                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 9.1-185)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Agent&#8221; means a person who is a licensed bail bondsman who has
been given power of attorney to act on the behalf of a licensed property bail
bondsman.
		&#8220;Bail bondsman&#8221; means any person who is licensed by the Department
who engages in the business of bail bonding and is thereby authorized to conduct
business in all courts of the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
		&#8220;Certificate&#8221; means a certificate issued by a judge on or before
June 30, 2005, pursuant to former § 19.2-152.1.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
		&#8220;Property bail bondsman&#8221; means a person licensed pursuant to this
article who, for compensation, enters into a bond or does so through his agent
and who pledges real property, cash or certificates of deposit issued by a
federally insured institution, or any combination thereof as security for a bond
as defined in § 19.2-119 that has been posted to assure performance of terms
and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer as a
condition of bail.
		&#8220;Surety bail bondsman&#8221; means a person licensed pursuant to this
article who is also licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a property
and casualty insurance agent, and who sells, solicits, or negotiates surety
insurance as defined in § 38.2-121 on behalf of insurers licensed in the
Commonwealth, pursuant to which the insurer becomes surety on or guarantees a
bond, as defined in § 19.2-119, that has been posted to assure performance of
terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer as a
condition of bail.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 460; 2007, c. 708.