§ 6802. Professional bondsmen; licensing. (a) No person, firm or\ncorporation or any officer or employee thereof shall act in this state\nas an agent or solicitor of an insurer or charitable bail organization\ndoing a bail business in soliciting, negotiating or effectuating any\nsuch deposit or bail bond by such insurer or charitable bail\norganization unless licensed by the superintendent as an agent pursuant\nto the provisions of this section. Any person, firm or corporation so\nacting without being duly licensed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n (b) Every corporation or charitable bail organization engaging as an\ninsurer doing a bail business in this state shall procure a license\npursuant to the provisions of this section for each of its employees,\nofficers and agents acting for it in soliciting, negotiating or\neffectuating any such deposit or bail bond.\n (c) The superintendent may, in the superintendent's discretion, issue\nto any person, firm or corporation a license to act as an agent of an\nauthorized insurer or charitable bail organization, in soliciting,\nnegotiating or effectuating any such deposit or bail bond by such\ninsurer or any such deposit by such charitable bail organization.\n (d) Any such license issued to a firm or corporation shall authorize\nonly the members named in such license as sublicensees, to act\nindividually as agents thereunder. Any sublicense issued to a\ncorporation shall authorize only the officers and directors named in\nsuch license as sublicensees, to act individually as agents thereunder.\nEvery sublicensee, acting as insurance agent pursuant to a license\nissued to a firm or corporation, shall be authorized to act only in the\nname of such firm or corporation.\n (e) Before the issuance of a license every applicant shall satisfy the\nsuperintendent as to his trustworthiness and competence and otherwise\ncomply with the conditions set forth in this section. The superintendent\nmay refuse to issue any such license if in his judgment such refusal\nwill best promote the interests of the people of this state.\n (f) At the time of the application for every license a twenty-five\ndollar fee shall be paid to the superintendent for each year or fraction\nof a year in which a license shall be valid for each individual\napplicant and for each proposed sublicensee.\n (g) Every applicant for a license hereunder shall file with the\nsuperintendent written evidence by those who know his character and\nreputation and by such other proof as the superintendent may require,\nincluding his fingerprints, that he is a person of good character and\nreputation and has never been convicted of any offense involving moral\nturpitude or of any crime. If such applicant is a firm or corporation\nsuch proof must be made with respect to every member, shareholder,\nofficer and director of such firm or corporation. Such fingerprints\nshall be submitted to the division of criminal justice services for a\nstate criminal history record check, as defined in subdivision one of\nsection three thousand thirty-five of the education law, and may be\nsubmitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal\nhistory record check.\n (h) In order to determine the competence of each applicant for a\nlicense or a sublicense, the superintendent shall require every\napplicant to pass to the satisfaction of the superintendent a written\nexamination to be prepared by the superintendent and appropriate to the\ndoing of a bail business. If the applicant or any proposed sublicensee\nintends to maintain an office or solicit, negotiate, effectuate or\ndeposit bail on behalf of another in any city containing a population of\nmore than one hundred seventy-five thousand, such written examination\nmay inquire into the applicant's knowledge of the pertinent provisions\nof the criminal procedure law and the pertinent rules and practices of\nthe courts and district attorneys' offices within the area of the\napplicant's
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