As used in this chapter:
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(1) “Admission to bail” means an order from a competent court or magistrate that the defendant be discharged from actual custody on bail and fixing the amount of the bail;
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(2) “Direct supervision” means the person is in the physical presence of and acting pursuant to instructions from an Arkansas-licensed bail bond agent;
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(3) “Professional bail bondsman” means an individual licensed as a professional bail bondsman by the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board pursuant to § 17-19-201 et seq.;
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(4) “Professional bail bond company” means a person holding a professional bail bond company license issued by the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board pursuant to § 17-19-201 et seq.;
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(5) “Surety” means the person who becomes the surety for the appearance of the defendant in court; and
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(6)
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(A) “Taking of bail” or “take bail” means the acceptance by a person authorized to take bail of the undertaking of a sufficient surety for the appearance of the defendant according to the terms of the undertaking, or that the surety will pay to the court the sum specified.
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(B) “Taking of bail” or “take bail” shall not include the fixing of the amount of bail and no person other than a competent court or magistrate shall fix the amount of bail.
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