Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 250 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO PROPERTY AND SURETY BAIL BONDSMEN › Part VI - Administrative Requirements/Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-250-250 - Professional conduct standards; grounds for disciplinary actions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Any violations
				  of the restrictions or standards under this statute shall be grounds for
				  placing on probation, refusal to issue or renew, sanctioning, suspension or
				  revocation of the bail bondsman's license. A licensed bail bondsman is
				  responsible for ensuring that his employees, partners and persons contracted to
				  perform services for or on behalf of the bonding business comply with all of
				  these provisions, and do not violate any of the restrictions that apply to bail
				  bondsmen. Violations by a bondsman's employee, partner, or agent may be grounds
				  for disciplinary action against the bondsman, including probation, suspension
				  or revocation of license. Upon notification from the State Corporation
				  Commission of a license suspension, the department shall immediately suspend a
				  surety bondsman's license, pending the results of an investigation.
B. A licensed bail bondsman shall not:
1. Knowingly commit, or be a party to, any
				  material fraud, misrepresentation, concealment, conspiracy, collusion, forgery,
				  scheme or device whereby any other person lawfully relies upon the word,
				  representation, or conduct of the bail bondsman.
2. Solicit sexual favors or extort additional
				  consideration as a condition of obtaining, maintaining, or exonerating bail
				  bond, regardless of the identity of the person who performs the
				  favors.
3. Conduct a bail bond
				  transaction that demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, coercion, incompetence,
				  extortion or untrustworthiness.
4.
				  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.
5. Give or
				  receive, directly or indirectly, any gift of any kind to any nonelected public
				  official or any employee of a governmental agency involved with the
				  administration of justice, including but not limited to law-enforcement
				  personnel, magistrates, judges, and jail employees, as well as attorneys. De
				  minimis gifts, not to exceed $50 per year per recipient, are acceptable,
				  provided the purpose of the gift is not to directly solicit business, or would
				  otherwise be a violation of board regulations or the laws of the
				  Commonwealth.
6. Fail to comply
				  with any of the statutory or regulatory requirements governing licensed bail
				  bondsmen.
7. Fail to cooperate with
				  any investigation by the department.
8. Fail to comply with any subpoena issued by
				  the department.
9. Provide
				  materially incorrect, misleading, incomplete or untrue information in a license
				  application, renewal application, or any other document filed with the
				  department.
10. Provide bail for
				  any person if he is also an attorney representing that person.
11. Provide bail for any person if the
				  bondsman was initially involved in the arrest of that person.