California Insurance Code 1802.1 – (a) Every applicant for a license to act as a bail agent shall …
(a) 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 or its authorized representative authorizing that applicant to execute undertakings of bail and to solicit and negotiate those undertakings on its behalf. Additional notices of appointment may be filed by other surety insurers, upon the payment for each additional notice of the fee specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1811, before the license is issued and thereafter, as long as the license remains in force. Each appointment shall, by its terms, continue in force until any of the following occur:
(1) Termination of the bail agent’s license.
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1802.1
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
- 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. See California Insurance Code 1807.8
(2) The end of the license term, if the fee provided in subdivision (f) of Section 1811 for filing a renewal application is not paid.
(3) The filing of a notice of termination by the insurer, its representative, or by the bail agent.
(b) Every applicant for a license to act as a bail fugitive recovery agent shall file with the commissioner a notice of appointment executed by a bail agent or surety insurer authorizing that applicant to act on behalf of, and pursuant to, the instructions of the appointing licenseholder. Additional notices of appointment may be filed by other bail agents or surety insurers upon the payment for each additional notice of the fee specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1811, before the license is issued and thereafter, as long as the license remains in force. Each appointment shall, by its terms, continue in force until any of the following occur:
(1) Termination of the bail fugitive recovery agent’s license.
(2) The end of the license term, if the fee provided in subdivision (f) of Section 1811 for filing a renewal application is not paid.
(3) The filing of a notice of termination by the bail agent, the surety insurer, or the bail fugitive recovery agent.
(c) Bail agents and bail permittees who apply for a bail fugitive recovery agent license are exempt from subdivision (b) if the bail agent or bail permittee has one or more surety appointments on file with the commissioner and the surety or sureties providing the appointments have authorized the bail agent or bail permittee to work under their authority as a bail fugitive recovery agent.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2023.
(Repealed (in Sec. 7) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 768, Sec. 8. (AB 2043) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)