiana">Louisiana</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Louisiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> requires bounty hunters to wear clothing identifying them as such.<sup id="cite_ref-ABClaws_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABClaws-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nevada">Nevada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Nevada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> bounty hunter is referred to as a bail enforcement agent or bail enforcement solicitor. In order to meet state requirements, the bail agent must complete a minimum 80 hours of training (or a POST certification), and that they pass the required examinations and obtain a bail enforcement agent license by the Nevada Division of Insurance within nine months of employment.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To acquire such license, one must be at least 21 years old, a United States citizen, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and undergo the required training and pass a state examination.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=" (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas">Texas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Texas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> bounty hunter is required to be a peace officer, Level III (armed) <a href="/wiki/Security_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Security officer">security officer</a>, or a <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private investigator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2016)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_action_by_U.S._bounty_hunters">International action by U.S. bounty hunters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: International action by U.S. bounty hunters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>International extradition exists only by authority of an international treaty with the nation where the fugitive is located. Extradition treaties limit extradition to certain offenses and not all fugitives can be extradited. Generally, the crime being charged against the fugitive must be recognized as a crime in the jurisdiction from which extradition is being sought. </p><p>Bail fugitive recovery agents may run into serious legal problems if they try to apprehend fugitives outside the United States, where they have no legal authority to arrest, and taking a person into custody could be charged as kidnapping or some other serious crime. While the United States government and most states recognize a bail agent or fugitive recovery agent's powers of arrest, the governments in other countries, including sovereign Native American territories within the United States, do not recognize a bail agent's or fugitive recovery agent's powers of arrest. </p><p>Bounty hunter <a href="/wiki/Duane_Chapman" title="Duane Chapman">Duane "Dog" Chapman</a>, star of the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Dog_the_Bounty_Hunter" title="Dog the Bounty Hunter">Dog the Bounty Hunter</a></i>, was arrested in Mexico after he apprehended the multi-millionaire rapist and fugitive <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Luster" title="Andrew Luster">Andrew Luster</a>. Chapman was subsequently released,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070922_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070922-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was later declared a fugitive by a Mexican prosecutor and was subsequently arrested in the United States to be extradited back to Mexico. All charges were later dropped due to the crime passing the statute of limitations date. Chapman has maintained that under Mexico's citizen arrest law, he and his crew acted under proper policy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=" (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_action_against_bounty_hunters">Legal action against bounty hunters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bounty_hunter&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legal action against bounty hunters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniel Kear of <a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, Virginia</a>, pursued and abducted <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Jaffe" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidney Jaffe">Sidney Jaffe</a> at a residence in Canada and returned him to Florida to face trial. Kear was extradited to Canada in 1983, and convicted of kidnapping.<sup id="cite_ref-Covey2003_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Covey2003-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several bounty hunters have been arrested for killing a fugitive or apprehending the wrong individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-Bounty_Hunters_Arrested_for_Kidnapping_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bounty_Hunters_Arrested_for_Kidnapping-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike police officers, they have no legal protections against injuries to non-fugitives and few legal protections against injuries to their targets.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=" (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In a Texas case, bounty hunters Richard James and his partner DG Pearson were arrested in 2001 for felony charges during an arrest. The charges were levied by the fugitive and his family, but were later dismissed against the hunters after the fugitive's wife shot a deputy sheriff in another arrest attempt of the fugitive by the county sheriff's department. The hunters sued the fugitive and family, winning the civil suit for <a href="/wiki/Malicious_prosecution" title="Malicious prosecution">malicious prosecution</a> with a judgment amount of $1.5 million.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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call">Duck call</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghillie_suit" title="Ghillie suit">Ghillie suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_bag" title="Hunting bag">Hunting bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_weapon" title="Hunting weapon">Hunting weapon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_gun" title="Air gun">Air gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assegai" title="Assegai">Assegai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">Bow and arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_spear" title="Bear spear">Bear spear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar_spear" title="Boar spear">Boar spear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">Boomerang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blowgun" title="Blowgun">Blowgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossbow" title="Crossbow">Crossbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punt_gun" title="Punt gun">Punt gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spear-thrower" title="Spear-thrower">Spear-thrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">Shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_sword" title="Hunting sword">Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwing_stick" title="Throwing stick">Throwing stick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer (firearms)">Silencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_brake" title="Shooting brake">Shooting brake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sticks_(weapon_mount)" title="Shooting sticks (weapon mount)">Shooting sticks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Game_(hunting)" title="Game (hunting)">Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_hunting" title="Alligator hunting">Alligator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_hunting" title="Bear hunting">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Five_game" title="Big Five game">Big five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bison_hunting" title="Bison hunting">Bison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar_hunting" title="Boar hunting">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coon_hunting" title="Coon hunting">Raccoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_hunting" title="Deer hunting">Deer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deer_stalking" title="Deer stalking">Stalking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_hunting" title="Fox hunting">Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_coursing" title="Hare coursing">Hare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_hunting" class="mw-redirect" title="Human hunting">Human</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Headhunting" title="Headhunting">Headhunting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackal_coursing" title="Jackal coursing">Jackal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mink_hunting" title="Mink hunting">Mink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains_game" title="Plains game">Plains game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbiting" title="Rabbiting">Rabbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rook_shooting" title="Rook shooting">Rook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_hunting" title="Tiger hunting">Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_hunting" title="Turkey hunting">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turtling_(hunting)" title="Turtling (hunting)">Turtle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_hunting" title="Lion hunting">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quail_hunting" title="Quail hunting">Quail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_hunting" title="Wolf hunting">Wolf</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_hunting_with_dogs" title="Wolf hunting with dogs">With dogs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_hunting" title="Seal hunting">Seal</a></li> <li>Squirrel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Squirrel_poaching" title="Squirrel poaching">Poaching</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whaling" title="Whaling">Whale</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_whaling" title="Aboriginal whaling">Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_drive_hunting" title="Dolphin drive hunting">Dolphin drive hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsistence_hunting_of_the_bowhead_whale" title="Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale">Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_jump" title="Buffalo jump">Buffalo jump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_pound" title="Buffalo pound">Buffalo pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_(land)" title="Chase (land)">Chase (land)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_park_(England)" title="Deer park (England)">Deer park (England)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_forest" title="Deer forest">Deer forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_kite" title="Desert kite">Desert kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_larder" title="Game larder">Game larder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_reserve" title="Game reserve">Game reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_farm" title="Game farm">Game farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guest_ranch" title="Guest ranch">Guest ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_blind" title="Hunting blind">Hunting blind</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bird_hide" title="Bird hide">Bird hide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salter_(trap)" title="Salter (trap)">Salter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_lodge" title="Sporting lodge">Sporting lodge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdschloss" title="Jagdschloss">Jagdschloss</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_trap" title="Wolf trap">Wolf trap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By location</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia" title="Hunting in Australia">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dugong_hunting_in_Australia" title="Dugong hunting in Australia">Dugong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_industry" title="Kangaroo industry">Kangaroo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Azerbaijan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historical_tiger_hunts_in_Azerbaijan" title="Historical tiger hunts in Azerbaijan">Tiger</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Cambodia" title="Hunting in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li>Chad <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_hunting_in_Chad" title="Elephant hunting in Chad">Elephant</a></li></ul></li> <li>Greenland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reindeer_hunting_in_Greenland" title="Reindeer hunting in Greenland">Reindeer</a></li></ul></li> <li>India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_poaching_in_India" title="Tiger poaching in India">Tiger poaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhino_poaching_in_Assam" title="Rhino poaching in Assam">Rhino poaching in Assam</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kenya <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_hunting_in_Kenya" title="Elephant hunting in Kenya">Elephant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_New_Zealand" title="Hunting in New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helicopter-based_hunting_in_Fiordland" title="Helicopter-based hunting in Fiordland">Helicopter-based hunting in Fiordland</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pakistan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trophy_hunting_in_Pakistan" title="Trophy hunting in Pakistan">Trophy hunting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Russia" title="Hunting in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Romania" title="Hunting in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Spain" title="Hunting in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li>Switzerland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_hunting_reserves_in_Switzerland" title="List of federal hunting reserves in Switzerland">Federal hunting reserves</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tonga <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pigeon_snaring" title="Pigeon snaring">Pigeon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_the_United_States" title="Hunting in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_fishing_in_Alaska" title="Hunting and fishing in Alaska">Alaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Driven_grouse_shooting" title="Driven grouse shooting">Driven grouse shooting</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulation and conservation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bag_(fishing_and_hunting)" title="Bag (fishing and hunting)">Bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bag_limits" title="Bag limits">Bag limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_officer" title="Conservation officer">Conservation officer</a></li> <li><a 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