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For other uses, see Bounty hunter (disambiguation).

A bounty hunter captures fugitives for a monetary reward (bounty). A fugitive is a person who is fleeing from Custody, whether it be from private Slavery, a government Arrest, government or non-government questioning Money is anything that is generally accepted as Payment for Goods and services and repayment of Debts. A bounty (from Latin bonitās, goodness is a Payment or reward often offered by a group as an incentive for the accomplishment of a task by someone usually not associated Other names, mainly used in the US, include bail agent, bail enforcement agent, bail officer, fugitive recovery agent, fugitive recovery officer and bail fugitive recovery specialist.

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Laws in the U. S.

In the United States legal system, the 1872 U.S. Supreme Court case Taylor v. Taintor, 16 Wall (83 U. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Taylor v Taintor, 83 US 366 ( 1872) was a United States Supreme Court case that is commonly referred to as having decided a person (such as 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 accused's bail has sweeping rights to recover that person (although this may have been accurate at the time the decision was reached, the portion cited was obiter dicta and has no binding precedential value). Traditionally bail is some form of Property deposited or pledged to a Court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding An obiter dictum (plural obiter dicta, often referred to simply as dicta) Latin for a statement "said by the way" is a Most bounty hunters are employed by a bail bondsman: the bounty hunter is paid a portion of the bail the fugitive initially paid. A bail bond agent, or bondsman is any person or corporation which will act as a Surety and pledge money or property as Bail for the appearance of a criminal If the fugitive eludes bail, the bondsman, not the bounty hunter, is responsible for the remainder of the fugitive's bail.

Thus, the bounty hunter is the bail bondsman's way of ensuring his clients arrive at trial. In the United States, bounty hunters catch an estimated 31,500 bail jumpers per year, about 90% of people who jump bail. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] Bounty hunters are also sometimes known as "bail enforcement agents" or "fugitive recovery agents," which are the preferred industry and polite terms, but in common speech (ned language), they are still called "bounty hunters".

Bounty hunters are sometimes called "skiptracers," but this usage can be misleading. Skiptracing (also skip tracing) is a colloquial term used to describe the process of locating a person's whereabouts for any number of purposes While bounty hunters are often skiptracers as well, skiptracing generally refers to the process of searching for an individual through less direct methods than active pursuit and apprehension, such as private investigators or debt collectors. Skiptracing can also refer to searches related to a civil matter and does not always imply criminal conduct on the part of the individual being traced.

In the United States of America, bounty hunters have varying levels of authority in their duties with regard to their targets, depending on the states in which they operate. As opined in Taylor v. Taintor, and barring restrictions applicable state by state, a bounty hunter can enter the fugitive's private property without a warrant in order to execute a re-arrest. Property is any physical or virtual entity that is owned by an individual Most often the term warrant refers to a specific type of Authorization; a Writ issued by a competent officer usually a Judge or Magistrate In some states, bounty hunters do not undergo any formal training, 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 licensure. In California, bounty hunters must undergo a background check and complete various courses that satisfy the penal code 1299 requirements. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. [2] In most states they are prohibited from carrying firearms without proper permits. A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion Louisiana requires bounty hunters to wear clothing identifying them as such. [3] In Kentucky, bounty hunting is generally not allowed because the state does not have a system of bail bondsmen, and releases bailed suspects through the state's Pretrial Services division of the courts, thus there is no bondsman with the right to apprehend the fugitive. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Generally, only fugitives who have fled bail on federal charges from another state where bounty hunting is legal are allowed to be hunted in Kentucky. [3] In Texas, every bounty hunter is required to be a peace officer, Level III (armed) security officer, or a private investigator. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A law enforcement officer (also called peace officer) in North America, is any public-sector person charged with upholding the peace, mainly A security guard or security officer is usually a privately and formally employed person who is paid to protect Property, assets or people A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake [4]

State legal requirements are often imposed on out-of-state bounty hunters, meaning a suspect could temporarily escape re-arrest by entering a state in which the bail agent has limited or no jurisdiction.

International laws and legal protection

Bounty hunters can run into serious legal problems if they try to get fugitives from other countries. Laws in nearly all countries outside the U. S. , which do not permit bounty hunting, would label the re-arrest of any fugitive "kidnapping" or the bail agent may incur the punishments of some other serious crime. In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment Noted bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman (star of the TV series Dog the Bounty Hunter) was arrested in Mexico after he apprehended the multi-millionaire rapist and fugitive Andrew Luster. Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman (born February 2, 1953 in Denver Colorado) is an American Bounty hunter and Bail bondsman Dog the Bounty Hunter is a Reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's operations at his job Da Kine Bail The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor Sr [1] Chapman was later himself declared a fugitive by a Mexican prosecutor and was subsequently arrested in the United States to be extradited back to Mexico even though under Mexico's citizen arrest law, Dog and his crew acted under proper policy and broke no other Mexican laws. Daniel Kear pursued and apprehended Sidney Jaffe at a residence in Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Kear was extradited to Canada, and convicted of kidnapping. [5] While the United States Government generally allows the activities of bounty hunters in the United States, the government is not as tolerant of these activities when they cause problems with other sovereign nations. Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself [5] Several bounty hunters have also been arrested for killing a fugitive or apprehending the wrong person, mistaking them for a fugitive. Unlike police officers, they have no legal protections against injuries to non-fugitives and few legal protections against injuries to their targets. In a Texas case, Bounty Hunters Richard James and his partner DG Pearson, were arrested in 2001 for felony charges during an arrest. Richard James may refer to Richard T James, American toy inventor Richard D 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 husband/fugitive by the county sheriff's department. The Hunters sued the fugitive and family, winning the civil suit for malicious prosecution with a judgment amount of 1. 5 million dollars.

In fiction

In Westerns, bounty hunters are commonly depicted as loners, cynical yet romantic. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. The first depiction of the occupation in film was Andre de Toth's The Bounty Hunter in 1954 starring Randolph Scott. André de Toth (born Sasvári Farkasfalvi Tóthfalusi Tóth Endre Antal Mihály on May 15 1912 - died October 27 2002) was an Randolph Scott ( January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 Steve McQueen played bounty hunter Josh Randall in the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive for three seasons, making him a well known star [6] The series was followed many years later by a film sequel—Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)—in which Rutger Hauer played Nick Randall, Josh Randall’s grandson. Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" Wanted Dead or Alive is an American Western television show that ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961 starred Steve McQueen as Wanted Dead or Alive is a 1987 film directed by Gary Sherman and starring Rutger Hauer (in a rare outing as a hero as Nick Randall the descendant Rutger Oelsen Hauer (rʏtxər ulsən hʌuər born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe -winning Dutch Film Actor. McQueen's final film was The Hunter a biography of modern day bounty hunter Ralph Thorsen. The Hunter is a 1980 film directed by Buzz Kulik based the exploits of real-life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson. The Sergio Leone film For a Few Dollars More with Clint Eastwood was filmed in 1965 with a similar opening to DeToth's film. Sergio Leone ( January 3, 1929 &ndash April 30, 1989) was an Italian Film director. For a Few Dollars More ( Per Qualche Dollaro in Più) is a 1965 Spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. (Unlike bounty hunters of the present day, however, Leone's film presented its protagonists as "bounty killers", who had no need to bring in fugitives alive to receive the bounties. ) Another excellent film example of "bounty killers" is The Great Silence, a 1968 spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci. The Great Silence ( Il grande silenzio, 1968) or The Big Silence, is an Italian Spaghetti western. Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western Sergio Corbucci ( December 6, 1927 - December 1, 1990) was an Italian Movie director.

This tradition has been adopted by several action-oriented vehicles of science fiction (inspired by Westerns), with fictional characters like Boba and Jango Fett, Rally Vincent, Spike Spiegel, Samus Aran, and several fictional characters in Cowboy Bebop. Boba Fett is a Fictional character and Anti-hero from the Star Wars universe. Jango Fett is a fictional character and supporting villain in the Star Wars universe. is a series of Manga and Anime work by Kenichi Sonoda. The story centers on two young women 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner 17-year is the Tragic hero and main Protagonist of the Anime and Manga series Cowboy Bebop. is the fictional protagonist of the ''Metroid'' Video game series The following is a list of major and minor characters, with biographical information from the Anime and Manga series Cowboy Bebop In fact, in the Star Wars universe, there are numerous bounty hunters, though they are sometimes more like mercenaries than bounty hunters. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by Typically they are shown to work for powerful criminal figures with greater frequency than for the proper authorities.

The character Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick is often pursued by bounty hunters. Richard B Riddick (played by Vin Diesel) more commonly known simply as Riddick, is the fictional Furyan Protagonist of a number of films The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction / fantasy / thriller Film. Riddick is captured several times by the bounty hunter Toombs, often leaving the hunter stranded as he escapes from him.

Author Mike Resnick has used bounty hunters in many of his books. Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942) better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific

The fictional character Stephanie Plum, protagonist in a series of mystery novels written by Janet Evanovich, is a bounty hunter in New Jersey. Stephanie Plum is a Fictional character and the Protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. Janet Evanovich (born April 22, 1943, in South River New Jersey) is an American Writer. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

A bounty hunter called Elliot Belt (a guest role of actor Lee Van Cleef) also figures as a main character in an album The Bounty Hunter (Chasseur de Primes) of the Franco-Belgian comics series Lucky Luke, created by Morris. Lee Van Cleef ( January 9 1925 &ndash December 16 1989) was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the

In October 2005, the notable bounty hunter Domino Harvey was portrayed by Keira Knightley in the marginally successful motion picture Domino. Domino Harvey (born August 7 1969, London, England &ndash June 27 2005, Los Angeles California) was an Keira Christina Knightley (ˌkɪərəˈnaɪtlɪ born March 26, 1985) is a Golden Globe – BAFTA - and Academy Award –nominated Domino is a 2005 Action Film inspired by the story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey Although the film was only loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey, making it partially fictitious, it helped to illustrate the rising popularity of bounty hunters in modern U. Domino Harvey (born August 7 1969, London, England &ndash June 27 2005, Los Angeles California) was an S. culture.

See also

Notable bounty hunters

Notes

  1. ^ a b Rachel Clarke. "Above the law: US bounty hunters", BBC News, June 19, 2003. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians  
  2. ^ Licensing Requirements for Agents.. www. bailyes. com,California bail laws web page. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
  3. ^ a b Jonathan Drimmer. Bounty Hunter laws. americanbailcoalition. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
  4. ^ Bounty Hunter Information. Texas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
  5. ^ a b Russell Covey (July 10, 2003). Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Perils of Bounty hunting. findlaw. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
  6. ^ http://stvmcqueen.tripod.com/McQbio2.html.

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Dictionary

bounty hunter

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  1. A person who catches criminals and brings them to the police in return for a reward.
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