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AR Code § 17-19-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Bail bond or appearance bond” means a bond for a specified monetary amount which is executed by the defendant and a qualified licensee under this chapter and which is issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer as security for the subsequent court appearance of the defendant upon his or her release from actual custody pending the appearance;  (2) “Insurer” means any surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state;  (3) “Licensee” means a professional bail bond company or a professional bail bondsman;  (4) “Professional bail bond company” means an individual who is a resident of this state, an Arkansas firm, partnership, or corporation, or a foreign corporation registered and authorized to conduct business in the State of Arkansas that pledges a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised therefor money or other things of value; and  (5) “Professional bail bondsman” means an individual who is a resident of this state and who acts through authority of a professional bail bond company in pledging a bail bond as security in a judicial proceeding.
AR Code § 17-19-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-102. Penalties

 (a) Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b) Any person who falsely represents to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board that any person has met the education or continuing education requirements of §§ 17-19-107 and 17-19-212 and § 17-19-401 et seq. shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.
AR Code § 17-19-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-103. Civil and criminal proceedings

 The venue for any criminal or civil proceeding filed for any violation of this chapter shall be in the county wherein the violation occurred.
AR Code § 17-19-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-104. Exemption

 This chapter shall not affect the negotiation through a licensed broker or agent for, nor the execution or delivery of, an undertaking of bail executed by an insurer for its insured under a policy of automobile insurance or of liability insurance upon the automobile of the insured.
AR Code § 17-19-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-105. Prohibitions

 No professional bail bondsman or professional bail bond company, nor court, nor law enforcement officer, nor any individual working on behalf of a professional bail bondsman or professional bail bond company, shall:   (1) Require as a condition of his or her executing a bail bond that the principal agree to engage the services of a specified attorney;  (2) Solicit business or advertise for business in or about any place where prisoners are confined or in or about any court;  (3) Suggest or advise the engagement of any bail bond company or professional bail bondsman to underwrite a bail bond;  (4) Enter a police station, jail, sheriff's office, or other place where persons in custody of the law are detained for the purpose of obtaining employment as a professional bail bondsman or professional bail bond company, without having been previously called by a person so detained or by some relative or other authorized person acting for or in behalf of the person so detained. Whenever such an entry occurs, the person in charge of the facility shall be given and promptly record the mission of the licensee and the name of the person calling the licensee and requesting him or her to come;  (5) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to:  (A) A jailer, police officer, peace officer, committing magistrate, or any other person who has power to arrest or to hold in custody; or  (B) Any public official or public employee in order to secure a settlement, compromise, remission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond or estreatment thereof;    (6) Pay a fee or rebate or give anything of value to an attorney in bail bond matters, except in defense of any action on a bond;  (7) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to the principal or anyone in his or her behalf;  (8)  (A) Participate in the capacity of an attorney at a trial or hearing of one on whose bond he or she is surety;  (B) Attempt to obtain settlement or dismissal of a case;  (C) Give or attempt to give any legal advice to one on whose bond he or she is surety; or    (9) Accept anything of value from a principal except the premium, provided that the licensee shall be permitted to accept collateral security or other indemnity from the principal which shall be returned upon final termination of liability on the bond. The collateral security or other indemnity required by the licensee must be reasonable in relation to the amount of the bond.
AR Code § 17-19-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-106. Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board

 (a) This section may be cited as the “Arkansas Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Act”.  (b)  (1) There is hereby created the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board.  (2)  (A) The board shall be composed of eight (8) members to be appointed by the Governor for terms of seven (7) years.  (B) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.    (3)  (A) Three (3) members of the board shall be licensed bail bond company owners, one (1) a municipal chief of police, one (1) a county sheriff, one (1) a municipal or circuit judge, and two (2) shall be residents of the state who are not a bail bond company owner, an elected judge, a sheriff, or a chief of police.  (B)  (i) No two (2) of the three (3) bail bondsman members shall reside in the same congressional district.  (ii) At least one (1) board member shall be an African-American.  (iii) At least one (1) board member shall be a female.      (4) The board shall have the authority and responsibility to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to licensing and regulation of professional bail bond companies and professional bail bondsmen.  (5) The board shall have the authority to adopt and enforce such reasonable rules as it shall determine to be necessary to enable it to effectively and efficiently carry out its official duty of licensing and regulating professional bail bond companies and professional bail bondsmen.    (c) The members of the board shall receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq., and a stipend pursuant to § 25-16-904.  (d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal any laws in effect on August 13, 1993, relating to the licensing and regulation of professional bail bond companies and professional bail bondsmen but such laws shall remain in full force and effect and shall be administered by the board created herein.
AR Code § 17-19-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-107. Exception to education requirements

 Any licensed professional bail bondsman who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who has been licensed as a bail bondsman for fifteen (15) years or more shall be exempt from both the education and continuing education requirements of § 17-19-212 and § 17-19-401 et seq.
AR Code § 17-19-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-108. Rules

 The Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board shall adopt such reasonable rules as it shall deem necessary to assure the effective and efficient administration of §§ 17-19-107 and 17-19-212 and § 17-19-401 et seq.
AR Code § 17-19-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-109. Advertising by professional bail bond companies

 (a) All business cards, signs, telephone ads, newspaper ads, or any other type of advertising by professional bail bond companies shall display the company name prominently to assure that the identity of the company doing the advertising is readily apparent.  (b) Any such advertising by or on behalf of individual professional bail bondsmen shall prominently display the name of the bail bond company and shall contain no information or other indication that the bail bondsman is independent of the company.
AR Code § 17-19-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-110. Licensed bail bond agent

 (a) A licensed bail bond agent shall be permitted to write a bail bond in any county if:  (1) The agent has a current license with a current licensed professional bail bond company; and  (2) The agent and the agent's company are in good standing with the courts in the jurisdiction where the bond is to be posted.    (b) A licensed bail bond agent shall carry a current copy of his or her professional bail bond agent license that shall indicate which professional bail bond company the bondsman works for and his or her qualifying power of attorney that is on file with the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board.  (c)  (1) Only one (1) power of attorney per bond not exceeding the agent's qualifying power of attorney shall be permitted unless a court has separated the charges and amounts of bonds.  (2) Powers of attorney shall not be stacked.
AR Code § 17-19-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-19-112. Unpaid bond forfeiture judgment limits

 (a)  (1) There shall be an initial one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) limit on active unpaid bond forfeiture judgments for each bail bonding company.  (2) Under this section, the amount of unpaid forfeiture or forfeitures shall be determined using the face value of an unpaid forfeited bond.    (b) When the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board is notified of a bond forfeiture judgment under § 17-19-208(b)(1) and has issued notice to the company after ninety (90) days from the date of judgment has elapsed, the value of the forfeited bond shall count against that company's respective limit.  (c) When a company's unpaid bond forfeiture or forfeitures reach one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or the total amount of security deposit posted with the board, whichever is higher, the company license shall be suspended.  (d) The license shall remain suspended until:  (1) The company can post an additional certificate of deposit or letter of credit with the board so that the company's security deposit exceeds the unpaid bond forfeiture or forfeitures amount;  (2) The bond forfeiture judgment or judgments are paid to the extent that the total amount of unpaid forfeiture or forfeitures are less than the security deposit posted with the board; or  (3)  (A) The court that entered the bond forfeiture judgment releases the company's security deposit from responsibility on the unpaid forfeiture as required by § 17-19-208(a)(1).  (B) If the court releases the company's security deposit from responsibility on an unpaid bond forfeiture judgment, the release must be decreed by court order.      (e) If the court releases the company's security deposit from liability on a bond forfeiture, that bond amount shall not count against the company's unpaid forfeiture limit.  (f) A company's unpaid bond forfeiture limit shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) unless the company has posted additional security with the board and shall never exceed the company's total amount of posted security deposit or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), whichever is more.
AR Code § 17-19-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-201. Licenses required

 (a) No person shall engage in bail bond business without first having been licensed as provided in this chapter.  (b) A professional bail bondsman shall not execute or issue an appearance bond in this state without holding a valid appointment from a professional bail bond company and without attaching to the appearance bond an executed and numbered power of attorney referencing the professional bail bond company.  (c) An insurer shall not execute an undertaking of bail without being licensed as a professional bail bond company.  (d) A professional bail bond company shall not engage in the bail bond business:  (1) Without having been licensed as a professional bail bond company under this chapter; and  (2) Except through an agent licensed as a professional bail bondsman under this chapter.    (e) A professional bail bond company shall not permit any unlicensed person to solicit or engage in the bail bond business in the company's behalf, except for individuals who are employed solely for the performance of clerical, stenographic, investigative, or other administrative duties which do not require a license under this chapter and whose compensation is not related to or contingent upon the number of bonds written.
AR Code § 17-19-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-203. Character references

 Each applicant for a professional bail bondsman license shall:   (1) File with the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board written statements from at least three (3) persons who know his or her character;  (2)  (A) Be required to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and nationwide criminal records check to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (B) The criminal records check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.  (C) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the board and shall be responsible to the Division of Arkansas State Police for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records check.  (D) Upon completion of the criminal records check, the Identification Bureau shall forward all information obtained concerning the applicant to the board.  (E) At the conclusion of the criminal background check required by this subdivision (2), the Identification Bureau shall promptly destroy the fingerprint card of the applicant; and    (3) Provide other proof as the board may require that he or she is competent, trustworthy, financially responsible, and of good personal and business reputation and has not been convicted of a felony listed under § 17-3-102.
AR Code § 17-19-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-204. Examination

 (a) In order to determine the competence of each applicant for a professional bail bondsman license, the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board shall require every individual to submit to, and to pass to the satisfaction of the board, a written examination to be prepared by the board and appropriate to the transaction of bail bond business.  (b) Such an examination shall be held in a location and at such times as the board shall determine.  (c) Every individual applying to take a written examination shall, at the time of applying therefor, pay to the board a nonrefundable examination fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).  (d) If the application is approved, and if the nonrefundable examination fee is paid, an examination permit will be issued to the applicant. The permit will be valid for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of issuance. If the applicant does not schedule and appear for examination within that ninety-day period, the permit shall expire and the applicant may be required to file a new application, and shall pay another nonrefundable examination fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) before issuance of another examination permit to the applicant.  (e) If the applicant appears for examination but fails to pass the examination, the applicant may apply for reexamination. The reexamination fee shall be a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). The board may require a waiting period of eight (8) weeks before reexamination of an applicant who twice failed to pass previous similar examinations.
AR Code § 17-19-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-205. Letter of credit or certificate of deposit required

 (a)  (1) An applicant for a professional bail bond company license shall file with the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board an irrevocable letter of credit from an Arkansas chartered bank or a federally chartered bank in Arkansas or a certificate of deposit.  (2)  (A) The letter of credit or certificate of deposit shall be approved by the board as to form and sufficiency and shall be conditioned upon faithful performance of the duties of the licensee.  (B) The minimum amount for a professional bail bond company initially licensed on or before July 1, 1989, shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).  (C) The minimum amount for a professional bail bond company initially licensed after July 1, 1989, shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).  (D) The minimum amount for a professional bail bond company initially licensed on or after July 1, 2009, shall be two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).  (E) Professional bail bond companies and professional bail bondsmen who were licensed under Act 400 of 1971 [repealed] before March 8, 1989, shall be required only to file or have on file with the board a letter of credit or certificate of deposit approved by the board as to form and sufficiency, in a minimum amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the licensee, provided they do not exceed the maximum amount of unsecured bond commitments as provided in § 17-19-304 [repealed].      (b) A letter of credit or certificate of deposit shall not be subject to termination or cancellation by either party in less than sixty (60) days after the giving of written notice thereof to the other parties and to the board.  (c) A termination or cancellation shall not affect the liability of the surety or sureties on a bond incurred before the effective date of termination or cancellation.
AR Code § 17-19-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-206. Duties of board and clerks

 (a) Before issuance of a license under this chapter, applicants for a license shall satisfy the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board as to Arkansas residency, trustworthiness, and competence, as applicable, and shall otherwise comply with the conditions and qualifications set forth in this chapter.  (b)  (1) The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or rule of the board.  (2) The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant that has made a material misrepresentation in the application for a license.    (c) Upon the approval and issuance of a license under this chapter, the board shall give notice to the sheriff of each county in the state.  (d) Upon revocation or suspension of license, the board shall give notice to that effect to the sheriff in each county in the state.  (e) The board shall maintain a complete record of registrations, revocations, and suspensions, and the record shall be available to the sheriff and county clerk of each county of the state.  (f) Annually, the board shall furnish the sheriffs with a list of renewal licenses.
AR Code § 17-19-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-207. Expiration and renewal

 (a) Every license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be for a term expiring on December 31 following the date of its issuance, and it may be renewed for the ensuing calendar year upon the filing of a renewal application.  (b) The Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board may refuse to renew a license for any cause for which issuance of the original license could have been refused or for the licensee's violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules of the board.  (c) Every licensee shall be required to file a renewal application, the form and subject matter of which shall be prescribed by the board.  (d)  (1) At the time of application for renewal of a professional bail bond company license, there shall be paid to the board for the company's renewal license a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (2) Each professional bail bondsman shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for renewal of the license, except that if the applicant for renewal also holds a professional bail bond company license, then the applicant shall not be required to pay a renewal fee for a professional bail bondsman license.
AR Code § 17-19-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-19-212. Licenses

 Each applicant for an initial bail bondsman license who satisfactorily completes the examination and meets the other qualifications and requirements prescribed by law, including the completion of a minimum of eight (8) hours of education in subjects pertaining to the authority and responsibilities of a bail bondsman and a review of the laws and rules relating thereto, shall be licensed by the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board.
AR Code § 17-19-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 19 - Bail Bondsmen|Subchapter 3 - Bond Requirements — Posting of Bondsmen List|§ 17-19-302. Collateral — Receipt required

 When a licensee accepts collateral, he or she shall give a prenumbered written receipt for it, and this receipt shall give in detail a full account of the collateral received. The licensee may perfect his or her lien on the collateral by any procedure available under the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq., or any other procedure provided for by law.