45:19-29 - Definitions relative to regulation of bounty hunters - New Jersey Statutes

45:19-29  Definitions relative to regulation of bounty hunters.

2.As used in this act:

a."Bounty hunter" means and includes any bail runner, bail recovery agent, bail enforcement agent, fugitive recovery agent or any other person who, for fee, hire or reward:  makes any investigation or investigations as to the location or whereabouts of any person who has violated the provisions of N.J.S.2C:29-7 or has failed to appear in any court of law in this State or any other state, when so required by law, or has failed to answer any charge, subpoena or court ordered inquiry, when so required by law; engages in or assists in the apprehension, arrest, detention, confinement, surrender or securing of any such person; or keeps any such person under surveillance.

The term shall mean and include any person who owns or operates any agency, firm, association, corporation or other entity which is organized primarily for the purpose of engaging in any of the above enumerated activities, and to any employee, agent, associate or subcontractor of any such agency, firm, association, corporation or other entity who performs any of the functions, activities or services of a bounty hunter as described in this subsection. 

The term shall not mean or include, and nothing in this act shall apply to, law enforcement officers of this State, or of any political subdivision of this State, while in the actual performance of their duties, nor to officers or employees of any law enforcement agency of the United States or of any State, Territory or Possession of the United States, while in the actual performance of their duties. 

b."Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety. 

L.2005,c.376,s.2.