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MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW CHAPTER 11-A OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS PART THREE--SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES TITLE P--PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT.
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED INSURANCE LAW CHAPTER 28 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ARTICLE 68--BAIL BONDS.
New Legislation – 1999 New York Assembly Bill No. 1432, New York 223rd Annual Legislative Session Enacted Version Date November 21, 2000. AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the licensing and conduct of the business of bail enforcement agent.
Section 13. This act shall take effect April 1, 2001.
*** New York’s statutes on the licensing of "Professional Bondsman" are very lengthy. Therefore, in an effort to be brief only the first several, and most relevant provisions are given below. See the statute in full for all relevant licensing provisions. ***
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED INSURANCE LAW CHAPTER 28 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ARTICLE 68--BAIL BONDS § 6802. Professional bondsmen; licensing
New Legislation – 1999 New York Assembly Bill No. 1432, New York 223rd Annual Legislative Session (FULL TEXT - STATE NET) VERSION: Enacted Version Date November 21, 2000. AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the licensing and conduct of the business of bail enforcement agent.
No person, firm, company, partnership, limited liability company or corporation shall engage in the <<+ , BUSINESS OF BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS +>> or advertise his, their or its business to be that of <<+ , BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> without having first obtained from the department of state a license so to do.
<<+ 1-A. "bail enforcement agent" shall mean and include only the business of bail enforcement and shall also mean and include, separately or collectively, the engaging in the business of enforcing the terms and conditions of a person's release from custody on bail in a criminal proceeding, including locating, apprehending and returning any such person released from custody on bail who has failed to appear at any stage of a criminal proceeding to answer the charge before the court in which he may be prosecuted.
<<+ 4. The term "business of bail enforcement agent" and the term "bail enforcement agent" shall mean and include any person, firm, company, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of bail enforcement as defined in subdivision one-a of this section with or without the assistance of any employee or employees. +>>
Section 72. Application for licenses. Any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation intending to conduct the <<+ BUSINESS OF BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> and any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation intending to conduct the business of furnishing or supplying information as to the personal character of any person or firm, or as to the character or kind of the business and occupation of any person, firm or corporation, society or association or any person or group of persons, or intending to own, conduct, manage or maintain a bureau or agency for the above mentioned purposes, or while engaged in other lawful business activities also intending to engage in any one or more of the activities set forth in section seventy-one of this article except exclusively as to the financial rating, standing, and credit responsibility of persons, firms, companies or corporations or as to personal habits and financial responsibility of applicants for insurance indemnity bonds or commercial credit or of claimants under insurance policies shall, for each such bureau or agency and for each and every sub-agency, office and branch office to be owned, conducted, managed or maintained by such person, firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation for the conduct of such business, file in the office of the department of state a written application, on forms provided by the department containing such information and documentation, including fingerprints, as the secretary of state may require by rule and regulation.
If the applicant is a person, the application shall be subscribed by such person, and if the applicant is a firm or partnership the application shall be subscribed by each individual composing or intending to compose such firm or partnership. The application shall state the full name, age, residences within the past three years, present and previous occupations of each person or individual so signing the same, that each person or individual is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and shall also specify the name of the city, town or village, stating the street and number, if the premises have a street and number, and otherwise such apt description as will reasonably indicate the location thereof, where is to be located the principal place of business and the bureau, agency, sub-agency, office or branch office for which the license is desired, and such further facts as may be required by the department of state to show the good character, competency and integrity of each person or individual so signing such application. Each person or individual signing such application shall, together with such application, submit to the department of state, his photograph, taken within six months prior thereto in duplicate, in passport size and also two sets of fingerprints of his two hands recorded in such manner as may be specified by the secretary of state or the secretary of state's authorized representative. Before approving such application it shall be the duty of the secretary of state or the secretary of state's authorized representative to forward one copy of such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services. Upon receipt of such fingerprints, such division shall forward to the secretary of state a report with respect to the applicant' s previous criminal history, if any, or a statement that the applicant has no previous criminal history according to its files. If additional copies of fingerprints are required the applicant shall furnish them upon request. The secretary shall reveal the name of the applicant to the chief of police and the district attorney of the applicant's residence and of the proposed place of business and shall request of them a report concerning the applicant's character in the event they shall have information concerning it. The secretary shall take such other steps as may be necessary to investigate the honesty, good character and integrity of each applicant.
<<+ 1-a. Every such applicant for a license as bail enforcement agent shall establish to the satisfaction of the secretary of state (a) if the applicant be a person, or (b) in the case of a firm, company, partnership, or corporation, at least one member of such firm, partnership, company or corporation, has been regularly employed, for a period of not less than three years, performing such duties or providing such services as described as those furnished by a bail enforcement agent in section seventy-one of this article, as a sheriff, police officer in a city or county police department, or the division of state police, investigator in an agency of the state, county, or united states government, or employee of a licensed private investigator, or has had an equivalent position and experience or that such person or member was an employee of a police department who rendered service therein as a police officer for not less than twenty years or was an employee of a fire department who rendered service therein as a fire marshal for not less than twenty years. +>>
<<+ 1-b. The person or member meeting the experience requirement under subdivisions one and one-a of this section and any person or member of such firm, company, partnership or corporation who engages in the apprehension and return of suspects who fail to appear before the court must either satisfactorily complete a basic certification course in training for bail enforcement agents offered by a provider that is approved by the secretary of state; or such person or member must have served as a police officer, as that term is defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, for a period of not less than three years. +>>
<<+ The basic course of training shall include at least twenty-five hours of training approved by the secretary of state and must include instruction on issues involved with the rights and limitations involving the bailee/fugitive who signs a contract with the bail enforcement agent. Completion of the course shall be for educational purposes only and not intended to confer the power of arrest of a peace officer or public officer, or agent of any federal, state, or local government, unless the person is so employed by a governmental agency. +>>
If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be subscribed by the president, secretary, treasurer, and all other officers and directors working for such corporation within the state of New York, and shall specify the name of the corporation, the date and place of its incorporation, the location of its principal place of business, and the name of the city, town or village, stating the street and number, if the premises have a street and number, and otherwise such apt description as will reasonably indicate the location thereof, where is to be located the bureau, agency, sub-agency, office or branch office for which the license is desired, the amount of the corporation's outstanding paid up capital stock and whether paid in cash or property, and, if in property, the nature of the same, and shall be accompanied by a duly certified copy of its certificate of incorporation. Each and every requirement as to character of subdivision one of this section as to a person or individual member of a firm or partnership shall apply to the president, secretary, treasurer and all other officers and directors working for such corporation within the state of New York and each such officer and director, his successor and successors shall prior to entering upon the discharge of his duties subscribe a like statement, approved in like manner, as is by said subdivision one prescribed in the case of a person or individual member of a firm or partnership.
The secretary of state may deny, suspend or revoke the license of a corporation if, at any time, ten per centum or more of the corporate stock is held by a person who cannot meet the character standard set for an individual licensee.
Section 7. Subdivision 1 of section 74 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 919 of the laws of 1972, paragraphs (a) and (b) as amended by chapter 324 of the laws of 1998 and paragraph (c) as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 411 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee, payable to the department of state for the use of the state, for each certificate of license, as hereinbelow enumerated, issued to the applicant, if the applicant be an individual, of four hundred dollars for a license as private investigator <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>>, or if the applicant be a firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, a fee of five hundred dollars for a license as private investigator <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>>.
(b) <<+ ; an applicant for a license as a bail enforcement agent shall execute, deliver and file with the office of such department a surety company bond in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars +>> , conditioned for the faithful and honest conduct of such business by such applicant, which surety bond must be written by a company recognized and approved by the superintendent of insurance of the state, and approved by the department of state with respect to its form, manner of execution and sufficiency provided, <<+ FURTHER, +>> however, before a license is issued to a non-resident the applicant must file with the secretary of state a written consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of New York. No such license as private investigator <<+, bail enforcement agent +>> or watch, guard or patrol agency shall be issued to a person under the age of twenty-five years.
NY CRIM PRO § 540.10
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW CHAPTER 11-A OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS PART THREE--SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES TITLE P--PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT ARTICLE 540--FORFEITURE OF BAIL AND REMISSION THEREOF
1999 New York Assembly Bill No. 11023, New York 223rd Annual Legislative Session
<<+ 4. notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the cash bail posted by a principal, who is under court order to pay child support and has accumulated arrears in the payment of such support, shall forfeit his or her bail pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the chief administrator of the courts pursuant to paragraph (n) of subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of the judiciary law. no forfeiture of bail shall occur pursuant to this subdivision if a complainant in the criminal action against the principal is a person owed such child support. +>>
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW CHAPTER 11-A OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS PART THREE--SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES TITLE P--PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT ARTICLE 530--ORDERS OF RECOGNIZANCE OR BAIL WITH RESPECT TO DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS--WHEN AND BY WHAT COURTS AUTHORIZED § 530.80 Order of recognizance or bail; surrender of defendant 9NYY
NY CRIM PRO § 330.10
NY CRIM PRO § 190.75
NY CRIM PRO § 180.70
NY CRIM PRO § 210.45
NY CRIM PRO § 620.60
NY CRIM PRO § 730.50
1. When a superior court, following a hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision three or four of section 730.30 is satisfied that the defendant is an incapacitated person, or if no motion for such a hearing is made, it must adjudicate him an incapacitated person, and must issue a final order of observation or an order of commitment. Upon the issuance of an order of commitment, the court must exonerate the defendant's bail if he was previously at liberty on bail.
NY CRIM PRO § 290.10
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW CHAPTER 11-A OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS PART THREE--SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES TITLE P--PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT ARTICLE 540--FORFEITURE OF BAIL AND REMISSION THEREOF § 540.30 Remission of forfeiture
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED JUDICIARY LAW CHAPTER 30 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ARTICLE 20-A--REMISSION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES § 798. Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW CHAPTER 11-A OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS PART THREE—SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES TITLE P—PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT—RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT ARTICLE 530—ORDERS OF RECOGNIZANCE OR BAIL WITH RESPECT TO DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS—WHEN AND BY WHAT COURTS AUTHORIZED § 530.80 Order of recognizance or bail; surrender of defendant
New Legislation – 1999 New York Assembly Bill No. 1432, New York 223rd Annual Legislative Session (FULL TEXT – STATE NET) VERSION: Enacted Version Date November 21, 2000. AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the licensing and conduct of the business of bail enforcement agent.
<<+ Section 74-a. Notification. Prior to taking or attempting to take into custody a person, a bail enforcement agent shall notify a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the area in which the person is believed to be located of such bail enforcement agent's intentions. The notification shall be provided on a form prescribed by the local law enforcement agency. Notwithstanding, the form shall include information including but not limited to name, address, local address and motor vehicle registration of said agent. The local law enforcement agency in prescribing such form may consult with the division of criminal justice services. A representative of a local law enforcement agency may accompany a bail enforcement agent when the bail enforcement agent enters what is believed to be an occupied structure to search for or to apprehend a person. +>>
MCKINNEY'S CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK ANNOTATED INSURANCE LAW CHAPTER 28 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ARTICLE 68—BAIL BONDS § 6804. Premium or compensation
The holder of any license certificate issued pursuant to this article may employ to assist him in his work of private detective or investigator <<+ or bail enforcement agent +>> as described in section seventy-one and in the conduct of such business as many persons as he may deem necessary, and shall at all times during such employment be legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each and every person so employed.
No holder of any unexpired license certificate issued pursuant to this article shall knowingly employ in connection with his or its business in any capacity whatsoever, any person who has been convicted of a felony or any of the offenses specified in subdivision two of section seventy-four of this chapter, and who has not subsequent to such conviction received executive pardon therefor removing this disability, or received a certificate of good conduct granted by the board of parole pursuant to the provisions of the executive law to remove the disability under this section because of such a conviction, or any person whose private detective or investigator's license <<+ or bail enforcement agent's license +>> was revoked or application for such license was denied by the department of state or by the authorities of any other state or territory because of conviction of any of such offenses. Should the holder of an unexpired license certificate falsely state or represent that a person is or has been in his employ, such false statement or misrepresentation shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of such license.
Any person falsely stating or representing that he is or has been a detective or employed by a detective agency <<+ or that he is or has been a bail enforcement agent or employed by a bail enforcement agency +>> shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 12. Subdivision 1 of section 84 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 324 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
It is unlawful for a <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> to own, have or possess or in any manner to wear, exhibit or display, a shield or badge of any material, kind, nature or description, in the performance of any of the activities as private investigator <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> , as distinguished from watch, guard or patrol agency, under this article.
It is unlawful for a licensed private investigator <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> to issue to any person employed by such licensee, a badge or shield of any material, kind, nature or description, and it is unlawful for any person employed by such licensee to possess, carry or display a badge or shield of any description provided that any licensed private investigator <<+ OR BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT +>> who also engages in the business of watch, guard or patrol agency may possess, use or display or issue to employees in the conduct of such business, a rectangular metal or woven insignia to be worn on the outer clothing and approved by the department of state, which insignia shall not be larger than three inches high or four inches wide with an inscription thereon containing the word "watchman" , "guard", "patrol" or "special service" and the name of the licensee.
In re International Fidelity Ins. Co. of New Jersey, Surety
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Burton Roberts, J.), entered January 27, 1998, which denied defendant's motion for remission of bail, and order, same court and Justice, entered February 2, 1998, which deemed reply papers a motion for reargument, granted reargument and, upon reargument, adhered to court's January 27, 1998 determination, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Defendant's motion for remission of bail, made some five years after forfeiture of the bail at issue, was untimely (see, CPL 540.30[2] ). Moreover, defendant lacked standing to seek remission (see, Matter of Van Deusen v. People, 97 A.D.2d 924, 470 N.Y.S.2d 770, appeal dismissed 62 N.Y.2d 605, 479 N.Y.S.2d 1026, 467 N.E.2d 895 and 62 N.Y.2d 915, 479 N.Y.S.2d 10, 467 N.E.2d 894), and, in any event, there are no exceptional circumstances warranting the relief sought (see, People v. Cotto, 262 A.D.2d 138, 693 N.Y.S.2d 98, 99). We decline to review appellant's arguments made to this Court for the first time on reply. Were we to consider them, we would find them unavailing.
People v. Seneca Ins. Co.
Bail bond surety moved for an order vacating bail forfeiture judgment. The Supreme Court, Kings County, Anthony J. Cutrona, J., held that dismissal of felony charges "without prejudice" on People's motion required exoneration of defendant's bail bond and precluded forfeiture of bail when defendant failed to appear at arraignment on subsequent indictment. Motion granted.
People v. Stuyvesant Ins. Co.
Public Service Mut. Ins. Co. v. Murtagh
Action by insurer and licensed agents against magistrates for declaratory judgment determining rights of insurer and its licensed agents in regard to writing of bail bonds. Plaintiffs moved for an injunction pendente lite. The Supreme Court, Special Term, Henry Clay Greenberg, J., held that where magistrates refused approval of duly executed bail bonds written by insurer which was duly licensed to give bail bonds in criminal actions, and presented for approval by coplaintiffs, executing agents who were duly licensed to act on behalf of insurer in conduct of bail bond business, and such refusal prejudiced plaintiffs' business, plaintiffs were entitled to have magistrates temporarily enjoined therefrom so as to maintain status quo pending determination of issues in plaintiffs' action for declaratory judgment. Motion granted.
See 1.C. and 8.B. above.
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