Each applicant for a professional bail bondsman license shall:
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(1) File with the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board written statements from at least three (3) persons who know his or her character;
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(A) Be required to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and nationwide criminal records check to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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(B) The criminal records check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.
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(C) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the board and shall be responsible to the Division of Arkansas State Police for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records check.
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(D) Upon completion of the criminal records check, the Identification Bureau shall forward all information obtained concerning the applicant to the board.
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(E) At the conclusion of the criminal background check required by this subdivision (2), the Identification Bureau shall promptly destroy the fingerprint card of the applicant; and
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(3) Provide other proof as the board may require that he or she is competent, trustworthy, financially responsible, and of good personal and business reputation and has not been convicted of a felony listed under § 17-3-102.