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 and until there is filed with the commissioner

a bond having an admitted surety insurer as surety thereon in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned upon the proper application and disposal of all moneys collected or received by the bail permittee, his or her solicitors licensed pursuant to his or her appointment, and his or her employees, in favor of the people of the State of California.

Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1802.5

  • 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.
  • licensee: means an insurer, agent, broker, or any other person who is required to be licensed by the department. See California Insurance Code 38.6
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 459. Effective January 1, 2007.)

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