{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-75-7e01","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 75-7e01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in K.S.A. 75-7e01 through 75-7e09 and 50-6,141, and amendments thereto:\n(a) \"Surety\" means a person or commercial surety, other than a defendant in a criminal proceeding, that guarantees the appearance of a defendant in a criminal proceeding, by executing an appearance bond.\n(b) \"Bail agent\" means a person authorized by a surety to execute surety bail bonds on its behalf.\n(c) \"Bail enforcement agent\" means a person not performing the duties of a law enforcement officer who tracks down, captures and surrenders to the custody of a court a fugitive who has violated a surety or bail bond agreement, commonly referred to as a bounty hunter.\n(d) \"Applicant\" means a person who has submitted an application for licesure as a bail enforcement agent pursuant to this act.","path":["Chapter 75.—STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","Article 7e.—BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch75/075_007e_0001.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:33Z","sha256":"bede9e4199817c67ba11f3ca11a1cc1ed55024a3008633b115b10b0941c69243","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-75-7d13","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-75-7e02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}