58-71-5. Commissioner of Insurance to administer Article; rules and regulations; employees; evidence of Commissioner's actions.
(a) The Commissioner shall have full power and authority to administer the provisions of this Article, which regulates bail bondsmen and runners and to that end to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to enforce the purposes and provisions of this Article. Subject to the provisions of the North Carolina Human Resources Act, the Commissioner may employ and discharge such employees, examiners, investigators and such other assistants as shall be deemed necessary, and he shall prescribe their duties.
(b) Any written instrument purporting to be a copy of any action, proceeding, or finding of fact by the Commissioner, or any record of the Commissioner authenticated under the head of the Commissioner by the seal of his office shall be accepted by all the courts of this State as prima facie evidence of the contents thereof. (1963, c. 1225, s. 2; 1975, c. 619, s. 1; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 71 - Bail Bondsmen and Runners.
§ 58-71-15 - Qualifications of sureties on bail.
§ 58-71-16 - No return of premium; bond reduction.
§ 58-71-20 - Surrender of defendant by surety; when premium need not be returned.
§ 58-71-25 - Procedure for surrender.
§ 58-71-30 - Arrest of defendant for purpose of surrender.
§ 58-71-35 - Forfeiture of bail.
§ 58-71-40 - Bail bondsmen and runners to be qualified and licensed; license applications generally.
§ 58-71-41 - First-year licensees; limitations.
§ 58-71-45 - Terms of licenses.
§ 58-71-50 - Qualification for bail bondsmen and runners.
§ 58-71-51 - Criminal history record checks.
§ 58-71-65 - Contents of application for runner's license; endorsement by professional bondsman.
§ 58-71-70 - Examination; fees.
§ 58-71-71 - Examination; educational requirements; penalties.
§ 58-71-72 - Qualifications of instructors.
§ 58-71-75 - License renewal; criminal history record checks; renewal fees.
§ 58-71-80 - Grounds for denial, suspension, probation, revocation, or nonrenewal of licenses.
§ 58-71-81 - Notice of receivership.
§ 58-71-82 - Dual license holding.
§ 58-71-85 - License sanction and denial procedures.
§ 58-71-95 - Prohibited practices.
§ 58-71-100 - Receipts for collateral; trust accounts.
§ 58-71-105 - Persons prohibited from becoming surety or runners.
§ 58-71-120 - Bail bondsman to give notice of discontinuance of business; cancellation of license.
§ 58-71-121 - Death, incapacitation, or incompetence of a bail bondsman.
§ 58-71-122 - Transfer of business by bail bondsman.
§ 58-71-130 - Substituting bail by sureties for deposit.
§ 58-71-140 - Registration of licenses and power of appointments by insurers.
§ 58-71-141 - Appointment of bail bondsmen; affidavit required.
§ 58-71-145 - Financial responsibility of professional bondsmen.
§ 58-71-151 - Securities held in trust by Commissioner; authority to dispose of same.
§ 58-71-155 - Bondsman to furnish power of attorney with securities.
§ 58-71-160 - Security deposit to be maintained.
§ 58-71-165 - Report required.
§ 58-71-167 - Portion of bond premium payments deferred.
§ 58-71-168 - Records to be maintained.
§ 58-71-175 - Limit on principal amount of bond to be written by professional bondsman.
§ 58-71-180 - Disposition of fees.
§ 58-71-185 - Penalties for violations.
§ 58-71-190 - Duplication of regulation forbidden.
§ 58-71-195 - Conflicting laws.
§ 58-71-200 - Bondsman access to criminal and civil records.