Yet another addition or modification of a 2 year long attempt of the state to limit or tie the hands of bail agents.
This has been going back and forth where bondsman were not allowed to apprehend the defendant when he failed to appear unless the bondsman participated in a class given by the New Jersey State Police. The law also required and still does, that any person "for hire" that apprehends a defendant who failed to appear must also take this class (yet if the defendant did not fail to appear and the bondsman wants to surrender the defendant or take into custody for any lawful reason the person apprehending does not have to qualify untder the bounty hunter law). How does that make sence?

The next big change was, the agent who exicuted the bond was the only one who could apprehend the defendant who FTA'ed. The agent on his own with no other agent unless that agent hade the required training (which by the way 30 or 40 hours is no where near enough time to learn this diffucult task).
Again another nonsencical ruling, what makes it ok for the bondsman that wrote the bond to apprehend , yet if he did not write the bond he al of the sudden does not posess the same ability.

Finally, the state came out with this decision: " This memorandum supercedes the memorandums issued on February 27, 2009 and June 17, 2009. The memorandums issued on February 27, 2009 and June 17, 2009 are hereby rescinded. Bail bond agents and sureties licensed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DoB&I) as insurance producers with either limited lines bail bond authority or with full property and casualty authority are not subject to the requirements of the Bounty Hunter Licensing Act. If, however, a bail bond agent signs a bail bond and hires, rewards or pays another person, including another bail bond agent, surety or agent licensed by DoB&I, to recapture and return the fugitive covered by the bail bond where such reward or payment does not constitute part of the retention of the bail bond premium for the recapture and return of the fugitive, then that other person (including a hired or rewarded bail bond agent, surety or agent licensed by DoB&I) is not exempt from the requirements of the Bounty Hunter Licensing Act. A person who works for a bail bond agent either as an employee or an agent and is not licensed by DoB&I to assist the bail bond agent in the apprehension and surrender of the defendant to the court is subject to the requirements of the Bounty Hunter Licensing Act. See New Jersey Bounty Hunter Update