Examples of the game really not helping anyone understand the bounty/notoriety system.
Also, there should be a filter option to show you on the galaxy map the interstellar factors that are valid for you to pay off bounties (i.e. ones where the bounty faction is not present)
And also, when your notoriety is too high to pay off anything in any way, there should be a timer present in that UI to indicate how much game time you need to lie low to cooldown.
Finally…