How do bounty hunters get paid? What's the whole concept behind their jobs?

Question

Can you also expalin what "bail" means?

Answer 1

When a person is charged with certain classes of crimes they are either held until their trials or, if the court can be convinced they are not going to skip out and fail to appear, it allows them to be released but usually only if they post a bond, or surety, to help guarantee they will show up for trial. This is "BAIL", the actual cash (or something of equal value, usually property) that is "posted", or put up as a guarantee that the person will show up for court.

I suppose you've been watching some show like DOG or COPS or some other show that features bounty hunters - there have been pretty good movies that dealt with this too. Now pick my answer as the best and ask another question so I can answer it too please. Thanks.

Now sometimes people don't have the cash. This is where a "bail bondsman" comes in. The bail bondsman guarantees the full amount of the bail to the court and you pay them a percentage, plus you put up collateral for the whole amount, for the service.

Often people decide they don't want to go to court and risk going to jail or prison for a long time, so they skip out. This is where the bounty hunter comes in. He is hired by the person who actually stands to lose the money to the court and, for a fee, he goes out and tracks down the person who failed to appear. They have a set amount of time to catch them & get them turned in to the authorities or the bond is forfeit and soeone ends up losing their house or something over it because they were too dumb & cared to much about some loser criminal who didn't care enough about them to show up for court.

Answer 2

Hello, first they are not really "bounty hunters" any longer, although that name is still used by some. There is no bounty for catching a wanted person paid by the state.

A person who is charged with a crime, and is awaiting trail, can be released if someone posts "bail" money put up to promice they will return.

Companies called bail bond agencies, put up a promice to pay for a fee. Normally for 10 to 15 percent of the bond they will put up the bond. If you have a 100,000 bond, it will cost you 10,000 or 15,000 to pay the bondmes for putting up the bond. ( he keeps this money it is his fee to do this)

and a 10,000 bond would cost you 1000 to 15000.

so if the person who is out on bail, does not show up, the court will give the bail bondsmen so many days to bring this person to the court, or the bailsmen will have to pay the court all of that money.

So the bondsman hires a bail enforcement agent or bounty hunter to go get this person.

So they go and get them and bring them back. For this they recieve a certain amount of money, normally a percent of the bond. So if they don't catch anyone, they don't get paid for all the work they put into it.

Answer 3

Bail means - placing an amount of money or property on the line as guarantee that the defendant will not leave the state or country until their court date. This allows the defendant to roam the streets until the charges are brought before the judge. The person who placed their property or money up for the bail might lose the money should the defendant leave the state/country before his day in court. Now, A BOUNTY HUNTER is a person or company who seeks out a defendant who has missed their court date [failed to appear] and/or who "jumped Bail". The Bounty Hunter will seek out the defendant, apprehend him and take him to jail, where the defendant is detained until his court case is heard. THE BOUNTY HUNTER in turn will receive a portion of the bail money that was originally placed on the line, plus expenses in obtaining and returning the defendant back to the appropriate jurisdiction. Whomever put up the bail, has lost their money or property because the defendant refused to honor the bond agreement. To extradite a fugitive is expensive and the bail money that was put up will be given to the BOUNTY HUNTER as "reward money" and that is how they get paid. Most defendants run away from justice and the B.H. go out and return them back to jail. For further info search: BAIL BOND. Also try: Bailfish.com

Answer 4

Bounty Hunter Salary

Answer 5

When a bail bonding company puts up a certain amuunt of money assuring that a person will be present at trial, and that person jumps bail, the bail bonding company loses the bail money to the courts. The bail bondsman then literally owns the the person who skipped bail body and soul, until he gets his money back. The bondsman, or his agent (the bounty hunter) can cross state lines and use whatever reasonable force to bring him back to the jurisdiction where the bail bondsman is located. The bounty is paid to the bounty hunter by the bondsman.

Answer 6

A court may impose "bail" as an incentive to have someone (who is released) return for later trial proceedings. If the person does not return, bail is forfeit.

Many people cannot afford the bail themselves, so they contract with a bail bondsman. The person will pay some percentage, say 10% of the bail amount, for a bond (like insurance). That payment is made whether the person shows up or not.

If the person does not show up, the bondsman will be out the bail amount, unless they can present the person to the court. So, bondsmen often hire bounty hunters to collect the person and return them to the court. That way, the bondsman is not out the bail money.

Answer 7

My daughter bailed someone out and he skipped. The bonding company hired a bounty hunter. The defendant was arrested and the bounty hunter said to call the bonding company to find out how to pay the bounty hunters fee. Does she legally owe the fee that the bonding company may have paid the bounty hunter?

Answer 8

Bail bond companies pay them.

If you are jailed before a criminal trial, you will have the chance to be released on bail. The court will specify an amount of money that you'll have to put up as a bond before being released from jail. The money is supposed to ensure that you'll show up in court for your trial instead of running away--you get the money back if you show up. If you don't, you'll lose it.

Bail bond companies will sell you a bond and put up the money for you, usually at a discounted rate. But this means that the bail bond people lose their money if you don't show up in court. So, if you run away, the bail bond people will pay someone to find you and bring you to court so that they can get their money back. That person is a bounty hunter.

Answer 9

The poor ol dog is history, no I don't think bounty hunters are the same as troll hunters. Trolls are sorta like a booger ya can't seem to get rid of.

Answer 10

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How do bounty hunters get paid? What's the whole concept behind their jobs?
Can you also expalin what "bail" means?