2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 57 - Bonds and Recognizances
Section 5749 - Prohibitions and penalties

§ 5749.  Prohibitions and penalties.

(a)  Licensing.--Any person who engages in business as a professional bondsman without being registered and licensed in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, or who engages in such business while his license is suspended or revoked, commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(b)  Overcharging.--Any person charging or receiving directly or indirectly any greater compensation for acting as a professional bondsman than is provided by this subchapter commits a summary offense.

(c)  Soliciting.--Any person who accepts any fee or compensation for obtaining a bondsman or a recognizance commits a summary offense.

(d)  Other violations.--Any person who violates any section of this subchapter for which no specific penalty other than suspension or revocation of license is provided commits a summary offense.

(e)  Public officials.--Any law enforcement officer, any employee of a penal institution, or any other system or related personnel, who has, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary interest in or derives any profit from the bonding business or activity of a professional bondsman commits a summary offense.

(f)  Public solicitation.--Any professional bondsman who solicits business in any of the courts or on the premises of any tribunal of this Commonwealth, including any tribunal conducted by a magisterial district judge, commits a summary offense.

(Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)

2004 Amendment.  Act 207 amended subsec. (f). See sections 28 and 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability and construction of law.