31A-35-401. Requirement for license or certificate of authority -- Process -- Fees -- Limitations.
(1) A person may not engage in the bail bond insurance business unless that person: is a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter; is a surety insurer that is granted a certificate under this section in the same manner as other insurers doing business in this state are granted certificates of authority under this title; or is a bail bond producer licensed in accordance with this section. A bail bond agency shall be licensed under this chapter as an agency. A bail bond producer shall be licensed under, as a limited lines producer. Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries
(2) A person applying for a bail bond agency license under this chapter shall submit to the commissioner: a completed application form as prescribed by the commissioner; a fee as determined by the commissioner in accordance with Section; and 31A-3-103 any additional information required by rule.
(3) A fee required under this section is not refundable.
(4) A fee collected from a bail bond agency shall be deposited into a restricted account created in Section. 31A-35-407
(5) A bail bond agency shall be domiciled in Utah. A bail bond producer shall be a resident of Utah. A foreign surety insurer that is granted a certificate to sell bail bonds may only sell bail bonds through a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter.