Before a license is issued to an applicant permitting him to act as a professional bondsman or runner, the applicant shall furnish to the director or his designee a complete set of his fingerprints and a recent passport size full-face photograph. The applicant's fingerprints must be certified by an authorized law enforcement officer.

1. (a) is eighteen years of age or older;
2. (b) is a resident of this State;
3. (c) is a person of good moral character and has not been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude within the last ten years;
4. (d) has knowledge, training, or experience of sufficient duration and extent to satisfy reasonably the director or his designee that he possesses the competence necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of a licensee.

Before being issued the license, every applicant for a license as a professional bondsman, surety bondsman, or runner shall certify to the director that he:

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-100 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1]; recodified as Section 38-53-90 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 689; 1998 Act No. 425, Section 2.