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SC Code § 38-53-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-90. Qualifications for licensure of professional bondsman, surety bondsman or runner.

 (A) Before a license is issued to an applicant permitting him to act as a professional bondsman or runner, the applicant shall furnish to the director or his designee a complete set of his fingerprints and a recent passport size full-face photograph in the manner prescribed by the director. Before a license is issued to a new or renewal applicant permitting him to act as a professional surety bondsman or runner, the applicant must undergo a state criminal records check, supported by his fingerprints, by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and a national criminal records check, supported by his fingerprints, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The results of these criminal records checks must be reported by the department. The cost associated with the criminal history record must be borne by the applicant. The applicant's fingerprints must be certified by an authorized law enforcement officer.  (B) Before being issued the license, every applicant for a license as a professional bondsman, surety bondsman, or runner shall certify to the director that he:  (1) is eighteen years of age or older;  (2) is a resident of this State;  (3) is a person of good moral character and has not been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude within the last ten years;  (4) has knowledge, training, or experience of sufficient duration and extent to satisfy reasonably the director or his designee that he possesses the competence necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of a licensee.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-100 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1]; recodified as Section 38-53-90 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 689; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2; 2013 Act No. 67, Section 1, eff June 13, 2013.
SC Code § 38-53-95 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-95. Address requirements for bondsman or runner license.

 (A) If an individual applies for a professional or surety bondsman or runner license, he shall supply the department his business, email, mailing, and residential street addresses. The bondsman or runner also shall notify the department within thirty days of any change in legal name or any of these addresses.  (B) Failure to inform the director or his designee of a change in legal name or addresses within thirty days is a violation of this title and the bondsman or runner is subject to the penalties provided in Section 38-2-10.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 194 (H.4817), Section 1, eff May 26, 2016.
SC Code § 38-53-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-100. Fees.

 (A) A license fee of four hundred dollars must be paid to the director or his designee with each application for a license as a professional bondsman. The director or his designee shall forward four hundred dollars to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund; however, of the four hundred dollars, two hundred dollars must be paid over to the director or his designee to offset the costs he incurs under the provisions of this chapter, and two hundred dollars must be paid over to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset the costs it may incur under the provisions of this chapter.  (B) A license fee of two hundred dollars must be paid to the director or his designee with each application for a license as a runner. The director or his designee shall forward two hundred dollars to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund; however, of the two hundred dollars, one hundred dollars must be paid over to the director or his designee to offset the costs he incurs under the provisions of this chapter, and one hundred dollars must be paid over to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset the costs it incurs under the provisions of this chapter.  (C) The director or his designee shall forward forty percent of all fees collected under subsections (A) and (B) of this section to the clerk of court of the county where the principal place of business of the bondsman or runner is located. The remaining sixty percent of collected fees must be forwarded to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund, of which one-third must be paid to the State Law Enforcement Division, and two-thirds must be paid to the director or his designee to offset expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter.  (D) In addition to the fees herein provided, a professional or surety bondsman shall pay to the clerk of court of his home county the sum of one hundred fifty dollars annually for each licensee to be paid directly to and retained by the clerk. In addition, each bondsman and runner shall pay to any other county where he is doing business the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid to and retained by the clerk. The fee must be paid annually and directly to the clerk of court who shall deposit it in an account maintained by the clerk.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-110 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 356, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-100 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 690; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-102 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-102. Suspension of license.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department must suspend for a period of five years the license of a bail bondsman, his associates, affiliates, or runners who refer defendants to attorneys. However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit a bail bondsman, his associates, affiliates, or runners from indicating to a defendant that he should contact an attorney for professional assistance, as long as the bail bondsman, his associates, affiliates, or runners do not mention or in any other manner suggest or indicate a particular attorney or law firm by name.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 127, Section 3.
SC Code § 38-53-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-110. Financial statement required; examination.

 In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, every year, by March first, an applicant for a professional bondsman's license shall furnish a detailed financial statement under oath and in a form as the director or his designee may require. The statement is subject to the same examination as is prescribed by law for domestic insurance companies.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-120 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-110 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 691; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2; 2021 Act No. 13 (H.3585), Section 4, eff April 12, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 13, Section 4, in the first sentence, substituted "every year, by March first, an applicant for a professional bondsman's license shall furnish" for "an applicant for a professional bondsman's license shall furnish annually".
SC Code § 38-53-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-120. Additional requirements of runners.

 In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, an applicant for a license to be a runner shall show affirmatively that:  (a) the applicant will be employed by only one bail bondsman who shall supervise the work of the applicant and is responsible for the runner's conduct in the bail bond business;  (b) the application is endorsed by the appointing bail bondsman who shall obligate himself in the application to supervise the runner's activities.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-130 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-120 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-140. Expiration of license; renewal license.

 All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter expire annually on June thirtieth unless revoked or suspended prior to that time by the director or his designee or upon notice served upon the director or his designee that the employer of any runner has canceled the licensee's authority to act for the employer.  A renewal license must be issued by the director or his designee to a licensee who has met the continuing education requirements in Section 38-53-85(A) upon the payment of a renewal fee of two hundred dollars for runners and four hundred dollars for professional bondsmen, but the licensees are required in all other respects to comply with the provisions of this chapter. After the receipt of the licensee's application for renewal, the current license continues in effect until the renewal license is issued or denied for cause.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Sections 38-63-90 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] and 38-63-150 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-140 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 693; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-160. Notice and hearing required; right to appeal.

 No license may be refused, suspended, or revoked, or renewal refused, except on reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard afforded the person licensed or seeking renewal of the license. Any applicant for a license as a professional or surety bondsman or runner whose application has been denied or whose license has been suspended or revoked, or renewal of the license denied, has the right of appeal from the final order of the director or his designee to the Administrative Law Court as provided by law.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-170 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-160 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 695; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-170. Unlawful acts.

 No bondsman or runner may:  (a) pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value, directly or indirectly, to a jailer, law enforcement officer, committing magistrate, or any other person who has power to arrest or hold in custody, or to any public official or public employee in order to secure a settlement, compromise, remission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond or the forfeiture of the bail bond, including the payment to the law enforcement officers, directly or indirectly, for the arrest or apprehension of a principal or principals who have caused a forfeiture;  (b) 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;  (c) pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to the principal or anyone in his behalf;  (d) participate in the capacity of an attorney at a trial or hearing of one on whose bond he is surety, nor suggest or advise the employment of or name for employment any particular attorney to represent the principal;  (e) accept anything of value from a principal except the premium, which may not exceed fifteen percent of the face amount of the bond, with a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars. However, the bondsman is permitted to accept collateral security or other indemnity from the principal which must be returned upon final termination of liability on the bond. The bondsman shall identify who is paying the premium and shall represent that the collateral security or other indemnity has not been obtained from any person who has a greater interest in the principal's disappearance than appearance for trial. The collateral security or other indemnity required by the bondsman must be reasonable in relation to the amount of the bond;  (f) solicit business in any of the courts or on the premises of any of the courts of this State, in the office of any magistrate, or in or about any place where prisoners are confined. Law enforcement officers and jailers shall report any violations of this provision to the court. Any action taken pursuant to this provision resulting in a conviction, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere pursuant to Section 38-53-340 must be reported to the director or his designee by the court within thirty days;  (g) advise or assist the principal for the purpose of forfeiting bond.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-180 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-170 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 476; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 696; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-180. Receipt for collateral required.

 When a professional or surety bondsman accepts collateral, he shall give a written receipt for the collateral. This receipt shall give in detail a full description of the collateral received.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-190 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-180 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-190. Certain persons not allowed to be surety; exceptions.

 No sheriff, deputy sheriff, other law enforcement officer, judicial official, attorney, parole officer, probation officer, jailer, assistant jailer, employee of any court of this State, or other public employee assigned to duties relating to the administration of the court may become a surety on a bail bond for any person. No person covered by this section may act as agent for any bonding company or professional bondsman, nor may he have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the financial affairs of any firm or corporation whose principal business is acting as bondsmen. Nothing in this section prohibits any person designated above from being a surety upon the bond of his spouse, parent, brother, sister, child, or descendant.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-200 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-190 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-200. Power of attorney.

 A professional or surety bondsman may not sign or countersign blank bail bonds, nor may he give a power of attorney to, or otherwise authorize, anyone to countersign his name to bonds unless the authorized person is a licensed bondsman or runner directly employed by the bondsman giving power of attorney. Copies of all the powers of attorney and revocations of the powers of attorney must be filed immediately with the department and the clerk of the circuit court of the county in the state where the bondsman giving the power of attorney is currently writing or is obligated on bail bonds.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-210 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-200 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 697; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 127, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-210. Insurers shall supply list of surety bondsmen; termination of appointment.

 Each insurer appointing surety bondsmen, shall, prior to July first of each year, furnish the clerk of court a list of all surety bondsmen appointed by the insurer to write bail bonds on its behalf. Each insurer who subsequently appoints a surety bondsman in the State shall give notice of the appointment to the director or his designee and clerk of court of any county where the bondsman is doing business. All appointments are subject to the issuance of the proper insurance agent's license to the appointee.  An insurer terminating the appointment of a surety bondsman shall file written notice of the termination with the department, together with a statement that it has given or mailed notice to the surety bondsman and to the clerks of the circuit courts of the counties in the State where the insurer has been obligated on bail bonds through the agent within the past three years. Notice filed with the department shall state the reasons, if any, for termination. Information so furnished the director or his designee is privileged and may not be used as evidence in, or as the basis for, any action against the insurer or any of its representatives. All bonds written by a surety bondsman shall have attached the individual power of attorney in the amount of the bond.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-220 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-210 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 698; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-220. Requirement upon professional or surety bondsmen who discontinue writing bail bonds.

 A professional or surety bondsman who discontinues writing bail bonds during the period for which he is licensed shall notify the clerks of the circuit courts with whom he is registered and return his license to the director or his designee for cancellation within thirty days after discontinuance.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-230 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-220 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 699; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-230. Professional bondsmen to supply list of runners; termination of appointment.

 Every person licensed as a professional bondsman may appoint as runner any person who has been issued a runner's license. Each bondsman shall before July second of each year furnish to the clerk of court of each county where he is doing business and the director or his designee a list of all runners appointed by him. Each bondsman who, subsequent to the filing of this list, appoints additional persons as runners shall file written notice with the clerk of court of each county where he is doing business and the director or his designee of the appointment.  A bondsman terminating the appointment of a runner shall file written notice of the termination with the clerk of court and the director or his designee together with a statement that he has given or mailed notice to the runner. Notice filed with the clerk of court and the director or his designee shall state the reasons, if any, for termination. Information so furnished the director or his designee is privileged and may not be used as evidence in any action against the bondsman.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-240 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-230 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 700; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-240. Substitution of bail by sureties.

 If money or bonds have been deposited, bail by sureties may be substituted for deposit at any time before a breach of the undertaking by filing a new undertaking with the court executed by the defendant and the sureties. The official taking the new bail shall make an order that the money or bonds be refunded to the person depositing them. They must be refunded accordingly, and the original undertakings must be canceled.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-250 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-240 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-250. Requirements for discharge of custody; substitution of undertaking.

 When the defendant has been admitted to bail, he, or another in his behalf, may deposit with an official authorized to take bail a sum of money or nonregistered bonds of the United States, of the State, or of any county, city, or town within the State, equal in market value to the amount of the bail, together with his personal undertaking, and an undertaking of any other person, if the money or bonds are deposited by that person. Upon delivery to the official, in whose custody the defendant is, of a certificate of deposit, he must be discharged from custody.  When bail other than a deposit of money or bonds has been given, the defendant or the surety may, at any time before a breach of the undertaking, deposit the sum mentioned in the undertaking, and, upon deposit being made, accompanied by a new undertaking, the original undertaking is canceled.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-260 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-250 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-260. Registration of license and power of appointment.

 No professional or surety bondsman may become a surety on an undertaking unless he has registered his current license in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which he resides and registered a certified copy of the license with the clerk of the circuit court in any other county in which he writes bail bonds.  A surety bondsman shall also annually register a certified copy of his current power of appointment with the clerk of the circuit court where he resides and in any other county where he writes bail bonds on behalf of an insurer.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-270 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-260 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-53-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Bail Bondsmen And Runners|Section 38-53-270. Professional bondsmen required to maintain security deposits with clerk of court.

 Each professional bondsman acting as surety on bail bonds in this State shall maintain security deposits with the clerk of court of the county in which the bondsman has his primary place of business equal to at least one-fourth of the amount of all bonds or undertakings written in this State on which he is absolutely or conditionally liable as of the first day of the current month. A minimum of ten thousand dollars of this collateral shall be in the form of cash deposited with the clerk of court or certificates of deposit pledged to the clerk of court. Any remaining collateral shall be pledges of real estate, the value of which shall be based upon the appraised value by the county tax assessor. The real estate shall be free and clear of any encumbrances based upon a title opinion furnished to the clerk of court by the bondsman.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-280 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-270 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 118, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.