NRS 697.260 – Bail solicitors: Prohibition on concurrent employment with bail agents; responsibility of bail agent for bail solicitors within scope of employment; office; custody of license.
1. A bail solicitor shall not concurrently be employed or licensed as to more than one bail agent. 2. The bail agent is responsible for the acts or omissions of the bail solicitors within the scope of his or her employment. 3. The bail solicitor shall maintain his or her office with that of the […]
NRS 697.270 – Bail agents: Registration with sheriff and clerk of district court required to act as attorney-in-fact for insurer; annual reregistration.
A bail agent shall not act as an attorney-in-fact for an insurer on an undertaking unless the bail agent has registered in the office of the sheriff and with the clerk of the district court in which the agent resides, and the bail agent may register in the same manner in any other county. Any […]
NRS 697.280 – Bail agent: Place of business; display of licenses and fees charged; retention of records at place of business.
1. Every bail agent shall have and maintain in this state a place of business accessible to the public, wherein the licensee principally conducts transactions under his or her license. The address of the principal place of business of the licensee must appear upon the application for a license and upon the license, when issued, […]
NRS 697.290 – Bail agent: Retention period for records; examination of records by Commissioner.
Every bail agent must maintain in his or her office such records of bail bonds, and such additional information as the Commissioner may reasonably require, executed or countersigned by the bail agent to enable the public to obtain all necessary information concerning the bail bonds for at least 3 years after the liability of the […]
NRS 697.295 – Electronic transmissions relating to bail.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, every bail agent and insurer authorized to write surety in this State and every subsidiary corporation of such an insurer shall maintain a means of receiving electronic transmissions and shall receive electronic transmissions made pursuant to NRS 178.502, 178.508 and 178.514. 2. Before April 1, […]
NRS 697.185 – Application for license as bail solicitor: Additional documentation.
An application for a license as a bail solicitor must be accompanied by: 1. Proof of the completion of a 6-hour course of instruction in bail bonds that is: (a) Offered by a state or national organization of bail agents or another organization that administers training programs for bail solicitors; and (b) Approved by the […]
NRS 697.186 – Application for license as bail enforcement agent: Additional documentation.
An application for a license as a bail enforcement agent must be accompanied by: 1. Proof of compliance with the requirements set forth in NRS 697.173. 2. A letter from a local law enforcement agency in the applicant’s county of residence which indicates that the applicant: (a) Has not been convicted of a felony in […]
NRS 697.188 – Renewal of license as general agent, bail agent or bail solicitor.
A person who is licensed as a general agent, bail agent or bail solicitor on October 1, 1997, is entitled to renew his or her license after that date if the person is otherwise qualified to be issued such a license and submits to the Commissioner a letter from a local law enforcement agency in […]
NRS 697.190 – Bonds required for license as bail agent, bail solicitor and general agent.
1. Each applicant for a license as a bail agent, bail solicitor or general agent must file with the application, and thereafter maintain in force while so licensed, a bond which complies with NRS 679B.175 and is in an amount determined by the Commissioner. 2. The bond must be conditioned upon full accounting and payment […]
NRS 697.200 – Examination for license as bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor.
1. Any natural person who intends to apply for a license as a bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor must personally take and pass a written examination of his or her competence to act as such. After passing the examination, the person may apply to the Commissioner for such a license. 2. The […]