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27-50-610. Issuance of bond card.
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27-50-610. Issuance of bond card.
A professional bail bond company as defined in § 17-19-101 et seq., a qualified surety pursuant to §§ 27-50-611 and 27-50-612, and an automobile club or association as defined in §§ 23-77-101 — 23-77-109, may issue a bond card to a person licensed as an operator or chauffeur which shall constitute evidence of the undertaking of bond by the company to assure the appearance in court for the offense charged of a person arrested or issued a traffic citation for a motor vehicle accident or traffic law violation up to and including the amount in dollars stated upon the face of the bond card.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-610
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27-50-610. Issuance of bond card.
A professional bail bond company as defined in § 17-19-101 et seq., a qualified surety pursuant to §§ 27-50-611 and 27-50-612, and an automobile club or association as defined in §§ 23-77-101 — 23-77-109, may issue a bond card to a person licensed as an operator or chauffeur which shall constitute evidence of the undertaking of bond by the company to assure the appearance in court for the offense charged of a person arrested or issued a traffic citation for a motor vehicle accident or traffic law violation up to and including the amount in dollars stated upon the face of the bond card.
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17-19-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Bail bond or appearance bond” means a bond for a specified monetary amount which is executed by the defendant and a qualified licensee under this chapter and which is issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer as security for the subsequent court appearance of the defendant upon his or her release from actual custody pending the appearance;
(2) “Insurer” means any surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state;
(3) “Licensee” means a professional bail bond company or a professional bail bondsman;
(4) “Professional bail bond company” means an individual who is a resident of this state, an Arkansas firm, partnership, or corporation, or a foreign corporation registered and authorized to conduct business in the State of Arkansas that pledges a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised therefor money or other things of value; and
(5) “Professional bail bondsman” means an individual who is a resident of this state and who acts through authority of a professional bail bond company in pledging a bail bond as security in a judicial proceeding.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-19-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-19-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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23-77-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Automobile club or association” means:
(A) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization, which undertakes for consideration paid by or on behalf of its members to defray all or a part of the expenses of the members with reference to motor club service as defined in this section or which issued a certificate which provides for the payment of the benefits to the members in services, cash, by furnishing bail, or otherwise; and
(B) Every person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, or company which prior to March 24, 1955, has undertaken for a consideration to pay money or render services to its members, or which has issued any form of contract or certificate or membership card which, under the terms thereof, provides for the payment in money, service, or otherwise for motor club service;
(2) “Bail bond service” means any act by an automobile club or association, the purpose of which is to furnish to, or procure for, any person accused of violation of any law of this state a cash deposit, bond, or other undertaking required by law in order that the accused might enjoy his or her personal freedom pending trial, subject to, however, the provisions of §§ 27-50-611 and 27-50-612;
(3) “Buying and selling service” means any act by an automobile club or association whereby the member of any automobile club or association is aided in any way in the purchase or sale of an automobile;
(4) “Discount service” means any act by an automobile club or association resulting in the giving of special discounts, rebates, or reductions of price on gasoline, oil, repairs, parts, accessories, or service for motor vehicles to members of any automobile club or association;
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-77-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-77-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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27-50-611. Right of qualified surety company to become surety with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
(a) Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) with respect to any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automobile club or association by filing with the Insurance Commissioner of this state an undertaking thus to become surety.
(b) Such undertaking shall be in form to be prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the following:
(1) The name and address of the automobile club or automobile association with respect to the guaranteed arrest bond certificates of which the surety company undertakes to be surety;
(2) The unqualified obligation of the surety company to pay the fine or forfeiture in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) of any person who, after posting a guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which the surety company has undertaken to be surety, fails to make the appearance to guarantee which the guaranteed arrest bond certificate was posted.
(c) The term “guaranteed arrest bond certificate”, as used in this section, means any printed card or other certificate issued by an automobile club or association to any of its members, which is signed by the member and contains a printed statement that the automobile club or association and a surety company guarantee the appearance of the person whose signature appears on the card or certificate and that they will, in the event of failure of the person to appear in court at the time of trial, pay any fine or forfeiture imposed on the person in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-611
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-50-611. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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27-50-612. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.
(a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as provided in § 27-50-611, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) as a bail bond to guarantee the appearance of the person in any court, including district courts, in this state at such time as may be required by the court, when the person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or ordinance of any municipality in this state except for the offense of driving while intoxicated or for any felony when the violation is committed prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
(b) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate so posted as a bail bond in any court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds posted in criminal cases, and that any guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a bail bond in any municipal court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions of the charter or ordinance of the particular municipality pertaining to bail bonds posted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-612
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-50-612. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.