California Insurance Code ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Licensing

• Section 1800.
  (a) An insurer shall not execute an undertaking of bail except by and through a person holding a bail license issued as provided in this chapter....
• Section 1800.4.
  As used in this chapter, the term “bail bond” includes any contract not executed by a surety insurer for or method of release of person...
• Section 1800.5.
  This chapter shall not affect the negotiation through a licensed broker or agent for, nor the execution or delivery of an undertaking of bail, executed...
• Section 1800.6.
  This chapter shall not limit the power of any city or county to enact other and further regulations concerning, and not in conflict with, the...
• Section 1800.7.
  Any individual person may execute or furnish a bail bond if no consideration is paid or allowed, directly or indirectly, by any person for the...
• Section 1800.75.
  No person shall advertise or hold himself out as engaging in the business of executing, delivering, or furnishing bail bonds or undertakings of bail whether...
• Section 1800.8.
  The permits required by this chapter are in addition to any and all other permits or licenses required by law.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 361.)
• Section 1801.
  Bail licenses are:(a) Bail agents’ licenses;(b) Bail permittees’ licenses;(c) Bail solicitors’ licenses.(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 361.)
• Section 1802.
  A bail agent’s license by its terms permits the licensee to solicit, negotiate, and effect undertakings of bail on behalf of any surety insurer while...
• Section 1802.1.
  Every applicant for a license to act as a bail agent shall file with the commissioner a notice of appointment executed by a surety insurer...
• Section 1802.2.
  Any bail licensee who has purchased or succeeded to the bona fide business of another bail licensee shall be entitled to use a true or...
• Section 1802.5.
  A bail permittee’s license, by its terms, permits the licensee to solicit, negotiate, issue, and deliver bail bonds. The license shall not be issued unless...
• Section 1802.6.
  The holder of a bail permittee’s license may, upon filing of proper documents specified in Section 1802.1, receive a bail agent’s license without procuring the...
• Section 1802.7.
  Any applicant may deposit with the commissioner, in lieu of a bond required by this chapter, securities of the kind and character set forth in...
• Section 1802.71.
  The holder, or former holder of a bail license, who has deposited with the commissioner securities in lieu of a bond as provided by Section...
• Section 1802.72.
  The former holder of any bail license, who has surrendered any and all licenses to the commissioner, and who has on deposit with the commissioner...
• Section 1802.73.
  The application shall be in writing, verified, and shall state:(a) The nature of all bail licenses held by the applicant and the period during which the...
• Section 1802.74.
  The commissioner shall publish daily for one week in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the applicant transacted bail under any...
• Section 1802.75.
  The commissioner shall make an examination of the books and records of the applicant. The costs and expenses of the examination shall be paid by...
• Section 1802.76.
  Upon failure of the applicant to pay the expense of publication of notice within 30 days after the presentation of the bill therefor, the commissioner...
• Section 1802.77.
  If the commissioner is satisfied from the application and the examination of the books and records of the applicant that the applicant has, in fact,...
• Section 1803.
  A bail solicitor’s license, by its terms, permits the licensee to transact bail on behalf of and as the employee of the holder of the...
• Section 1804.
  An applicant for bail license shall file with the commissioner an application in such form and having such supporting documents as the commissioner prescribes, except...
• Section 1805.
  The commissioner may decline to issue a bail license until he is satisfied that:(a) The applicant is of good business reputation and of good general reputation.(b) That...
• Section 1806.
  The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any license under this chapter whenever it is made to appear to him that the holder...
• Section 1807.
  The commissioner may suspend or revoke any bail license for any cause for which he could deny such license.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 654.)
• Section 1807.5.
  Except as provided in Sections 1669 and 1738, the commissioner shall not deny, suspend, or revoke any license, issued under this article, without first granting...
• Section 1807.7.
  Commencing on January 1, 2011, all licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be for a license term of two years.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch....
• Section 1807.8.
  “License term” as used in this chapter means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1807.9, as...
• Section 1807.9.
  “License year” as used in this chapter shall be determined for each individual and entity as follows:(a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on the...
• Section 1808.
  (a) Applications for renewal of licenses may be filed on or before the expiration date upon payment of the fees for filing specified in Section 1811.(b) Upon...
• Section 1809.
  The provisions of law relating to unlawful rebates shall not apply to commissions or other consideration paid or exchanged between licensees under this chapter, except...
• Section 1810.
  (a) Natural persons can be licensed under this chapter.(b) A license may be held by a corporation, in which case all of the following requirements shall be...
• Section 1810.5.
  The commissioner shall not issue a bail license to any person unless and until the applicant takes and passes an examination given by the commissioner...
• Section 1810.6.
  The commissioner shall conduct or arrange for written examination to be given at least twice a year upon questions proposed by the commissioner as to...
• Section 1810.7.
  (a) In order to be eligible to take the examination required to be licensed under this chapter, the applicant shall have completed a minimum of 20...
• Section 1810.8.
  The commissioner may issue a temporary license to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased holder of a bail agent’s license or...
• Section 1810.9.
  A renewal license shall be issued by the commissioner to a licensee upon proof of current licensure, payment of a renewal fee, and completion of...
• Section 1811.
  For his or her services in connection with the filing of any application or request for any license under this chapter, the commissioner shall charge...
• Section 1812.
  The commissioner may make reasonable rules necessary, advisable, or convenient for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch.
• Section 1813.
  The commissioner, after notice and hearing, in accordance with the procedure provided in Article 13 (commencing with Section 1737) of Chapter 5 may suspend, revoke,...
• Section 1814.
  The violation of any foregoing provision of this chapter, or of any rule of the commissioner made pursuant thereto, is a public offense, punishable by...
• Section 1815.
  The commissioner shall publish and maintain a list of the names of holders of bail agents’ and bail permittees’ licenses and their solicitors on the...
• Section 1819.
  The certificate of the commissioner certifying any facts found after hearing held under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth...
• Section 1820.
  Every bail license shall be prominently displayed in the office of the licensee.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 361.)
• Section 1821.
  A license shall not be refused by the commissioner without proceedings in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division...
• Section 1822.
  A licensee or applicant for a license under this chapter shall notify the commissioner, in writing, of any change in the address from which he...
• Section 1823.
  All surety companies which execute undertakings of bail shall keep any moneys collected from agents licensed pursuant to this code as buildup or reserve funds...

Last modified: October 22, 2018