2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 58-71-50. Qualification for bail bondsmen and runners.

§ 58‑71‑50.  Qualification for bail bondsmen and runners.

(a)       An applicant for a license as a bail bondsman or runner shall furnish the Commissioner with a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints and a recent passport size full‑face photograph of the applicant. The applicant's fingerprints shall be certified by an authorized law‑enforcement officer. The fingerprints of every applicant shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the applicant's criminal history record file, if any. If warranted, the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. An applicant shall pay the cost of the State and any national criminal history record check of the applicant.

(b)       Every applicant for a license under this Article as a bail bondsman or runner must meet all of the following qualifications:

(1)       Be 18 years of age or over.

(2)       Be a resident of this State.

(3)       Repealed by Session Laws 1998‑211, s. 23.

(4)       Have knowledge, training, or experience of sufficient duration and extent to provide the competence necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of a licensee.

(5)       Have no outstanding bail bond obligations.

(6)       Have no current or prior violations of any provision of this Article or of Article 26 of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes or of any similar provision of law of any other state.

(7)       Not have been in any manner disqualified under the laws of this State or any other state to engage in the bail bond business. (1963, c. 1225, s. 11; 1971, c. 1231, s. 1; 1975, c. 619, s. 1; 1987, c. 728, s. 1; 1989, c. 485, s. 39; 1991, c. 720, s. 41; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 726, s. 4; 1998‑211, s. 23.)