§ 38-53-210 — Insurers shall supply list of surety bondsmen; termination of appointment.

Each insurer appointing surety bondsmen, shall, prior to July first of each year, furnish the clerk of court a list of all surety bondsmen appointed by the insurer to write bail bonds on its behalf. Each insurer who subsequently appoints a surety bondsman in the State shall give notice of the appointment to the director or his designee and clerk of court of any county where the bondsman is doing business. All appointments are subject to the issuance of the proper insurance agent's license to the appointee. An insurer terminating the appointment of a surety bondsman shall file written notice of the termination with the department, together with a statement that it has given or mailed notice to the surety bondsman and to the clerks of the circuit courts of the counties in the State where the insurer has been obligated on bail bonds through the agent within the past three years. Notice filed with the department shall state the reasons, if any, for termination. Information so furnished the director or his designee is privileged and may not be used as evidence in, or as the basis for, any action against the insurer or any of its representatives. All bonds written by a surety bondsman shall have attached the individual power of attorney in the amount of the bond.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-63-220 [1985 Act No. 189, SECTION 1] recodified as SECTION 38-53-210 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 698; 1998 Act No. 425, SECTION 2.