Alabama Administrative Code › Title 153 - ALABAMA STATE PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDING BOARD › Chapter 153-X-3 - Licensure › Section 153-X-3-.03 - Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Before any
			 individual, employee and/or company engages in any work and/or carries out any
			 duties and/or responsibilities as a professional bondsman or professional
			 surety bondsman, said individual, employee and/or company must have a shall
			 first obtain a current bail bond license pursuant to the Alabama Bail Bond
			 Regulatory Act, Chapter 13 of Title 15,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(2) All
			 employees of a professional bail bond company or professional surety company
			 must have and shall first obtain a current bail bond license pursuant to the
			 Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Chapter 13 of Title 15,
Code of
			 Ala. 1975
.
(3) Any
			 person acting as an apprentice to a professional bail bondsman, professional
			 surety, and/or recovery agent shall first obtain a current bail bond apprentice
			 license pursuant to Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Chapter 13 of Title 15,
Code of Ala. 1975
. An apprentice shall not act along
			 in bail recovery, failure to have an authorized licensee with you may result in
			 suspension or revocation of license.
(4) All company owners/officers/directors/
			 stockholders/partners are required to apply to the Alabama Law Enforcement
			 Agency for a state and nationwide criminal background records check in
			 accordance with license application. The criminal background records check is a
			 requirement and will be required for any company owners/officers/
			 directors/stockholders/partners, regardless of whether the
			 owners/officers/directors/stockholders/partners are a licensed Alabama
			 professional bail bondsman, professional surety, or recovery agent.
(5) Within thirty (30) calendar days, any
			 changes in ownership or to the corporate structure of any Alabama bonding
			 company shall be submitted in writing to the Board via certified mail and/or
			 electronic mail to the attention of the Board's Executive Director indicating
			 the change. A state and nationwide criminal background records check in
			 accordance with license application requirements shall be submitted for any
			 company owner/officer/director/ stockholder/partner not previously listed on
			 the company's most recent information.
(6) There shall be no license issued in a
			 fictitious name to a professional bail bondsman, professional surety, or
			 recovery agent. Individual applications containing fictitious names shall be
			 denied.
(7) Applicants for a bail
			 bondsman license will be approved or denied by the Board or Board's
			 Designee(s).
(8) In the case of an
			 application being denied by the Board's Designee, the applicant can appeal the
			 decision to the Board.
(9)
			 Applicants for an initial license who satisfactorily complete the examination
			 and meet the other qualifications and requirements prescribed by law may be
			 licensed by the Board.
(10)
			 Licensees shall notify in writing via certified mail and/or electronic mail the
			 Board's Executive Director of any legal name change within ten (10) calendar
			 days of said change and submit appropriate supporting documents. Applicable
			 fees shall also be submitted by the licensee for a replacement license to be
			 issued.
(11) Licensees shall notify
			 in writing via certified mail and/or electronic mail the Board's Executive
			 Director of any change in the licensee's mailing and email addresses of record
			 within ten (10) calendar days of said change. The mailing and email addresses
			 of record are the address provided on the licensee's application for initial
			 license or renewal.
(12) Licensees
			 shall notify in writing via certified mail and/or electronic mail the Board's
			 Executive Director of any change in the licensee's employer within ten (10)
			 calendar days of said change. The employer of record is the name and address of
			 the employer provided on the licensee's application for initial license or
			 renewal.
(13) Address and name
			 changes, as well as employer information, will be included in the information
			 verified by the Board in the course of an audit.
(14) Verification of licensure will be
			 available on a Board-maintained website. Upon receipt of a written request and
			 required fee, the Board's designee shall provide written verification of an
			 individual and/or company's Alabama licensure status.
Author:
Alabama Professional Bail Bonding
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										15-13-212.