got bounty for no reason and can't pay it.

[Zapp Brannigan]

I'm in LHS 463 which is run by Leaders of LFT 1404. I attacked someone wanted by them, in their system and got a bounty on my head for my troubles. Now I'm at Varies Point which is run by Leaders of LFT 1404 and it says I have no bounties but my transactions show a bounty by Leaders LFT 1404 and I'm listed as wanted and I keep getting attacked. So what the hell?

[Ingestible Bulk]

fines can be paid off in the 7 day window, bounties either have to be claimed by someone, or you need to avoid the system for 7 days until your bounty turns into a dormant bounty.

[Nyanto]

there is a timer next to it on the bottem right
if it says minutes then wait that time and then pay it off, is ON H-JUMP is on the bounty then it means your wanted status will clear when you leave the system
Best way to avoid a 7 day bounty for killing an innocent ship is to leave the system and just return later.

[Bakamoichigei]

HOPEFULLY you didn't do what some people seem to for no sensible reason; keep shooting and kill them after you got the bounty for assault.

If you didn't, then you only have like an 800 Cr bounty on you, and it only lasts 10 minutes. If you kill them, you get a 5000 Cr bounty that lasts for a WEEK, and yes, as has been mentioned you cannot pay off bounties until the timer runs out...you just have to flee the jurisdiction. After the timer runs out, THEN you can go pay it off. (Just don't get scanned in that system, or it'll become active again!)

[Zapp Brannigan]

Cool, yeah it was a short bounty, I stopped attacking as soon as I realized I had a bounty. Question is, why did it give me a bounty? Attacking a ship that is wanted in that system shouldn't do that should it?

[TiberiuS]

Originally posted by Zapp Brannigan:

Cool, yeah it was a short bounty, I stopped attacking as soon as I realized I had a bounty. Question is, why did it give me a bounty? Attacking a ship that is wanted in that system shouldn't do that should it?

If the scan on the ship isn't over before you fire the first shot and your ship 'knows' the target is wanted, you'll get a bounty.

[ScareCrow]

Originally posted by xDuffManx:

fines can be paid off in the 7 day window, bounties either have to be claimed by someone, or you need to avoid the system for 7 days until your bounty turns into a dormant bounty.

a bounty only goes dormant if youre killed by an npc, although its dormant its timer runs unaffected. a bounty who has had its timer run out is transformed into a legacy fine, which can be paid as ordinary fines