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Cotton picking pecker pecker!
These are not isolated incidents, and happen quite often. Bounty Hunters have no legal authority to enter your home whatsoever and certainly none to detain you while they conduct their illegal search.
A stranger forcing their way into my home will be introduce to Mr. Buck Shot.
Just don't do it at the wrong houseActually you are wrong .. The Supreme Court ruled in 1872 that bounty hunters are indeed able to enter a home legally to make an arrest . Further more MOST states do not require licensing or training to be a bounty hunter ...
Just don't do it at the wrong house
Problem is if they don't identify themselves how are people supposed to differentiate between them and the average home invasion?Not saying you are off base, but shooting a bond agent is about like killing a cop in most states ...
Actually you are wrong .. The Supreme Court ruled in 1872 that bounty hunters are indeed able to enter a home legally to make an arrest . Further more MOST states do not require licensing or training to be a bounty hunter ...
It's my understanding that the law only allows them to enter the fugitive's residence without a warrant.
Actually that is incorrect , a bond agent is not limited to arrest at the home of the individual who broke bond. Having said that it is also acknowledged by most attorneys that the bond agent has obligation to utilize good judgement. Circling back though there is NOTHING in the Taylor v Taintor decision that limits a bond agent to places he may go, it has been tested in court numerous times over the years but the language is agreed to place few limits on a bond agents authority.
When bail is given, the principal is regarded as delivered to the custody of his sureties. Their dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment. Whenever they choose to do so, they may seize him and deliver him up in their discharge; and if that 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 new process. None is needed. It is likened to the rearrest by the sheriff of an escaping prisoner.
So, they are allowed to enter and search a third party property?
Sounds like a 4th Amendment violationSo, they are allowed to enter and search a third party property without the owners permission?
Seems the case law is specific, as it states his house... Its an interesting matter to dig into. I've no application for this as I don't have any criminal family members or friends that are out on bond. Not since that one uncle died in MexicoWhen bail is given, the principal is regarded as delivered to the custody of his sureties. Their dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment. Whenever they choose to do so, they may seize him and deliver him up in their discharge; and if that 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 new process. None is needed. It is likened to the rearrest by the sheriff of an escaping prisoner.
Sounds like a 4th Amendment violation