Title 59 — Title 59 — Professions and Occupations

Investigative files confidential. A. The Insurance Commissioner shall have full power and authority to administer the provisions of this act, which regulates bail bondsmen and to that end to adopt, and promulgate rules and regulations to enforce the purposes and provisions of thi…

Renewal - Corporations - Attorneys. A. No person shall act in the capacity of a bail bondsman or perform any of the functions, duties or powers prescribed for bail bondsmen under the provisions of Section 1301 et seq. of this title, unless that person shall be qualified and licen…

Each bail bondsman license issued shall expire biennially at 12:00 o'clock midnight on the last day of the birth month of the bondsman, unless revoked or suspended prior thereto by the Insurance Commissioner. Added by Laws 1965, c. 184, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by Laws 198…

investigation - Fee - Second and subsequent applications – Definitions. A. The application for license to serve as a bail bondsman shall affirmatively show that the applicant: 1. Is a person who has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years; 2. Has not been previously convicted of…

A. 1. An applicant for a cash bondsman license shall meet all requirements set forth in Section 1305 of this title with exception of the one-year residence requirement. An applicant for a cash bondsman license shall affirmatively show that the applicant has been a bona fide resid…

Deposit – Transfer - Agents. A. 1. An applicant for a multicounty agent bondsman license shall have been continually licensed as a professional bondsman in the State of Oklahoma for a minimum of two (2) years without suspension or having any unpaid forfeitures prior to the date o…

110, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

A. The applicant for bail bondsman licensure shall be required to take an examination prepared by the Insurance Commissioner, testing the applicant’s ability and qualifications to be a bail bondsman. Applications are valid for three (3) months after submission. If an applicant ha…

Penalties. A. In order to be eligible to take the examination required to be licensed as a bail bondsman, each person shall complete not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of education in subjects pertinent to the duties and responsibilities of a bail bondsman, including all laws…

A. A renewal license shall be issued by the Insurance Commissioner to a licensee who has continuously maintained same in effect, without further examination, upon payment of a renewal fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a cash, property, surety, or professional bail bondsman…

renew license - Grounds – Definitions. A. The Insurance Commissioner may deny, censure, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued under Sections 1301 through 1341 of this title for any of the following causes: 1. For any cause for which issuance of the license could …

bond - Notice - Temporary suspension of license. If, after investigation, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Insurance Commissioner that a bail bondsman or insurer has been guilty of violating any of the laws or rules or regulations of this state relating to bail bonds, t…

A. Hearings shall be held in the Insurance Commissioner's offices or at such other place as the Commissioner may deem convenient. B. The Commissioner shall appoint an independent hearing examiner to preside at the hearing to sit in the capacity of a quasi-judicial officer. C. All…

license - Effect. A. No individual operating under any license which has been revoked by the Insurance Commissioner shall have the right to apply for another license under this act within one (1) year from the effective date of such revocation, or, if judicial review of such revo…

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed to act as a bail bondsman or whose license to act as a bail bondsman has been suspended, revoked, surrendered, or refused, to do or perform any of the acts of a bail bondsman. Any person convicted of violating the provisi…

Notwithstanding any provision of the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act to the contrary, a licensed bondsman in this state, for purposes of apprehension and surrender of his or her defendant client whose undertaking or bail contract was written by the licensed bondsman, may seek …

Any applicant for license as a bail bondsman whose application has been denied or whose license shall have been censured, suspended or revoked, or renewal thereof denied or a fine levied, shall have the right of appeal from such final order of the Commissioner thereon by filing a…

collateral - Fiduciary duties - Monthly reports - Records - Reviewal fee. A. When a bail bondsman or managing general agent accepts collateral, the bail bondsman or managing general agent shall give a written receipt for same, and this receipt shall give in detail a full descript…

A. The following persons or classes shall not be bail bondsmen, shall not perform the acts of a bail bondsman and shall not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of any bail bond: 1. Persons convicted of, or who have pled guilty or nolo contendere to, any…

to be bondsmen - ABLE Commission investigations. A. On and after November 1, 2015, as an exception to the provisions in paragraph 8, 9, 10 or 11 of subsection A of Section 1315 of this title prohibiting a person from being a bail bondsman or receiving any benefit from the executi…

- Suspension of bail agents - Receipt - Power of attorney. A. 1. A bail bondsman shall neither sign nor countersign in blank any bond, nor shall the bondsman give a power of attorney to, or otherwise authorize, anyone to countersign the name of the bail bondsman to bonds unless t…

managing general agent - Filing fee - Termination of appointment - Affidavit - Authority of bondsmen. A. Every insurer who appoints a surety bondsman or managing general agent in the state shall give notice thereof to the Insurance Commissioner. The filing fee for appointment of …

A. Any bail bondsman who discontinues writing bail bonds during the period for which he is licensed shall notify the clerks of the district courts and the sheriffs with whom he is registered and return his license to the Commissioner for cancellation within thirty (30) days from …

– 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 reg…

Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as: 1. An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen; 2. A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by the Insurance Commissioner; 3. A cash bondsman; 4. A property bondsman; 5…

A. Every bondsman shall file with the undertaking an affidavit stating whether or not the bondsman or anyone for the use of the bondsman has been promised or has received any security or consideration for the undertaking, and if so, the nature and description of security and amou…

When the defendant has been admitted to bail, he, or another in his behalf, may make a cash bond by depositing with an official authorized to take bail, a sum of money, or nonregistered bonds of the United States, or of the state, or of any county, city or town within the state, …

Where the undertaking is a property bond, whether posted by a bail bondsman, the defendant personally, or by any other person, said bond shall give the legal description of the property, the assessed valuation, the amount of encumbrances, if any, and the status of the legal title…

Bail may be substituted, without additional premium being charged, by the defendant or bondsman, at any time before a breach of the undertaking, by substituting any other proper and sufficient bond of like value as provided herein. The official taking the new bail shall make an o…

A. No undertaking shall be invalid, nor shall any person be discharged from his undertaking, nor a forfeiture thereof be stayed nor shall judgment thereon be stayed, set aside or reversed, the collection of any such judgment be barred or defeated by reason of any defect of form, …

custody in another jurisdiction - Recommitment of defendant - Exoneration of bond in original court. A. At any time before there has been a breach of the undertaking in any type of bail provided herein, the surety or bondsman or a licensed bail enforcer pursuant to a client contr…

procedure. A. The bondsman or insurer, or a licensed bail enforcer pursuant to a client contract authorized by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act, desiring to make a surrender of the defendant shall procure or have in his or her possession a certified copy of the undertakings…

For the purpose of surrendering the defendant: 1. The surety may arrest the defendant before the forfeiture of the undertaking; 2. The surety, by written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the undertaking, may empower any peace officer to make an arrest of the defendant, f…

forfeiture. A. If the undertaking is a property bond, the clerk shall record the order and judgment of forfeiture in the proper records of said county. Any filing fees shall be paid by the party filing such property bond. B. Collection of such property bond forfeiture shall be ac…

A. If there is a breach of an undertaking, the court before which the cause is pending shall issue, within ten (10) days, an arrest warrant for the defendant and declare the undertaking and any money, property, or securities that have been deposited as bail, forfeited on the day …

For the purpose of surrendering a defendant after a breach of the undertaking, the following persons may return the defendant to custody: 1. A bondsman or surety; 2. A licensed bail enforcer having authority under a client contract with a bondsman or surety pursuant to the Bail E…

All liability of the bondsman may be enforced on motion without necessity of an independent action if conformance with the foregoing is shown. Laws 1965, c. 184, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

A. Any person in custody before a court or magistrate of the State of Oklahoma subject to discretion of the court may be admitted to bail on his personal recognizance subject to such conditions as the court or magistrate may reasonably prescribe to assure his appearance when requ…

with personal recognizance. Whoever, having been admitted to bail for appearance before any district court in the State of Oklahoma, (1) incurs a forfeiture of the bail and willfully fails to surrender himself within thirty (30) days following the date of such forfeiture, or (2) …

or indemnification agreement. It shall be unlawful for any principal, person in custody or defendant, or indemnitor to provide false information, including identity and physical address, on any undertaking or indemnification agreement. Violation of this section shall be a misdeme…

Any person violating any of the provisions of this act relating to bondsman shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each offense, or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A…

Any funds payable to the court clerk or other officer pursuant to this act, by any licensed bondsman, managing general agent, surety company or professional bondsman shall be issued a receipt in the name of the surety company or professional bondsman, as the case may be, and when…

Each person arrested shall have an opportunity to use the telephone to call his attorney and bondsman before being placed in jail, or within six (6) hours thereafter. Laws 1965, c. 184, § 38, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

Every person who holds a valid bail bondsman's license issued by the Insurance Commissioner and registered as required in Section 20 of this act shall be entitled to equal access to the jails of this state for the purpose of making bond, subject to the provisions of this act and …

This act shall not apply to a person who writes only one bond within each calendar year and who does not charge a fee for his services. Laws 1965, c. 184, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law that requires a particular form and associated payment to be filed with the Insurance Department in paper form or mailed or hand-delivered to the Insurance Department, the Insurance Commissioner may, by appropriate order, require that al…

Sections 135.1 through 160.2 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Podiatric Medicine Practice Act". Laws 1983, c. 138, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act". Added by Laws 2013, c. 407, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

As used in the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act: 1. “Armed bail enforcer” means a bail enforcer having a valid license issued by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training authorizing the holder to carry an approved firearm or weapon in the recovery of a defendant pu…

A. 1. Application for a bail enforcer license shall be made on forms provided by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and shall be submitted in writing by the applicant under oath. The application shall require the applicant to furnish information reasonably requ…