The bounty does not disappear

So I paid a bounty collector hoping that after that I can go to the city of Markarth without the guards attacking me. But they still do. Or they try to take me to jail. And if I kill someone in there my bounty increases as if it's the first time I'm doing something wrong in there. Is it a glitch? Is there any way to fix this?

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3 Answers

The bounty collector has to travel back all the way to the corresponding city (in this case, Markath) to deliver the bounty.

If you fast-travelled to Markath right after paying him, odds are, you still have that bount on your head. And committing more crimes means you still have one right now.

Otherwise, it could also be a bug.

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It could be that the bounty you paid off was for a different hold. Different holds have different bounties.

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Bribing a guard to overlook a crime does not make your bounty go away. If you want to get rid of your bounty, you'll have to pay it off, use your position as Thane or Thieves Guild member to ignore the bounty, or serve jail time.

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