GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 728

HOUSE BILL 137

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTES RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDSMEN AND RUNNERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 85C-11 is amended in subdivision (4) by deleting the period at the end and substituting a semicolon and by adding a new subdivision (5) to read:

"(5) has no outstanding bail bond obligations."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 85C-14 is amended by adding a new subdivision (3) to read:

"(3) That the applicant has disclosed whether he has ever been licensed as a professional bondsman or runner.  If the applicant has ever been licensed as a professional bondsman, he shall list all outstanding bail bond obligations.  If the applicant has ever been licensed as a runner, he shall list all prior employment as such, indicating the name of each bail bondsman by whom he has been employed and the reason or reasons for the termination of the employment."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 85C-36 is amended in the first line by inserting immediately after the words "bail bond" the words "or bonds for any one individual pertaining to any charges arising out of one transaction or related transactions".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of August, 1987.