2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 57 - Bonds and Recognizances
Section 5748 - Maximum premiums
§ 5748. Maximum premiums.
(a) General rule.--No professional bondsman shall charge a premium or compensation for acting as surety on any undertaking in excess of 10% for the first $100, and 5% for each additional $100 of such undertaking.
(b) Civil penalty.--In any action brought to recover an overcharge by a professional bondsman, where such overcharge is proved, the professional bondsman shall be liable to pay treble damages therefor and reasonable counsel fees.
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