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Ohio Rev Code § 3905.81 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.81 | Reinsurance Intermediary-Broker or Intermediary-Manager License Required - Rules.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:(1) "Reinsurance intermediary-broker" means a person, other than an officer or employee of the ceding insurer, that solicits, negotiates, or places reinsurance cessions or retrocessions on behalf of a ceding insurer without the authority or power to bind reinsurance on behalf of such insurer.(2)(a) "Reinsurance intermediary-manager" means a person that has authority to bind or that manages all or part of the assumed reinsurance business of a reinsurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and that acts as an agent of the reinsurer whether known as a reinsurance intermediary-manager, manager, or similar term.(b) "Reinsurance intermediary-manager" does not include:(i) An employee of the reinsurer;(ii) A United States manager of the United States branch of an alien reinsurer;(iii) An underwriting manager that, pursuant to contract, manages all of the reinsurance operations of the reinsurer, is under common control with the reinsurer, subject to sections 3901.32 to 3901.37 of the Revised Code, and whose compensation is not based on the volume of premiums written;(iv) The manager of a group, association, pool, or organization of insurers that engages in joint reinsurance and that are subject to examination by the insurance regulatory authority of the state in which the manager's principal business office is located.(B) No person shall act as a reinsurance intermediary-broker or reinsurance intermediary-manager in this state, or on behalf of an insurer or reinsurer domiciled in this state, unless the person first obtains a license from the superintendent of insurance in accordance with this section or the superintendent accepts, in accordance with rules that the superintendent may adopt under division (C) of this section, a license issued to the person by the insurance regulatory authority of another state.(C) The superintendent of insurance shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the standards and procedures for licensing reinsurance intermediary-brokers and reinsurance intermediary-managers. The superintendent may also adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the acceptance of licenses issued by insurance regulatory authorities of other states with statutes similar to this section in lieu of requiring a license to be obtained from the superintendent under division (B) of this section.(D) The fee for the issuance or renewal of a license shall be five hundred dollars. The fee for accepting the license of another state shall be one hundred dollars each year. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.83 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.83 | Surety Bail Bond Agent Definitions.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|As used in sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code:(A) "Insurer" means any domestic, foreign, or alien insurance company that has been issued a certificate of authority by the superintendent of insurance to transact surety business in this state.(B) "Managing general agent" means any person that is appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or otherwise manage the bail bond business written in this state by surety bail bond agents appointed by the insurer.(C) "Surety" means an insurer that agrees to be responsible for the fulfillment of the obligation of a principal if the principal fails to fulfill that obligation.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.84 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.84 | Surety Bail Bond Agent to Be Qualified, Licensed, and Appointed.

Effective: January 1, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 339 - 133rd General Assembly|No person shall act in the capacity of a surety bail bond agent, or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for surety bail bond agents under sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code, unless that person is qualified, licensed, and appointed as provided in those sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.841 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.841 | Persons or Classes of Persons Not to Act as Agents.

Effective: May 26, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 300 - 128th General Assembly|The following persons or classes of persons shall not act as surety bail bond agents or employees of a surety bail bond agent or bail bond business and shall not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of a bail bond, except as a principal: (A) Jailers or other persons employed in a detention facility, as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code;(B) Prisoners incarcerated in any jail, prison, or any other place used for the incarceration of persons;(C) Peace officers as defined in section 2921.51 of the Revised Code, including volunteer or honorary peace officers, or other employees of a law enforcement agency;(D) Committing magistrates, judges, employees of a court, or employees of the clerk of any court;(E) Attorneys or any person employed at an attorney's office;(F) Any other persons having the power to arrest, or persons who have authority over or control of, federal, state, county, or municipal corporation prisoners.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.851 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.851 | No Imposition of Local Licensing Fees.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|A surety bail bond agent qualified, licensed, and appointed in accordance with sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code shall not be required to pay any licensing fee imposed by a political subdivision of this state to perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for surety bail bond agents under those sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.86 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.86 | Appointment of Agent by Insurer.

Effective: May 26, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 300 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Any person licensed as a surety bail bond agent may be appointed by an insurer in accordance with this section. (B) To appoint a surety bail bond agent as its agent, an insurer shall file a notice of appointment with the superintendent of insurance in the manner prescribed by the superintendent. All insurers shall pay to the superintendent a fee pursuant to division (A)(8) of section 3905.40 of the Revised Code for each such appointment when issued and for each continuance thereafter. Such an appointment, unless canceled by the insurer, may be continued in force past the thirtieth day of June next after its issue and after the thirtieth day of June of each succeeding year provided that the appointee is licensed and is eligible for the appointment.Any fee collected under this division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created by section 3901.021 of the Revised Code.(C)(1) By appointing a surety bail bond agent, an insurer certifies to the superintendent that the person is competent, financially responsible, and suitable to represent the insurer.(2) An insurer shall be bound by the acts of the person named in the appointment within that person's actual or apparent authority as its agent.(D) A surety bail bond agent shall not represent to the public that the agent has authority to represent a particular insurer until the insurer has acknowledged that authority by appointment of the agent in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.861 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.861 | Extending Appointments to Affiliated Agents.

Effective: September 1, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 129 - 124th General Assembly|An insurer that appoints a surety bail bond agent who is a member of a business entity shall require that all other surety bail bond agents who are members of the same business entity be appointed to represent that insurer.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.862 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.862 | Expiration or Cancellation of Appointment; Fee.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|Upon the expiration or cancellation of a surety bail bond agent's appointment, the agent shall not engage or attempt to engage in any activity requiring such an appointment. However, an insurer that cancels the appointment of a surety bail bond agent may authorize the agent to continue to attempt the arrest and surrender of a defendant for whom a bail bond had been written prior to the cancellation and to seek discharge of forfeitures and judgments.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.87 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.87 | Registration of Agent With Court Clerks; List of Court-Registered Surety Bail Bond Agents.

Effective: January 1, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 339 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A surety bail bond agent shall not file a bond in any court of this state unless the agent is licensed and appointed under sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code and has registered with the clerk of that court pursuant to division (B) of this section, if registration is required by the court.  (B) To register with a court, a surety bail bond agent shall file, with the clerk of the court, a copy of the agent's surety bail bond license, a copy of the agent's driver's license or state identification card, and a certified copy of the surety bail bond agent's appointment by power of attorney from each insurer that the surety bail bond agent represents. An agent shall renew the agent's registration biennially by the first day of April of each odd-numbered year. (C) The clerk of the court shall make available a list of court-registered surety bail bond agents to the appropriate holding facility, jail, correction facility, or other similar entity within the court's jurisdiction annually not later than the first day of May. If an agent registers with a court after the last day of April, the court shall add that agent to the list and make the updated list available to the appropriate holding facility, jail, correction facility, or other similar entity within the court's jurisdiction within twenty-four hours of the court's approval of that registration.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.88 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.88 | Continuing Education.

Effective: December 19, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Each individual who is issued a license as a resident surety bail bond agent shall complete at least seven hours of continuing education in each license renewal period. The continuing education shall be offered in a course or program of study related to the bail bond business that is approved by the superintendent of insurance and shall include at least one hour of approved ethics training.(B) The superintendent shall not renew the license of any surety bail bond agent who fails to meet the requirements of division (A) of this section or whose application for renewal does not meet the requirements of section 3905.85 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.89 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.89 | Notice of Change of Principal Business Address or Telephone Number.

Effective: May 26, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 300 - 128th General Assembly|Each person licensed under sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code shall notify in writing the appropriate insurer or managing general agent, and the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the licensee is registered, within thirty days after a change in the licensee's principal business address or telephone number. This notification requirement is in addition to the notification requirements set forth in other provisions of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.90 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.90 | Records of Surety Bonds to Be Maintained - Furnishing of Information.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|Each surety bail bond agent shall maintain all records of surety bonds executed or countersigned by the surety bail bond agent for at least three years after the liability of the surety has been terminated. Those records shall be open, at all times, to examination, inspection, and photographic reproduction by any employee or agent of the department of insurance, or by any authorized representative of the insurer or managing general agent. The superintendent of insurance at any time may require the licensee to furnish to the department, in the manner and form that the superintendent requires, any information concerning the surety bond business of the licensee.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.901 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.901 | Determination of Direct Written Premiums for Bail Bonds.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 425 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in the annual statement of condition filed by a bail bond insurer with the department of insurance pursuant to section 3929.30 of the Revised Code, the direct written premiums for bail bonds written by an insurer shall be determined as the gross bail bond premiums less any amounts retained by surety bail bond agents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the direct written premiums reported for bail bonds shall not be less than six and one-half per cent of the gross bail bond premiums received by the insurer's agents.(B) Every bail bond insurer shall include the following information with the insurer's annual statement of condition filed with the department of insurance pursuant to section 3929.30 of the Revised Code:(1) Bail bond premiums written prior to deducting the amounts retained by surety bail bond agents;(2) Amounts withheld by surety bail bond agents as an expense, not reported as an expense by the insurer.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.91 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.91 | Build-Up Funds.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) All build-up funds posted by a surety bail bond agent or managing general agent, either with an insurer or managing general agent representing an insurer, shall be maintained in an individual build-up trust account for the surety bail bond agent by the insurer or the managing general agent. The insurer or managing general agent shall establish the account in a federally insured bank or savings and loan association in this state jointly in the name of the surety bail bond agent and the insurer or managing general agent, or in trust for the surety bail bond agent by the insurer or managing general agent. The account shall be open to inspection and examination by the department of insurance at all times. The insurer or managing general agent shall maintain an accounting of all of those funds, which accounting designates the amounts collected on each bond written.(B) Build-up funds shall not exceed forty per cent of the premium as established by the surety bail bond agent's contract agreement with the insurer or managing general agent. Build-up funds received shall be immediately deposited to the build-up trust account. Interest earned on build-up trust accounts shall accrue to the surety bail bond agent.(C) Build-up funds are due upon termination of the surety bail bond agent's contract and discharge of liabilities on the bonds for which the build-up funds were posted. The insurer or managing general agent shall pay the funds to the surety bail bond agent not later than six months after the funds are due.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.921 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.921 | Discharge of Bond Where Collateral Security or Other Indemnity Accepted.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) If collateral security or other indemnity is accepted on a bond, the surety bail bond agent, managing general agent, or surety shall make, upon demand, a written request to the court for a discharge of the bond to be delivered to the surety or the surety's agent. If the obligation of the surety on the bond is released in writing by the court and a discharge is provided to the surety or the surety's agent, the collateral security or other indemnity, except a promissory note or an indemnity agreement, shall be returned, within twenty-one days after the discharge is provided, to the person that gave the collateral security or other indemnity, unless another disposition is provided for by legal assignment of the right to receive the collateral to another person. If, despite diligent inquiry by the surety or the surety's agent to determine that the bond has been discharged, the court fails to provide a written discharge within thirty days after the written request was made to the court, the bond shall be considered canceled by operation of law, and the collateral security or other indemnity, except a promissory note or an indemnity agreement, shall be returned, within twenty-one days after the written request for discharge was made to the court, to the person that gave the collateral security or other indemnity.(B) No fee or other charge, other than those authorized by sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code or by rule of the superintendent of insurance, shall be deducted from the collateral due. However, allowable expenses incurred in the apprehension of a defendant because of a forfeiture of bond or judgment may be deducted if those expenses are accounted for.(C)(1) No person shall fail to return collateral security in accordance with this section.(2) A violation of division (C)(1) of this section shall be punishable as follows:(a) If the collateral is of a value of less than five hundred dollars, a violation is a misdemeanor of the first degree;(b) If the collateral is of a value of at least five hundred dollars but less than five thousand dollars, a violation is a felony of the fifth degree;(c) If the collateral is of a value of at least five thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars, a violation is a felony of the fourth degree;(d) If the collateral is of a value of ten thousand dollars or more, a violation is a felony of the third degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.93 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.93 | Bail Bond - Charges and Fees.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|A surety bail bond agent shall not execute a bail bond without doing both of the following:(A) Charging the premium rate filed with and approved by the superintendent of insurance;(B) Disclosing the expense fee that will be charged to cover the costs incurred by the agent in executing the bond.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.931 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.931 | Furnishing of Forms and Other Supplies.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No insurer, managing general agent, or surety bail bond agent shall furnish to any person any blank form, application, stationery, business card, or other supplies to be used in soliciting, negotiating, or effecting bail bonds unless the person is licensed to act as a surety bail bond agent and is appointed by an insurer. This division does not prohibit an unlicensed employee, under the direct supervision and control of a licensed and appointed surety bail bond agent, from possessing or executing in the surety bond office, any form, other than a power of attorney, bond form, or collateral receipt, while acting within the scope of the employee's employment.(B) An insurer that furnishes any of the supplies mentioned in division (A) of this section to any surety bail bond agent or other person not appointed by an insurer and that accepts any bail bond business from or writes any bail bond business for that surety bail bond agent or other person is liable on the bond to the same extent and in the same manner as if the surety bail bond agent or other person had been appointed or authorized by an insurer to act in its behalf.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.933 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.933 | Signing or Countersigning Agent's Name to a Bond.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) A surety bail bond agent shall not sign or countersign in blank any bond, or give a power of attorney to, or otherwise authorize, anyone to countersign the surety bail bond agent's name to a bond unless the person so authorized is a licensed and appointed surety bail bond agent directly employed by the surety bail bond agent giving that authority.(B) A surety bail bond agent shall not divide with any other person, or share in, any commissions payable on account of a bail bond, except as between other surety bail bond agents that are licensed or otherwise qualified to engage in the bail bond business in their state of domicile.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.934 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.934 | Advertising Requirements.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) A surety bail bond agent shall not make, publish, or otherwise disseminate, directly or indirectly, any misleading or false advertisement, or engage in any other deceptive trade practice.(B) All advertising by a surety bail bond agent shall include the address of record of the agent on file with the department of insurance.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.94 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.94 | License Suspension or Revocation.

Effective: September 1, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 129 - 124th General Assembly|If the superintendent of insurance, in accordance with section 3905.14 of the Revised Code, suspends or revokes a person's license as a surety bail bond agent, the person, during the period of suspension or revocation, shall not be employed by any surety bail bond agent, have any ownership interest in any business involving bail bonds, or have any financial interest of any type in any bail bond business.
Ohio Rev Code § 3905.941 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3905 | Insurance Producers Licensing Act|Section 3905.941 | Designation of Successor Agent.

Effective: October 9, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 730 - 123rd General Assembly|Upon the surrender, suspension, or revocation of a surety bail bond agent's license, the appointing insurer or managing general agent immediately shall designate a licensed and appointed surety bail bond agent to administer all bail bonds previously written by the licensee.