2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-1320. Registration of license and fee – County list of bondsmen – Certified copy of appointment.

A. No bail bondsman shall become a surety on an undertaking unless he or she has first registered his or her license in the office of the court clerk in any county in which the bondsman intends to write bonds. In any county in which a bondsman registers his or her license, the bondsman shall provide notice to the court clerk in writing of any change in residence or business address within five (5) business days after a change. The court clerk of the county shall provide a list of bondsmen permitted to write bail in that county to the judges and law enforcement offices of that county. Law enforcement shall post the list conspicuously near all telephones used by prisoners. The list shall be updated and distributed to law enforcement by the court clerk at least monthly, provided there has been a change to the list, and shall consist of professional, multicounty agent, property, cash and surety bail bondsmen. Any surety bondsman without a current surety appointment shall be removed from the list. In any county not having a licensed bondsman authorized to do business within the county, the court having jurisdiction shall allow and fix bail.

B. A surety bondsman shall also file with the court clerk a certified copy of his or her appointment by power of attorney from the insurer whom he or she represents as an agent.

C. A fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be paid to the court clerk for each county in which the bail bondsman registers his or her license. The fee shall be payable biennially by the date of license renewal. The court clerk and the sheriff shall not permit the registration or filing of a bail bondsman unless such bondsman is currently licensed by the Insurance Commissioner under the provisions of Section 1301 et seq. of this title.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 184, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 225, § 21, emerg. eff. May 23, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 211, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 257, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 98, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2013, c. 150, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 385, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 110, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 161, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2022, c. 170, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.