Female player characters that have a bounty ranging anywhere from 101 to 1000 gold in a specific hold won't have the option to select the "You're making a mistake..." dialogue option when talking to guards that greet the player with the "Wait... I know you." line. This is because the line: "The only mistake was you showing your face. You've committed crimes against Skyrim and her people, and it's time to face the Jarl's justice." (00020F9A) in the "DialogueCrimeGuards" quest in "DGCrimeWantedTopic" has an unnecessary condition check: "Subject - GetPCIsSex - Male == 1.00 AND" that makes the "You're making a mistake..." dialogue option only appear for male player characters. This stops female player characters from being able to pay off their bounty or serve time in jail in that hold, unless the player gets caught committing another crime, which gives the normal crime dialogue options.
Guards will attempt to arrest or attack the player on sight if the player's bounty is at least 1001 gold in that specific hold, which stops the guards saying "Wait... I know you." and gives the player the normal crime dialogue options. The guards only start saying "Wait... I know you." when the player has a bounty less than 1001 gold in a specific hold, leaves the hold and comes back later after a few days of in-game time has passed. This bug does not apply to the Raven Rock guards in Solstheim. Deleting the previously mentioned condition check in (00020F9A) is the solution to this problem.
This was originally reported on NexusMods
here.
Issue Data
Issue #29789: Guard bounty dialogue bug for female player characters