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Dear Mr. Millet:

Your request for an opinion of this office has been forwarded to the undersigned for research and reply. As I understand them, your questions are as follows:

Does a bondsman have authority to come into a parish and make an arrest or take into custody their principal?

Do they have authority to pull weapons when trying to take someone into custody?

Do bondsmen have the authority to break into a home to secure someone who failed to honor a bonding agreement with a bonding agency?

Does the sheriff, the chief law enforcement officer in the parish, have the authority to have the bonding…