ARTICLE 1. Qualification and Licensing [1800. - 1823.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 654.

§§ 1800–1823 · 49 sections

§ 1800 (a) An insurer shall not execute an undertaking of bail except by and through a person holding a bail license issued as provided in this chapter. A person…
§ 1800.4 As used in this chapter, the term “bail bond” includes any contract not executed by a surety insurer for or method of release of person arrested or confined on…
§ 1800.5 This chapter shall not affect the negotiation through a licensed broker or agent for, nor the execution or delivery of an undertaking of bail, executed by an…
§ 1800.6 This chapter shall not limit the power of any city or county to enact other and further regulations concerning, and not in conflict with, the provisions of…
§ 1800.7 Any individual person may execute or furnish a bail bond if no consideration is paid or allowed, directly or indirectly, by any person for the execution or…
§ 1800.75 No person shall advertise or hold himself out as engaging in the business of executing, delivering, or furnishing bail bonds or undertakings of bail whether or…
§ 1800.8 The permits required by this chapter are in addition to any and all other permits or licenses required by law.
§ 1801 (a) Bail licenses are: (1) Bail agents’ licenses. (2) Bail permittees’ licenses. (3) Bail solicitors’ licenses. (4) Bail fugitive recovery agent licenses. (b)…
§ 1802 (a) A bail agent’s license by its terms permits the licensee to solicit, negotiate, and effect undertakings of bail on behalf of any surety insurer while there…
§ 1802.1 (a) Every applicant for a license to act as a bail agent shall file with the commissioner a notice of appointment executed by a surety insurer or its…
§ 1802.2 Any bail licensee who has purchased or succeeded to the bona fide business of another bail licensee shall be entitled to use a true or fictitious name used by…
§ 1802.3 (a) A bail fugitive recovery agent’s license, by its terms, permits the licensee to engage in the activities of a bail fugitive recovery agent as set forth in…
§ 1802.5 A bail permittee’s license, by its terms, permits the licensee to solicit, negotiate, issue, and deliver bail bonds. The license shall not be issued unless and…
§ 1802.6 The holder of a bail permittee’s license may, upon filing of proper documents specified in Section 1802.1, receive a bail agent’s license without procuring the…
§ 1802.7 Any applicant may deposit with the commissioner, in lieu of a bond required by this chapter, securities of the kind and character set forth in sections 1170 to…
§ 1802.71 The holder, or former holder of a bail license, who has deposited with the commissioner securities in lieu of a bond as provided by Section 1802.7, may at any…
§ 1802.72 The former holder of any bail license, who has surrendered any and all licenses to the commissioner, and who has on deposit with the commissioner securities in…
§ 1802.73 The application shall be in writing, verified, and shall state: (a) The nature of all bail licenses held by the applicant and the period during which the…
§ 1802.74 The commissioner shall publish daily for one week in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the applicant transacted bail under any…
§ 1802.75 The commissioner shall make an examination of the books and records of the applicant. The costs and expenses of the examination shall be paid by the…
§ 1802.76 Upon failure of the applicant to pay the expense of publication of notice within 30 days after the presentation of the bill therefor, the commissioner shall…
§ 1802.77 If the commissioner is satisfied from the application and the examination of the books and records of the applicant that the applicant has, in fact, complied…
§ 1803 A bail solicitor’s license, by its terms, permits the licensee to transact bail on behalf of and as the employee of the holder of the bail licenses therein…
§ 1804 An applicant for bail license shall file with the commissioner an application in such form and having such supporting documents as the commissioner prescribes,…
§ 1805 The commissioner may decline to issue a bail license until he is satisfied that: (a) The applicant is of good business reputation and of good general…
§ 1806 The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any license under this chapter whenever it is made to appear to him that the holder of such permit is…
§ 1807 The commissioner may suspend or revoke any bail license for any cause for which he could deny such license.
§ 1807.5 Except as provided in Sections 1669 and 1738, the commissioner shall not deny, suspend, or revoke any license, issued under this article, without first…
§ 1807.7 Commencing on January 1, 2011, all licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be for a license term of two years.
§ 1807.8 “License term” as used in this chapter means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1807.9, as applicable, and…
§ 1807.9 “License year” as used in this chapter shall be determined for each individual and entity as follows: (a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on…
§ 1808 (a) Applications for renewal of licenses may be filed on or before the expiration date upon payment of the fees for filing specified in Section 1811. (b) Upon…
§ 1809 The provisions of law relating to unlawful rebates shall not apply to commissions or other consideration paid or exchanged between licensees under this…
§ 1810 (a) Natural persons can be licensed under this chapter. (b) A license may be held by a corporation, in which case all of the following requirements shall be…
§ 1810.5 The commissioner shall not issue a bail license to any person unless and until the applicant takes and passes an examination given by the commissioner as…
§ 1810.6 The commissioner shall conduct or arrange for written examination to be given at least twice a year upon questions proposed by the commissioner as to the…
§ 1810.7 (a) In order to be eligible to take the examination required to be licensed under this chapter, the applicant shall have completed the following: (1) A minimum…
§ 1810.8 (a) The commissioner may issue a temporary license to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased holder of a bail agent’s license, bail…
§ 1810.9 A renewal license shall be issued by the commissioner to a licensee upon proof of current licensure, payment of a renewal fee, and completion of the continuing…
§ 1811 For the commissioner’s services in connection with the filing of any application or request for any license under this chapter, the commissioner shall charge…
§ 1812 The commissioner may make reasonable rules necessary, advisable, or convenient for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
§ 1813 The commissioner, after notice and hearing, in accordance with the procedure provided in Article 13 (commencing with Section 1737) of Chapter 5 may suspend,…
§ 1814 The violation of any foregoing provision of this chapter, or of any rule of the commissioner made pursuant thereto, is a public offense, punishable by fine not…
§ 1815 (a) The commissioner shall publish and maintain a list of the names of holders of bail agents’ and bail permittees’ licenses and their solicitors and bail…
§ 1819 The certificate of the commissioner certifying any facts found after hearing held under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth…
§ 1820 Every bail license shall be prominently displayed in the office of the licensee.
§ 1821 (a) A license shall not be refused by the commissioner without proceedings in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3…
§ 1822 A licensee or applicant for a license under this chapter shall notify the commissioner, in writing, of any change in the address from which he intends to…
§ 1823 All surety companies which execute undertakings of bail shall keep any moneys collected from agents licensed pursuant to this code as buildup or reserve funds…