BAILSBOND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who has full power and authority to administer to provisions of this act, which regulates
bail bondsmen and to that end to adopt, and promulgate rules and regulation to enforce
the purposes and provisions of this act? - Answer -The insurance Commissioner
What does "promulgate rules" mean? - Answer -The process of enacting administrative
rules and regulations.
Are investigations or complaints open to anyone to review ? - Answer -No
can someone charge to put their own property up with the court for bonds without being
a bondsman? - Answer -No
How many times per year can a person who is not a bondsman put their property up as
a bond with the court? - Answer -10 times per year
Can a company or corporation get a bail bondsman license? - Answer -Yes
What are the penalties, if convicted for violating title 59? - Answer -Any person violating
any of the provisions of this act relating to bondsman shall, upon conviction, be fined not
more that five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense, or imprisoned in the county
jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
who cannot be a bondsman or receive benefits from the execution of a bond? - Answer
-a person pleated guilty of a felony, jailers, police officers, judges, district court judge,
prisoners, sheriffs,
Can a bondsman have an office at a bar? - Answer -no
title 59 applies to the regulation of bail bonds from crimes, the punishment of which may
be in excess of what? - Answer -$20 or 20 days in jail, or both such fine and
imprisonment
What are the different types of bondsmen? - Answer -surety, professional, multi-country
agent, property, cash
Can I pay someone to pass out business cards at the jail? - Answer -no
Who regulates bail in oklahoma - Answer -The insurance commissioner of the State of
Oklahoma
Who is an "insurer"? - Answer -a surety company, professional bondsman, and. multi-
county agent bondsman
Who has full power and authority to administer to provisions of this act, which regulates
bail bondsmen and to that end to adopt, and promulgate rules and regulation to enforce
the purposes and provisions of this act? - Answer -The insurance Commissioner
What does "promulgate rules" mean? - Answer -The process of enacting administrative
rules and regulations.
Are investigations or complaints open to anyone to review ? - Answer -No
can someone charge to put their own property up with the court for bonds without being
a bondsman? - Answer -No
How many times per year can a person who is not a bondsman put their property up as
a bond with the court? - Answer -10 times per year
Can a company or corporation get a bail bondsman license? - Answer -Yes
What are the penalties, if convicted for violating title 59? - Answer -Any person violating
any of the provisions of this act relating to bondsman shall, upon conviction, be fined not
more that five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense, or imprisoned in the county
jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
who cannot be a bondsman or receive benefits from the execution of a bond? - Answer
-a person pleated guilty of a felony, jailers, police officers, judges, district court judge,
prisoners, sheriffs,
Can a bondsman have an office at a bar? - Answer -no
title 59 applies to the regulation of bail bonds from crimes, the punishment of which may
be in excess of what? - Answer -$20 or 20 days in jail, or both such fine and
imprisonment
What are the different types of bondsmen? - Answer -surety, professional, multi-country
agent, property, cash
Can I pay someone to pass out business cards at the jail? - Answer -no
Who regulates bail in oklahoma - Answer -The insurance commissioner of the State of
Oklahoma
Who is an "insurer"? - Answer -a surety company, professional bondsman, and. multi-
county agent bondsman
