Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5502 – Definitions
(a) “Bail bondsmen” shall mean the person or persons licensed by the Department of Insurance as a bail bonding agent.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5502
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) “Bail bondsmen association” shall mean any organization or entity that represents the bail bondsmen in the State.
(c) “Bail enforcement agent” (“BEA”) as used within this chapter, shall mean any person or cooperative of persons, resident or nonresident, whose services or actions are performed for the purpose of capturing a fugitive, and including, but not limited to, any person who engages in the apprehension and return of persons who are released on bail and who have failed to appear at any stage of the proceedings to answer the charge before any state or federal court.
(d) “Bail enforcement agent association” shall mean any organization or entity that represents the BEA’s in the State.
(e) “Bail Enforcement Board” (“Board”) means the Delaware Board of Examiners of Bail Enforcement Agents.
(f) “Director” means the officer in charge of the Professional Licensing Section of the Division of State Police.
73 Del. Laws, c. 194, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 6 Del. Laws, c. 398, § ?2; 77 Del. Laws, c. 457, § ?4;