A bonds agent is an insurance agent. When they put up a bond to release a convict, they are actually ensuring the court that the person they have bailed out will come to the court. If that person then fails to come to court, it is the bonds agent who ends up paying the money for the bond. In other cases the bond money is given back after either the conviction or acquittal of the person.To ensure success for their business organization, bond agents hire bounty hunters to seek out those who seek to skip bail and bring them in to ensure they go to the court. In other cases these bail skippers would have to be arrested again by law enforcement, and the bonds agent would be required to pay for the bond as they have failed to bring the defendant to the court at the appropriate time. In case you want to be a bounty hunter, you need to know the legalities before you get started.