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2012 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 58 - Insurance.
Article 71 - Bail Bondsmen and Runners.
- Section 58-71-1 - Definitions.
- Section 58-71-5 - Commissioner of Insurance to administer Article; rules and regulations; employees; evidence of Commissioner's actions.
- Section 58-71-10 - Defects not to invalidate undertakings; liability not affected by agreement or lack of qualifications.
- Section 58-71-15 - Qualifications of sureties on bail.
- Section 58-71-16 - No return of premium; bond reduction.
- Section 58-71-20 - Surrender of defendant by surety; when premium need not be returned.
- Section 58-71-25 - Procedure for surrender.
- Section 58-71-30 - Arrest of defendant for purpose of surrender.
- Section 58-71-35 - Forfeiture of bail.
- Section 58-71-40 - Bail bondsmen and runners to be qualified and licensed; license applications generally.
- Section 58-71-41 - First-year licensees; limitations.
- Section 58-71-45 - Terms of licenses.
- Section 58-71-50 - Qualification for bail bondsmen and runners.
- Section 58-71-51 - Criminal history record checks.
- Section 58-71-55 - License fees.
- Section 58-71-60 - Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 726, s. 6.
- Section 58-71-65 - Contents of application for runner's license; endorsement by professional bondsman.
- Section 58-71-70 - Examination; fees.
- Section 58-71-71 - Examination; educational requirements; penalties.
- Section 58-71-72 - Qualifications of instructors.
- Section 58-71-75 - License renewal; criminal history record checks; renewal fees.
- Section 58-71-80 - Grounds for denial, suspension, probation, revocation, or nonrenewal of licenses.
- Section 58-71-81 - Notice of receivership.
- Section 58-71-82 - Dual license holding.
- Section 58-71-85 - License sanction and denial procedures.
- Section 58-71-90 - Repealed by Session Laws 1999-132, s. 1.1.
- Section 58-71-95 - Prohibited practices.
- Section 58-71-100 - Receipts for collateral; trust accounts.
- Section 58-71-105 - Persons prohibited from becoming surety or runners.
- Section 58-71-110 - Bonds not to be signed in blank; authority to countersign only given to licensed employee.
- Section 58-71-115 - Insurers to annually report surety bondsmen; notices of appointments and terminations; information confidential.
- Section 58-71-120 - Bail bondsman to give notice of discontinuance of business; cancellation of license.
- Section 58-71-121 - Death, incapacitation, or incompetence of a bail bondsman.
- Section 58-71-122 - Transfer of business by bail bondsman.
- Section 58-71-125 - Persons eligible as runners; bail bondsmen to annually report runners; notices of appointments and terminations; information confidential.
- Section 58-71-130 - Substituting bail by sureties for deposit.
- Section 58-71-135 - Deposit for defendant admitted to bail authorizes release and cancellation of undertaking.
- Section 58-71-140 - Registration of licenses and power of appointments by insurers.
- Section 58-71-141 - Appointment of bail bondsmen; affidavit required.
- Section 58-71-145 - Financial responsibility of professional bondsmen.
- Section 58-71-150 - Repealed by Session Laws 2005-240, s. 4, effective October 1, 2005, and applicable to all notices of applications denied by the Commissioner served on or after that date and to all notices of review outcomes served on or after that date.
- Section 58-71-151 - Securities held in trust by Commissioner; authority to dispose of same.
- Section 58-71-155 - Bondsman to furnish power of attorney with securities.
- Section 58-71-160 - Security deposit to be maintained.
- Section 58-71-165 - Report required.
- Section 58-71-167 - Portion of bond premium payments deferred.
- Section 58-71-168 - Records to be maintained.
- Section 58-71-170 - Examinations.
- Section 58-71-175 - Limit on principal amount of bond to be written by professional bondsman.
- Section 58-71-180 - Disposition of fees.
- Section 58-71-185 - Penalties for violations.
- Section 58-71-190 - Duplication of regulation forbidden.
- Section 58-71-195 - Conflicting laws.
- Section 58-71-200 - Bondsman access to criminal court records.
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