Frank v. Minton’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Requirements of license Sec. 3 (a) No person may act as a bondsman without the license required under the provisions of this Act, except as provided in Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section. (b) Persons who are actually engaged in the practice of law and who are members of the State Bar of Texas who personally execute bail bonds or act as sureties for persons they actually represent in criminal cases may execute bail bonds or sureties without being licensed under this Act, but they are prohibited from engaging in the practices made the basis for revocation of license under this Act, and, if found guilty of violating the terms of this Act, may not qualify thereafter under the exception provided in this subsection. (c) The provisions of this Act do not apply to the execution of bail bonds in counties having a population of less than 124,000 according to the last preceding federal census. (d) Persons who execute bonds as co-sureties with a licensed bondsman. Examination of bondsman by any sheriff Sec. 4. A sheriff may examine under oath any proposed bondsman, or an officer or attorney of any company proposing to execute a bond, as to the indemnity, if any, deposited or otherwise provided directly or indirectly against loss by reason of the bond, and may refuse to accept the bond if, in the exercise of his discretion, he is satisfied that the security is insufficient, any portion of the security has been feloniously obtained, or the provisions of this Act have been violat”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Minton v. Frank