Arizona Laws 20-340.04. Bail recovery agent prohibitions; criminal records checks
A. A person who has been convicted in any jurisdiction of theft, any felony or any crime involving the carrying or illegal use or possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument may not act as a bail recovery agent.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-340.04
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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.
- Bail bond: means any contract that is executed by a surety insurer for the release of a person who is arrested or confined for any actual or alleged violation of any federal, state or local criminal law where the released person's attendance in court when required by law and obedience to orders and judgment of any court is guaranteed. See Arizona Laws 20-340
- Bail bond agent: means an individual who is appointed by an insurer through a power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings and who receives or is promised monies or other things of value for that service. See Arizona Laws 20-340
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
B. A person shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the department before acting as a bail recovery agent and shall submit a new set of fingerprints on or before September 1 of every third year after initial identification by the bail bond agent in the report that is filed with the director pursuant to section 13-3885, subsection C. The department of insurance and financial institutions shall submit the fingerprints to the department of public safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The fingerprint processing fee collected by the department shall be an amount that does not exceed the cost to the department that is charged by the federal bureau of investigation for the fingerprint processing to obtain federal criminal history record information. The department of public safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the federal bureau of investigation. The department of public safety shall provide the criminal history record information to the director pursuant to section 41-1750.
C. Any person who acts as a bail recovery agent on behalf of any bail bond agent and any person who conducts any action relating to a bail recovery or apprehension must be identified by the bail bond agent in the report that is filed with the director pursuant to section 13-3885, subsections C and D.
D. A bail bond agent may not employ a bail recovery agent who does not comply with this section and who has not been identified by the bail bond agent in the report that is filed with the director pursuant to section 13-3885, subsection C. A bail bond agent who is not licensed in this state shall contract with a bail bond agent in this state to retain the services of a bail recovery agent in this state.