![]() ![]() ![]() The bail amount is most often well beyond the reach of the person arrested. While there have been many changes to the bail bond system over the past few years – the system has many flaws.īail can be, and often is, in the thousands of dollars for serious charges. In the most serious cases, the Court will require the accused to provide cash – “bail” – as a guaranty to secure the defendant’s attendance for their scheduled court appearances. Under a bail-bond system such as Colorado’s system, after most are arrested for a crime, a Colorado judge will release the accused for court dates on some form of bond to insure the defendant’s appearance. While many states are in the process of abolishing the private sector-based bail-bond system in favor of the many methods of ensuring the appearance of those accused of crimes, Colorado has chosen to continue to permit the enforcement of bail bond contracts. “Bail recovery” means actions taken by a person other than a peace officer to apprehend an individual or take an individual into custody because of the failure of such individual to comply with bail bond requirements. The act of pursuing and arresting a fugitive is described under Colorado law as “bail recovery.” The preferred term for these professionals is not bounty hunter, it is a “bail recovery agent,” bail agency enforcer, bail enforcement agent, bail agent, recovery agent, bail recovery agent, or fugitive recovery agent. In light of this reality, this article will attempt to add some clarity to the present state of Colorado’s laws regulating limits on Colorado’s bail recovery agents. They are not permitted to remain willfully ignorant of the laws that govern the ground where a fugitive may land. Because these laws will from state to state, bounty hunters are constantly on notice and must know the laws of the jurisdiction in which they practice. For example, if a fugitive is pursued from one state to another state, or from one neighboring city or county to another within the same state, the bounty hunter’s authority is controlled by the laws of the authority of the location where they find themselves as they pursue their targets.īounty hunters must follow the laws of the location where the case takes them. Local Laws Control Bounty Hunter’s Authorityīounty Hunters are controlled by the laws in the jurisdiction in which they practice whether they are licensed in the state or not. ![]() Other states either have completely banned “bounty hunting” or may severely restrict the practice of bounty hunting (Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Wisconsin). Many of the states grant broad authority to bounty hunters – such as the gold standard of entering a fugitive’s private property without an arrest warrant to make an arrest of a fugitive. ![]() Some states, such as Colorado, poorly define or even fail to effectively regulate the authority and the extent of the bounty hunter’s professional “reach.” Introduction – The Colorado Bounty HunterĮvery state, including Colorado, has legal authority over the execution of the bounty hunters that practice within the state. ![]()
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