MS Bail Agent Complete Exam Study
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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1. The purpose of bail is? - ANSWER To guarantee appearance and a bail
bond shall not be forfeited for any other reason.
2. A Final Judgement is returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
3. Can a person license if they have a relative that is either law enforcement,
judicial official, employee, contractor, or contractor's employee of any any
police department, sheriff’s department, jail, or corrections facility that
houses federal, state, county, or municipal inmates? - ANSWER Yes, but
they cannot write a bail bond in the county in which the relative works.
4. Can the commissioner refuse to issue a privilege license for a soliciting bail
agent to change from one (1) professional bail agent to another? If so why? -
ANSWER Yes, if the soliciting agent owes any premium or debt to the
professional bail agent with whom he is currently licensed.
5. How many hours of pre-licensing education is required before a person can
license as a professional, soliciting, or bail enforcement agent? - ANSWER
40 Hours
6. How many hours of education does a professional, soliciting, and bail
enforcement agent need each year? - ANSWER 8 Hours
,7. How much is the qualification bond a person applying for personal surety
have to deposit with the Department? - ANSWER $30,000
8. When is a professional agent due a refund of the bond that has been paid to
the court? - ANSWER If the defendant is found and surrendered within 18
months of the Final Judgement.
9. If a professional surety dies, what can the representative of the estate do? -
ANSWER They can contract with another professional, soliciting, or bail
enforcement agent to assist him in closing the outstanding liability.
10.Who can not work for a professional agent in the bail bonding business? -
ANSWER Any person that is not licensable.
11.What are the fees for a
1 - Professional Agent
2 - Soliciting Agent
3 - Bail Enforcement Agent - ANSWER 1 - $100
2 - $40
3 - $40
12.Bail - ANSWER property or money given as surety that a person released
from custody will return at an appointed time.
13.Bail Bond - ANSWER A formal document that gives bail for someone to be
released from custody.
,14.Bond - ANSWER something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
Binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior.
15.Capital Offense - ANSWER A crime, such as murder or betrayal of one's
country, that is treated so seriously that death may be considered an
appropriate punishment.
16.When can a bond be forfeited? - ANSWER At the time of nonappearance
(at the missed court date)
17.A Judgement Nisi is returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
18.How long is a Final Judgement returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
19.Who can be issued a license under Ms Code 83039? - ANSWER No license
shall e issued or renewed except in compliance with this chapter, and none
shall be issued except to an INDIVIDUAL.
20.A professional bail agent can work under how many names? - ANSWER
No professional agent shall operate under more than one(1) trade name.
21.How many professional bail agents can a soliciting agent work for? -
ANSWER One(1) and they must operate under the same trade name as the
professional agent.
22.WHat is the definition of relative as it pertains to Ms. Code 83-39? -
ANSWER "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, sister,
brother, or consanguineous aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.
, 23.Department - ANSWER The Department of Insurance
24.Professional bail agent - ANSWER means any individual who shall furnish
bail, acting as a licensed personal surety agent or as a licensed limited surety
agent representing an insurer as defined in Ms. Code 83-39. The above
definition shall not include, and Ms. Code 83-3 does not apply to any
individual who is not licensed under Ms. Code 83-39 who acts as a personal
surety in instances where there is no compensation charged or received for
such services.
25.Limited surety agent - ANSWER Means any individual who is appointed by
an insurer by power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in
connection with judicial proceedings, and who is duly licensed by the
commissioner to represent such insurer for the restricted lines of bail,
fidelity and surety, after successfully completing a limited examination by
the department for the restricted lines of business.,
26.Personal surety agent - ANSWER Means any individual who, having posted
the necessary qualification bond with the commissioner as required by
section 83-39-8, and duly licensed by the commissioner, may execute and
sign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings. All new personal
surety agents licensed after July 1, 1994, shall complete successfully a
limited examination by the department for restricted lines of business.
27.Surety - ANSWER means the insurer or personal surety agent guaranteeing
the bail bond and for the purpose of process does not mean the agent of such
insurer or personal surety agent.
28.Acquit - ANSWER To relieve from a charge of fault or a crime; declare not
guilty.
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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1. The purpose of bail is? - ANSWER To guarantee appearance and a bail
bond shall not be forfeited for any other reason.
2. A Final Judgement is returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
3. Can a person license if they have a relative that is either law enforcement,
judicial official, employee, contractor, or contractor's employee of any any
police department, sheriff’s department, jail, or corrections facility that
houses federal, state, county, or municipal inmates? - ANSWER Yes, but
they cannot write a bail bond in the county in which the relative works.
4. Can the commissioner refuse to issue a privilege license for a soliciting bail
agent to change from one (1) professional bail agent to another? If so why? -
ANSWER Yes, if the soliciting agent owes any premium or debt to the
professional bail agent with whom he is currently licensed.
5. How many hours of pre-licensing education is required before a person can
license as a professional, soliciting, or bail enforcement agent? - ANSWER
40 Hours
6. How many hours of education does a professional, soliciting, and bail
enforcement agent need each year? - ANSWER 8 Hours
,7. How much is the qualification bond a person applying for personal surety
have to deposit with the Department? - ANSWER $30,000
8. When is a professional agent due a refund of the bond that has been paid to
the court? - ANSWER If the defendant is found and surrendered within 18
months of the Final Judgement.
9. If a professional surety dies, what can the representative of the estate do? -
ANSWER They can contract with another professional, soliciting, or bail
enforcement agent to assist him in closing the outstanding liability.
10.Who can not work for a professional agent in the bail bonding business? -
ANSWER Any person that is not licensable.
11.What are the fees for a
1 - Professional Agent
2 - Soliciting Agent
3 - Bail Enforcement Agent - ANSWER 1 - $100
2 - $40
3 - $40
12.Bail - ANSWER property or money given as surety that a person released
from custody will return at an appointed time.
13.Bail Bond - ANSWER A formal document that gives bail for someone to be
released from custody.
,14.Bond - ANSWER something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
Binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior.
15.Capital Offense - ANSWER A crime, such as murder or betrayal of one's
country, that is treated so seriously that death may be considered an
appropriate punishment.
16.When can a bond be forfeited? - ANSWER At the time of nonappearance
(at the missed court date)
17.A Judgement Nisi is returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
18.How long is a Final Judgement returnable for? - ANSWER At least 90 days
19.Who can be issued a license under Ms Code 83039? - ANSWER No license
shall e issued or renewed except in compliance with this chapter, and none
shall be issued except to an INDIVIDUAL.
20.A professional bail agent can work under how many names? - ANSWER
No professional agent shall operate under more than one(1) trade name.
21.How many professional bail agents can a soliciting agent work for? -
ANSWER One(1) and they must operate under the same trade name as the
professional agent.
22.WHat is the definition of relative as it pertains to Ms. Code 83-39? -
ANSWER "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, sister,
brother, or consanguineous aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.
, 23.Department - ANSWER The Department of Insurance
24.Professional bail agent - ANSWER means any individual who shall furnish
bail, acting as a licensed personal surety agent or as a licensed limited surety
agent representing an insurer as defined in Ms. Code 83-39. The above
definition shall not include, and Ms. Code 83-3 does not apply to any
individual who is not licensed under Ms. Code 83-39 who acts as a personal
surety in instances where there is no compensation charged or received for
such services.
25.Limited surety agent - ANSWER Means any individual who is appointed by
an insurer by power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in
connection with judicial proceedings, and who is duly licensed by the
commissioner to represent such insurer for the restricted lines of bail,
fidelity and surety, after successfully completing a limited examination by
the department for the restricted lines of business.,
26.Personal surety agent - ANSWER Means any individual who, having posted
the necessary qualification bond with the commissioner as required by
section 83-39-8, and duly licensed by the commissioner, may execute and
sign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings. All new personal
surety agents licensed after July 1, 1994, shall complete successfully a
limited examination by the department for restricted lines of business.
27.Surety - ANSWER means the insurer or personal surety agent guaranteeing
the bail bond and for the purpose of process does not mean the agent of such
insurer or personal surety agent.
28.Acquit - ANSWER To relieve from a charge of fault or a crime; declare not
guilty.
