Alabama
§ 15-13-22
§ 15-13-159
§ 15-13-160
§ 15-13-101 |
Professional Bondsman |
The Alabama Department of Insurance |
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Felony; crimes of moral turpitude. |
Enumerated judicial officials; attorney; person authorized to accept an appearance bond. |
Alaska
§ 21.27.150
§ 21.27.020
§ 21.27.060 |
Bail Bond Limited Producer |
The Director of the Alaska Division of Insurance |
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Act that is a cause for denial or revocation of a bondsman license. |
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Arizona
§ 20-340.01
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Bail Bond Agent |
Director of Insurance of the State of Arizona |
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Theft; felony; carrying, illegal use or possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. |
Law enforcement; court officials; attorneys; officials authorized to admit to bail; state and county officers. |
Arkansas
§ 17-19-201
§ 17-19-110
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Professional Bail Bondsman
Bail Bond Agent
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The Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional
Bail Bondsman Licensing Board.
None specified
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Felony; crime of moral turpitude. |
Attorney; court officials; sheriff; law enforcement officials
Attorney; court officials; sheriff; law enforcement officials
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California
Ins. Code § 1802
Ins. Code § 1802.5
Ins. Code § 1803
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Bail Agent
Bail
Permittee
Bail Solicitor
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California Department of Insurance Commissioner
California Department of Insurance Commissioner
California Department of Insurance Commissioner |
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Enumerated misdemeanor or felony; crimes which involve a misappropriation of money or property.
Enumerated misdemeanor or felony; crimes which involve a misappropriation of money or property.
Enumerated misdemeanor or felony; crimes which involve a misappropriation of money or property.
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Colorado
§ 10-23-101
§ 10-23-102
§ 10-2-415.5;
§ 10-2-418
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Cash-Bonding Agent |
Colorado Division of Insurance |
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Professional Cash-Bail Agent |
Colorado Division of Insurance |
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Insurance Producer/Bail Bond Agent |
Colorado Division of Insurance |
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Connecticut
§ 29-145
§ 38a-660 |
Professional Bondsman |
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection |
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Felony |
Law enforcement or others with police powers. |
Surety Bail Bond Agent |
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner |
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18+ |
X
U.S. citizen |
X |
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Felony; enumerated misdemeanors. |
Law enforcement or others with police powers. |
Delaware
18 Del. C. § 4332 |
Bail Agent |
Delaware Department of Insurance |
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Jailers; police officers; any person acting in a judicial capacity'; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; attorneys or persons employed in an attorney’s office; any person having the power to arrest or having anything to do with the control of federal, state, county or municipal prisoners; enumerated prison officials. |
Florida
§ 648.27;
§ 648.34
§ 648.34;
§ 648.35
§ 648.355
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Bail Bond Agent |
Florida Department of Financial Services |
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18+ |
X
U.S. citizen, legal alien, state resident |
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Felony; crimes involving moral turpitude; crimes punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or more. |
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Professional Bail Bond Agent |
Florida Department of Financial Services |
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Temp. limited license as Limited Surety Agent or Professional Bail Bond Agent |
Florida Department of Financial Services |
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18+ |
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Felony; crimes involving moral turpitude; crimes punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or more. |
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Georgia
§ 17-6-50 |
Professional Bondsmen |
The sheriff of the county in which the bonding business is conducting business |
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18+ |
X |
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Felony; crimes involving moral turpitude. |
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Hawaii
No statute located |
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Idaho
§ 41-1037 |
Bail Agent |
Idaho Department of Insurance |
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Illinois
725 §§ 5/103-9,
5/110-7, 5/110-8 |
Commercial Bondsmen Prohibited |
Indiana
§ 27-10-3-1 |
Bail Agent |
Indiana Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
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Felony/release from supervision in the past 10 years; misdemeanor / release from supervision in the past 5 years. |
Jailers; law enforcement officers; judges; enumerated prison officials. |
Iowa
No statute located |
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Kansas
No statute located |
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Kentucky
§ 431.510 |
Commercial Bondsmen Prohibited |
Louisiana
R.S. 22:1556;
R.S. 22:1584;
R.S. 22:1571
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Bail Bond Producer |
Louisiana Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
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Felony; participation in a pretrial diversion program pursuant to a felony charge; misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or public corruption. |
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Maine
No statute located |
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Maryland
MD Rules 16-817;
Ins. Code §§ 10-304, 305 |
Bail Bondsman |
None specified |
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18+ |
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Massachusetts
276 § 61B |
Professional Bondsman |
The Superior Court or a Justice thereof. |
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Michigan
No statute located |
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Minnesota
Prac., Rule 702 |
Bond Producers |
Minnesota State Court Administrator's Office |
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Mississippi
§ 83-39-3
§ 83-39-7 |
Professional Bail Agent |
Mississippi Department of Insurance |
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Felony; crime involving moral turpitude. |
Law enforcement or judicial official; attorney; enumerated prison officials. |
Personal Surety Agent |
Mississippi Department of Insurance |
X
21+ |
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Felony; crime involving moral turpitude. |
Law enforcement or judicial official; attorney; enumerated prison officials. |
Missouri
§ 374.710
§ 374.710
§374.700 to 374.775 |
Bail Bond Agent |
The Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration of the State of Missouri |
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General Bail Bond Agent |
The Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration of the State of Missouri |
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Montana
No statute located |
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Nebraska
No statute located |
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Nevada
§ 697.150
§ 697.170;
§ 697.260 |
Bail Agent |
Nevada Division of Insurance |
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18+ |
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Forgery; embezzlement; obtaining money under false pretenses; larceny; extortion; conspiracy to defraud; crime involving moral turpitude. |
Jailers; police officers; justices of the peace; municipal judges; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; any person with arrest power; enumerated prison officials. |
Bail Solicitor |
Nevada Division of Insurance |
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18+ |
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Felony; offense involving moral turpitude; unlawful use, sale or possession of a controlled substance. |
Jailers; police officers; justices of the peace; municipal judges; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; any person with arrest power; enumerated prison officials. |
New Hampshire
§ 597:7-b |
Bail Agent |
None specified |
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New Jersey
§17:31-10 |
Bail Agent |
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance |
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New Mexico
S. A. 1978, § 59A-51-3
S. A. 1978, § 59A-51-6
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Bail Bondsman |
Superintendent of the New Mexico Division of Insurance |
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18+ |
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U.S. citizen |
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Felony, with the exception of a conditional discharge of a felony conviction. |
Law enforcement, adjudication, jail, court or prosecution official or an employee thereof; attorney; official authorized to admit to bail; state or county officer. |
Solicitor |
Superintendent of the New Mexico Division of Insurance |
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18+ |
X
U.S. citizen |
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Felony, with the exception of a conditional discharge of a felony conviction. |
Law enforcement, adjudication, jail, court or prosecution official or an employee thereof; attorney; official authorized to admit to bail; or state or county officer. |
New York
McKinney's Insurance Law § 6802 |
Professional Bondsmen |
New York Superintendant of Insurance |
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Offense involving moral turpitude; any crime. |
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North Carolina
§ 58-71-40
§ 58-71-40 |
Professional Bondsman |
Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
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No current or prior enumerated violations. |
Sheriff, deputy sheriff, other law-enforcement officer; judicial official; attorney; parole officer; probation officer; jailer; assistant jailer; employee of the General Court of Justice; employee or spouse of employee with criminal justice duties, those with commercial bond interests. |
Surety Bondsman |
Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
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No current or prior enumerated violations. |
Sheriff, deputy sheriff, other law-enforcement officer; judicial official; attorney; parole officer; probation officer; jailer; assistant jailer; employee of the General Court of Justice; employee or spouse of employee with criminal justice duties, those with commercial bond interests. |
North Dakota
§ 26.1-26.6-01; § 26.1-26-03 |
Bail Bond Agent |
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner |
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Jailers; police officers; committing magistrates; magistrate court judges; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; any person with arrest powers or prison officials. |
Ohio
§ 3905.84 |
Surety Bail Bond Agents |
The Ohio Department of Commerce and the Superintendent of Insurance. |
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18+ |
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If the person was convicted of a criminal offense, the nature of the offense, whether the conviction was based on acts or omissions taken under any professional license, whether the offense involved the breach of a fiduciary duty, the amount of time that has passed, and the person's activities subsequent to the conviction. |
Jailers or other persons employed in a detention facility; prisoners incarcerated in any jail, prison, or any other place used for the incarceration of persons; peace officers, including volunteer or honorary peace officers; employees of a law enforcement agency; committing magistrates; judges; employees of a court; employees of the clerk of any court; attorneys or any person employed at an attorney's office; any persons having the power to arrest; any persons who have authority over or control of, federal, state, county, or municipal corporation prisoners. |
Oklahoma
59 Okl. St. Ann. § 1306
59 Okl. St. Ann. § 1301 |
Surety Bondsman |
Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma |
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21+ |
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Felony; misdemeanor involving dishonesty or moral turpitude. |
Jailers; police officers; committing judges; municipal or district court judges; prisoners; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and any person having the power to arrest or prison officials; enumerated alcohol- based businesses. |
Professional Bondsman |
Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma |
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Oregon
§§ 135.255, .260, .265 |
Commercial Bondsmen Prohibited |
Pennsylvania
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5742 |
Professional Bondsmen |
Pennsylvania Insurance Department |
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Criminal offense |
Law enforcement officer; employee of a penal institution, or any who derives profit from bondsmen. |
Rhode Island
§ 12-13-21, Superior Court Professional Bondsmen Rule 1 |
Professional Bondsman |
The Rhode Island Superior Court |
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South Carolina
§ 38-53-90
§ 38-53-90 |
Professional Bondsman |
The South Carolina Director of the Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
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Felony; crime involving moral turpitude w/n the past 10 years. |
Sheriff, deputy sheriff, other law enforcement officer; judicial official; attorney; parole officer; probation officer; jailer; assistant jailer; employee of any court of this state. |
Surety Bondsman |
The South Carolina Director of the Department of Insurance |
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18+ |
X |
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Felony; crime involving moral turpitude within the past 10 years. |
Sheriff, deputy sheriff, other law enforcement officer; judicial official; attorney; parole officer; probation officer; jailer; assistant jailer;, employee of any court of this state. |
South Dakota
§ 58-22-1 |
Bail Bondsman |
South Dakota Division of Insurance of the Department of Labor and Regulation |
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21+ |
X
U.S. citizen |
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Felony; crime involving moral turpitude. |
Jailers; attorneys; police officers; convicted felons; committing magistrates; municipal or magistrate court judges; clerks or deputy clerks; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; any person with arrest power or enumerated prison officials. |
Tennessee
§ 40-11-301 |
Professional Bondsman |
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance |
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Constitutionally elected peace officer or as such officer's deputy; any duly elected or appointed county official; jailers; attorneys; police officers; convicted felons; committing magistrates; municipal or magistrate court judges; clerks or deputy clerks; sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; any person with arrest power or enumerated prison officials. |
Texas
Occupations Code § 1704.151 |
Bail Bond Surety |
None specified |
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18+ |
X
U.S. citizen |
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Felony; misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. |
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Utah
No statute located |
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Vermont
No statute located |
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Virginia
Code Ann. § 9.1-185.5 |
Bail Bondsman |
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice |
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18+ |
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Felony |
Employees of a local or regional jail; employees of a sheriff's office; employees of a state or local police department; persons appointed as conservators of the peace; employees of an office of an attorney for the Commonwealth; employees of the Department of Corrections, Department of Criminal Justice Services, or a local pretrial or community-based probation services agency; or spouses or housemates thereof. |
Washington
§ 18.185.020 |
Bail Bond Agent |
Washington Department of Licensing |
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18+ |
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U.S. citizen or resident alien |
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Any crime conviction within the past 10 years, if the director determines that the applicant's particular crime directly relates to a capacity to perform the duties of a bail bond. |
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West Virginia
§ 51-10-8 |
Professional Bondsmen |
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia |
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Offense involving moral turpitude |
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Wisconsin
§ 969.12 |
Commercial Bondsmen Prohibited |
Wyoming
No statute located |
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