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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 22, § 1584. Bail bond producers; prohibitions; penalties

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. A bail bond producer may not engage in any of the following prohibited acts:

(1) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to a jailer, police officer, peace officer, or committing magistrate or any other person who has power to arrest or hold in custody or to any public official or public employee in order to secure a client, bailee, settlement, compromise, remission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond.

(2) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to an attorney in a bail bond matter, except in defense of any action on a bond or for representation at a bail bond hearing. Whenever a bail bond producer engages an attorney on behalf of a defendant, the bail bond producer shall obtain prior written consent from the defendant.

(3) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to the principal or anyone in or on his behalf, including any inmate in a local jail or prison, or correctional personnel.

(4) Conduct bail bond business with any person other than the defendant, the indemnitor, and an attorney or in the case of a minor, a parent or guardian, in or on the grounds of a courthouse or jail for the purpose of executing a bail bond.

B. Any person or entity that violates the provisions of Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of Subsection A of this Section commits a felony offense punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for no more than five years or fined an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars, or both. In addition to any imprisonment or fine imposed, the person or entity shall forfeit and surrender to the commissioner their license to transact insurance business in this state upon finality of the conviction. Such person or entity shall be ineligible for life from obtaining a license to transact insurance business in this state.

C. Any person or entity that violates the provision of Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment in the parish jail for no more than six months or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars, or both. In addition to any imprisonment or fine imposed, the person or entity shall forfeit and surrender to the commissioner their license to transact insurance business in this state upon finality of the conviction. This person or entity shall be precluded for a period of three years from obtaining any license to transact insurance business in this state.

D. The criminal provisions of this Section shall be investigated, enforced, or prosecuted only by the proper law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.

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