374.702. License required, restrictions on practice.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

374.702. License required, restrictions on practice.

License required, restrictions on practice.

374.702. 1. No person shall engage in the bail bond business as abail bond agent or a general bail bond agent without being licensed asprovided in sections 374.695 to 374.775.

2. No judge, attorney, court official, law enforcement officer,state, county, or municipal employee who is either elected or appointedshall be licensed as a bail bond agent or a general bail bond agent.

3. A licensed bail bond agent shall not execute or issue anappearance bond in this state without holding a valid appointment from ageneral bail bond agent and without attaching to the appearance bond anexecuted and prenumbered power of attorney referencing the general bailbond agent or insurer.

4. A person licensed as an active bail bond agent shall hold thelicense for at least two years prior to owning or being an officer of alicensed general bail bond agent.

5. A general bail bond agent shall not engage in the bail bondbusiness:

(1) Without having been licensed as a general bail bond agentpursuant to sections 374.695 to 374.775; or

(2) Except through an agent licensed as a bail bond agent pursuant tosections 374.695 to 374.775.

6. A general bail bond agent shall not permit any unlicensed personto solicit or engage in the bail bond business on the general bail bondagent's behalf, except for individuals who are employed solely for theperformance of clerical, stenographic, investigative, or otheradministrative duties which do not require a license pursuant to sections374.695 to 374.789.

7. Any person who is convicted of a violation of this section isguilty of a class A misdemeanor. For any subsequent convictions, a personwho is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a class Dfelony.