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Professional Bondsmen in Criminal Cases
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-1— Definitions
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-2— Business impressed with public interest
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-3— Procuring business through official or attorney for consideration prohibited
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-4— Attorneys procuring employment through official or bondsman for consideration prohibited
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-5— Receiving other than regular fee for bonding prohibited; bondsman prohibited from endeavoring to secure dismissal or settlement
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-5a— Bonding fee and collateral security required by bail bondsmen
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-6— Posting names of authorized bondsmen; list to be furnished prisoners; prisoner may communicate with bondsman; record to be kept by police
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-7— Bondsman prohibited from entering place of detention unless requested by prisoner; record of visit to be kept
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-8— Qualifications of bondsmen; rules to be prescribed by Insurance Commissioner; bondsman filing requirements; bondsman license renewal requirements; criminal penalty for filing false affidavit; list of bondsmen kept and provided to places of detention by Insurance Commissioner; requiring all bondsman to be licensed by Insurance Commissioner after July 1, 2022
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-9— Penalties
- W. Va. Code § 51-10-10— Enforcement of article