License: Bail Enforcement Agent

Private Investigative Licensing Iowa Department of Public Safety Program Services Bureau external site

Department of Public Safety Building

215 East 7th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

(515) 725-6230

A bail enforcement agent takes or attempts to take into custody the principal on a bail bond issued or a deposit filed in relation to a criminal proceeding to assure the presence of the defendant at trial. Bail enforcement agents are commonly known as bounty hunters that search for persons who have jumped their bail bond.