Others again work only on a bounty hunter or contingent fee basis. If the missing party is found, what that person signs up to can be many times the law agents’ charge. There is specific English court authority that the cost of the search should usually be met out of the general executry: Evans 1999 2 All England Reports page 777. In the US, the courts in some states, California, for instance, have been given power to strike at contingent fees in this kind of area.