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MS Code § 83-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-11. License fees

 Each license application and application for license renewal to engage in the business of professional bail agent shall be accompanied by a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Each license application and application for license renewal to engage in the business of soliciting bail agent or bail enforcement agent shall be accompanied by a fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00).
MS Code § 83-39-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-13. Annual financial statement; maintenance and registration of office physically located in Mississippi municipality or county required; Bail Bond Database

  Each professional bail agent licensed under this chapter, under oath, shall provide to the Insurance Department an annual financial statement. The annual financial statement shall show assets, liabilities and net worth as of the end of the most recent calendar year. The statement shall be submitted annually to the department by June 1.     For purposes of applicable examinations, a professional bail agent licensed in this state shall maintain at least one (1) office physically located in any municipality or county in this state, to serve as his principal place of business operations where records pertaining to his bail agent business conducted in Mississippi are maintained and this office location shall be registered with the Insurance Department.   When applying for an original or renewal license as a professional bail agent, the applicant shall indicate the address of the office location to serve as his principal place of business operations, and this address shall be evidenced on the face of the license issued to the licensee.   If for any reason the professional bail agent changes the location of his principal place of business operations, removes to another state, or no longer continues in the profession as a bail agent, the bail agent shall register the new location with the department, or notify the department of his removal from the state or his cessation of business as a professional bail agent as appropriate.     On or before October 1, 2016, the Mississippi Insurance Department shall establish a Bail Bond Database within the department for the reporting of all bail bonds written by personal surety agents and limited surety agents in this state. By November 15, 2016, each bail agent must input his or her bail bond information into the Bail Bond Database for all bonds written from and after October 1, 2016. By the fifteenth day of each subsequent month, each bail agent must update the Bail Bond Database regarding his or her bail bond information for bail bonds written from and after October 1, 2016, and each update must be current through the last day of the previous month. Any bail agent who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection (3) shall be assessed a fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation.
MS Code § 83-39-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-15. Grounds for denial, suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew license

  The department may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew, as may be appropriate, a license to engage in the business of professional bail agent, soliciting bail agent, or bail enforcement agent for any of the following reasons:   Any cause for which the issuance of the license would have been refused had it then existed and been known to the department.   Failure to post a qualification bond in the required amount with the department during the period the person is engaged in the business within this state or, if the bond has been posted, the forfeiture or cancellation of the bond.   Material misstatement, misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining the license.   Willful failure to comply with, or willful violation of, any provision of this chapter or of any proper order, rule or regulation of the department or any court of this state.   Conviction of felony or crime involving moral turpitude.   Default in payment to the court should any bond issued by such bail agent be forfeited by order of the court.   Being elected or employed as a law enforcement or judicial official.   Engaging in the practice of law.   Writing a bond in violation of Section 83-39-3(2) (b) (i) and (ii).   Giving legal advice or a legal opinion in any form.   Acting as or impersonating a bail agent without a license.   Use of any other trade name than what is submitted on a license application to the department.   Issuing a bail bond that contains information intended to mislead a court about the proper delivery by personal service or certified mail of a writ of scire facias, judgment nisi or final judgment.     In addition to the grounds specified in subsection (1) of this section, the department shall be authorized to suspend the license, registration or permit of any person for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153. The procedure for suspension of a license, registration or permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license, registration or permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license, registration or permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, shall control.   In addition to the sanctions provided in this section, the department may assess an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation. Such administrative fines shall be in addition to any criminal penalties assessed under Section 99-5-1.
MS Code § 83-39-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-17. Hearing

 Before any license shall be refused or suspended or revoked, or the renewal thereof refused hereunder, the commissioner shall give notice of his intention to do so, by registered mail, to the applicant or licensee and to the insurer or professional bail agent appointing or employing the applicant or licensee, as the case may be, and shall set a date, not less than twenty (20) days from the date of mailing the notice, when the applicant or licensee and a duly authorized representative of the insurer or professional bail agent may appear to be heard and produce evidence. In the conduct of the hearing, the commissioner or any regular salaried employee specially designated by him for this purpose shall have power to administer oaths, to require the appearance of and examine any person under oath, and to require the production of books, records, or papers relevant to the inquiry upon his own initiative or upon the request of the applicant or licensee. Upon the termination of the hearing, findings shall be reduced to writing and, upon approval by the commissioner, shall be filed in his office and notice of the findings sent by registered mail to the applicant or licensee and the insurer or professional bail agent concerned.
MS Code § 83-39-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-19. Appeals

 Any person aggrieved by an act of the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter may appeal therefrom, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice thereof, to the circuit court of the county in which is located the domicile of said person by writ of certiorari, upon giving bond with the surety or sureties and in such penalty as shall be approved by the circuit clerk of said county, conditioned that such appellant will pay all costs of the appeal in the event such appeal is not prosecuted successfully. The said circuit court shall have the opportunity and jurisdiction to hear said appeal and render its decision in regard thereto, either in termtime or vacation time.   Actions taken by the commissioner or department in suspending a license, registration or permit when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a suspension of a license, registration or permit that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.
MS Code § 83-39-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-21. Judicial proceeding in lieu of departmental hearing

 The commissioner, in his discretion, in lieu of the hearing provided for in Section 83-39-17, may file a petition to suspend or revoke any license authorized hereunder in a court of competent jurisdiction of the county or district in which the alleged offense occurred. In such cases, subpoenas may be issued for witnesses, and mileage and witness fees paid by the defendant, if found guilty. If costs cannot be made and collected from the defendant, the costs shall be assessed against the qualification bond if the defendant is a professional bail agent, and if the defendant is a soliciting bail agent or bail enforcement agent, against the employing professional bail agent or his qualification bond.   Any court of competent jurisdiction within this state may suspend or revoke the license of any person licensed under this chapter for any of the following reasons:   Misappropriation, conversion or unlawful withholding of monies belonging to insured principals or others and received in the conduct of business under a license provided by this chapter.   Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of the business under a license provided by this chapter.   The commission of any act which would prohibit or restrict the licensee from holding a license under this chapter.   The court which suspends or revokes a license under the terms of this chapter, or the clerk thereof, shall promptly furnish the commissioner a copy of the suspension or revocation order.
MS Code § 83-39-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-23. Notice to sheriff and judicial officials

 No sheriff or other official shall accept bond from a professional bail agent unless the bail agent is licensed under this chapter and unless the bail agent shall exhibit to the court a valid certificate or license issued by the department, and the license of the bail agent shall not have been suspended or revoked. The department shall provide notice to the sheriff and municipal law enforcement and to the courts of every county and municipality of any suspension or revocation of a professional, soliciting or bail enforcement license. The department, upon request, may furnish to any sheriff, district, circuit, county or justice court judge or municipal judge additional information which would appropriately identify the duly licensed professional bail agent and insurers whose operation is covered by this chapter.
MS Code § 83-39-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-25. Maximum premium, commission or fee; processing fee; holding collateral to insure payment of premium or indemnify for losses

  A professional bail agent or his agent shall charge and collect for his premium, commission, or fee an amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of bail per bond posted by him, or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), whichever is greater, except on a bond on a defendant who is charged with a capital offense, or on a defendant who resides outside the State of Mississippi, in which case the premium, commission or fee shall be fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of bail, per bond posted by him, or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), whichever is greater.   A professional bail agent or his agent shall also charge an additional Fifty Dollars ($50.00) processing fee on each bond issued by him.   Nothing herein shall prohibit a professional bail agent or his agent from holding collateral or taking a security interest in collateral for the purpose of insuring the payment of the premium of the bond posted or indemnifying the professional bail agent for losses incurred due to a forfeiture of a bond or the costs of apprehension and surrender of the principal.   Any fee charged by a professional bail agent or his agent for court-approved electronic monitoring or drug testing shall not be considered part of the premium, commission or fee charged under this section.
MS Code § 83-39-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-27. Prohibited activities

 It is unlawful for a licensee to engage in any of the following activities:   Specify, suggest or advise the employment of any particular attorney to represent his principal.   Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value to a jailer, policeman, peace officer, clerk, deputy clerk, any other employee of any court, district attorney or any of his employees or any person who has power to arrest or to hold any person in custody.   Pay a fee or rebate or give anything of value to an attorney in bail bond matters, except in defense of any act on a bond, or as counsel to represent such bail agent, his agent or employees.   Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value to the person on whose bond he is surety.   Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value to any person, other than a soliciting bail agent, for the purpose of procuring a bail bond.   Accept anything of value from a person on whose bond he is surety, or from others on behalf of such person, except the fee or premium on the bond, but the bail agent may accept collateral security or other indemnity.   Coerce, suggest, aid and abet, offer promise of favor or threaten any person on whose bond he is surety or offers to become surety, to induce that person to commit any crime.   Give legal advice or a legal opinion in any form.   Refuse to return collateral security or other indemnity when the fee or premium on the bond has been fully paid or when the bail agent's obligation on the bond has been terminated.
MS Code § 83-39-30 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 39 - Bail Bonds and Bondsmen|§ 83-39-30. Prohibited activities; illegal business referrals

  Any person licensed under this chapter who pays or gives anything of value, either directly or indirectly, to any law enforcement or judicial official or any employee of any facility where defendants who are or may be eligible for bail are detained or may post bail for the purpose of enticing that official or employee to refer business in any manner to them shall be guilty of a felony subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or both. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a bail agent from making political contributions to persons running for public office.   Any person licensed under this chapter who pays or gives anything of value, either directly or indirectly, or who solicits another person to pay or give anything of value to any convicted inmate or trustee, regardless of whether they are held pretrial or post-conviction in any facility where defendants who are or may be eligible for bail are detained or may post bail for the purpose of enticing that convicted inmate or trustee to refer business in any manner to them shall be guilty of a felony subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or both.   Any person who is convicted under this section shall have their license permanently revoked and may not be involved in any bail business in any way.
MS Code § 83-43-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-1. Citation

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Nonprofit Dental Service Corporation Law".
MS Code § 83-43-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   "Dentists" means persons holding a license to practice dentistry under Sections 73-9-1 through 73-9-65, Mississippi Code of 1972.   "Dental services" include the general and usual services rendered and care administered by dentists as defined in Sections 73-9-1 through 73-9-65, Mississippi Code of 1972.   "Nonprofit dental service corporation" includes a corporation organized and operated under the provisions of Section 79-11-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all other applicable statutes governing nonprofit corporations.   "State Board of Health" means Mississippi State Board of Health.   "Court" means the chancery court of the county where the principal office of the nonprofit dental corporation is or is to be located.
MS Code § 83-43-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-5. Unauthorized nonprofit dental service forbidden

 It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association, common law trust, or corporation, except when especially organized and authorized under the provisions of the nonprofit corporation statutes for the purpose, to establish, maintain, or operate a nonprofit dental service plan whereby dental services may be provided to persons or groups of persons for prepayment, periodical, or lump sum payments, but this shall not be construed as preventing a person, copartnership, association, common law trust, or corporation from furnishing dental services among its or his employees when the employee is not charged for such service. Nor shall any provision in this chapter be construed to apply to beneficial, benevolent, fraternal, benefit societies having a lodge system and representative form of government.
MS Code § 83-43-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-7. Regulation and supervision

 A nonprofit dental service corporation shall be subject to regulation and supervision by the state board of health, state auditor, and the attorney general as provided by this chapter. It shall not be subject to the laws of this state now in force, except as herein specifically stated, relating to insurance and corporations engaged in the business of insurance, nor to any law hereafter enacted relating to insurance and corporations engaged in the business of insurance, unless such law specifically and in exact terms applies to such nonprofit dental service corporation.
MS Code § 83-43-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-9. License

 A nonprofit dental service corporation may not enter into dental service contracts under the provisions hereof until it has procured a formal certificate or license from the state board of health authorizing it to do so. Application for such certificate of authority or license shall be made on such forms as the state board of health may prescribe and shall be accompanied by the following documents: (a) certified copy of charter of incorporation, (b) certified copy of current bylaws, (c) an affidavit of the secretary of the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners setting forth that he has satisfactory evidence that at least twenty percent (20%) of the licensed dentists residing and actively practicing in the state have agreed to render professional service to subscribers under such plan, (d) a certificate from the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners approving the licensing of such dental service corporation, and (e) such other information as the state board of health may require concerning the public interest, welfare, and necessity of licensing such dental service corporation. The state board of health shall issue a certificate of authority or license upon payment of a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and upon being satisfied that the public interest, welfare, and necessity will be served by so doing. All licenses issued to every such corporation shall expire on the last day of the next succeeding March, but shall be subject to annual renewal under the foregoing terms and conditions.
MS Code § 83-43-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 83 - Insurance|Chapter 43 - Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations|§ 83-43-11. Scope of service

  A nonprofit dental service corporation may, by its articles of incorporation, its bylaws, or resolutions of its board of directors, limit the dental services that it will provide for its subscribers and may divide such dental services as it elects to provide into classes or kinds; and it may enter into contracts with its subscribers or groups of subscribers to secure dental services of any kind or class so named and delimited.   A nonprofit dental service corporation shall not provide dental services for its subscribers otherwise than through licensed dentists.   A nonprofit dental service corporation shall provide dental services only to persons domiciled within the state; but if a subscriber regularly domiciled within the state and entitled to dental services, or any of his dependents so entitled, necessarily employs dental services within the meaning of this chapter while absent from the state, a dental service corporation to which he is a subscriber may, in its discretion and if satisfied as to the necessity for such services and satisfied that it was such as the subscriber would have been entitled to under similar circumstances in this state, pay to the dentist or dentists who rendered the services such fees and charges as would have been payable if the services had been rendered in this state. A nonprofit dental service corporation organized under the laws of this state and operating near its boundaries may, with the consent of the proper officers of and as authorized by the law of the adjacent state, provide dental services therein, but all operations of any such corporation, whether within or without this state, shall remain at all times subject to the provisions of this chapter.   All dental services provided by or on behalf of a nonprofit dental service corporation shall be in accordance with the best dental practice in the community at the time, but the corporation providing such services shall not be liable for injuries resulting from negligence, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or malpractice on the part of any officer or employee or on the part of any dentist in the course of rendering dental services to subscribers; and the corporation may so provide in its contracts with subscribers.