2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 29-151. Maximum commission or fee. Reports to Commissioner of Public Safety.
Sec. 29-151. Maximum commission or fee. Reports to Commissioner of Public
Safety. No such professional bondsman shall charge for his commission or fee more
than fifty dollars for the amount of bail furnished by him up to five hundred dollars, nor
more than ten per cent of the amount of bail furnished by him from five hundred dollars
up to five thousand dollars, nor more than seven per cent of the amount of bail furnished
by him on sums in excess of five thousand dollars. When a professional bondsman has
furnished bail to an accused in a criminal proceeding, the fee which he receives therefor
shall be credited on account of his fee for any subsequent bail in an increased amount
which he may furnish for the same person in the same criminal proceeding; but this
provision shall not apply to bail furnished on appeal of a conviction or bindover of an
accused. Each professional bondsman licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall
annually, during the month of January, on forms furnished by the Commissioner of
Public Safety, report to said commissioner in detail the names of the persons for whom
such bondsman has become surety during the year ended December thirty-first preceding, with the date, the amount of bond and the fee charged and paid and such further
information as said commissioner requires.
History: 1969 act increased bondsman's commission (1) from five to twenty dollars on bail amounts up to three hundred, rather than one hundred, dollars, (2) from five to seven per cent for changed three hundred dollar lower range up to five thousand dollars and (3) from two and one-half to five per cent for amounts exceeding five thousand dollars; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-163 increased bondsman's commission from a maximum of seven per cent to a maximum of ten per cent for amounts of bail furnished from three hundred dollars up to five thousand dollars; P.A. 86-183 increased maximum fee from twenty to fifty dollars on bail up to five hundred dollars, ten per cent of amount of bail from five hundred to five thousand dollars and changed percentage from five to seven per cent of amount of bail in excess of five thousand dollars.
Cited. 147 C. 1.
Statute upheld as constitutional. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 83. Defendant, after accepting license under statute and acting thereunder, cannot then claim statute is unconstitutional. Id.
