Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101: Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Bail bond or appearance bond" means a bond for a specified monetary amount which is executed by the defendant and a qualified licensee under this chapter and which is issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer as security for the subsequent court appearance of the defendant upon his or her release from actual custody pending the appearance;

(2) "Insurer" means any surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state;

(3) "Licensee" means a professional bail bond company or a professional bail bondsman;

(4) "Professional bail bond company" means an individual who is a resident of this state, an Arkansas firm, partnership, or corporation, or a foreign corporation registered and authorized to conduct business in the State of Arkansas that pledges a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised therefor money or other things of value; and

(5) "Professional bail bondsman" means an individual who is a resident of this state and who acts through authority of a professional bail bond company in pledging a bail bond as security in a judicial proceeding.