NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 475

HOUSE BILL 565

 

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS IN THE LAW RELATING TO THE TAXATION AND REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN AND OTHERS IN DURHAM COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 899 of the 1949 Session Laws is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom Section 9 and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 9 which shall read as follows: "At any time before there has been a breach of the undertaking in any type of bail or fine and cash bond the surety may surrender the defendant, or the defendant may surrender himself, to the official to whose custody the defendant was committed at the time bail was taken, or to the official into whose custody the defendant would have been given had he been committed.  The defendant may be surrendered without the return or premium for the bond if he has been guilty of nonpayment of premium, changing address without notifying his bondsman, conceals himself, or leaves the jurisdiction of the Court without the permission of his bondsman, or of violating his contract with the bondsman in any way that does harm to the bondsman, or the surety, or violates his obligation to the Court."

Sec. 2. Section 1 of Chapter 787 of the Session Laws of 1951 is hereby amended by deleting therefrom at line 5 the word "Recorder's" and by deleting therefrom at line 9 the word "Recorder's" and by deleting therefrom at line 16 the word "Recorder's".

Sec. 3. Section 1 of Chapter 787 of the Session Laws of 1951 is further amended by deleting therefrom at lines 11 and 12 the words "twenty-five percent (25%)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%)", by deleting at line 15 the words "twenty-five percent (25%)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%)", by deleting at line 19 the words "twenty-five percent (25%)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%)", and by deleting at line 23 the words "twenty-five percent (25%)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%)".

Sec. 4. Section 1 of Chapter 787 of the Session Laws of 1951 is further amended by adding thereto the following words: "In addition to the deposits required herein above, every person, firm, or corporation licensed as a professional bondsman or surety, shall, before engaging in such business, deposit with the Clerk of Court of Durham County the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) cash.  Provided, this section shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation licensed as a professional bondsman or surety and engaging in such business prior to the ratification of this act."

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1975.