Leland was born on 14 December 1976. He was born in Texas in United States of America. The name of his father is Duane Chapman Senior and his others name is La Fonda Darnall. It is known that Leland’s father was imprisoned when Leland was just 7 months old. Leland also has a sibling. The name of his brother is Duane Chapman. Unfortunately, his parents divorced. Leland’s childhood was spend in Texas. It is also reported that Leland was not aware about the fact that his biological father is different from his stepfather. This was because of his father’s arrest. It was in 1984 when he got to know about his biological father.


Later he moved to Colorado along with his mother. He started losing interest in studies and his mother started getting annoyed because of him so she decided to put him in foster. It was at that point when he was given a choice of living with his father. He choose the later. He then completed his education and took training in boxing along with martial arts. During one such boxing session Leland had a severe knee injury and he had to give up boxing because of the same.

Talking about his career, Leland started working in his family business. The name of the organization was ‘Da Kine Bail Bonds’. In 2006, Leland had an arrest warrant issued against him and he was arrested by U.S. Marshals. He was charged with deprivation of liberty but he was later bailed out. The bail amount for Leland was 100 thousand US Dollars. Later, the Mexican government decided to drop the charges against Leland. This announcement was more of a celebration for Leland.

Leland also tried his luck with a Media company and he decided to start his own Media Company but he failed terribly. Leland was working on for a TV show and later he decided to quit the show as well. After all this, he decided to start his own Bail bond firm. At the same time he was also managing his dad’s organization. In 2013, Leland signed another TV show and he was featured in the show. The show was a great success and the show was also about the bounty hunters. Leland was widely loved by his audience.

It is also known that Leland got married in 1995. He decided to tie a knot with his long-time girlfriend. Name of his wife was Maui Chapman. They together raised three kids. The name of the three children are Dakota, Cobie and Cobie. In 2005, he divorced his wife and decided to lead a single life once again. No reason for the divorce was given. Later in 2015, Leland got married again and this time he married Jamie Pilar Chapman. The couple didn’t have any new baby after this marriage. Leland’s annual salary is 75,000 US Dollars and his net worth is estimated to be around 500 Thousand US Dollars. Leland’s net worth speaks of his success.

Last Modified: May 10, 2020


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