Most important step, don’t put yourself in a situation, where a bounty hunter is after you to begin with.
For example, get involved in a messy divorce, get out-lawyered, end up on the hook for astronomical amounts of retroactive child support. If you're not careful you might be dealing with a lot more than just the repo man.
Plus the way the legal system is in the US, a single unpaid parking ticket could spiral completely out of control into tens of thousands in late payment fees, fines, and jail time.
The existence of bounty hunters is in some ways just a bizzare commercialisation of what should be a government function.