The Bondsman Guild Protocol defined the rules and guidelines for handing over a person to a bounty hunter or other law enforcement. Section 16 of this protocol mandated that anyone in possession of a target must surrender them to a bounty hunter if certain criteria were met. Adherence to these protocols brought about a level of legitimacy. In 9 ABY, the IG-series bounty hunter droid IG-11 referenced the Bondsman Guild Protocol, specifically section 16, when he was trying to obtain "the asset" during a mission taking place on Arvala-7.