N.Y. Insurance Law § 1123: Immigration bail business

§ 1123. Immigration bail business. (a)(1) Any person, firm,

corporation, or other entity who shall for another deposit money or

property as bail or execute as surety any bond in any immigration action

or proceeding who within a period of one month prior thereto shall have

made such a deposit or given such bail in more than two cases not

arising out of the same transaction shall be deemed to be doing an

immigration bail business.

(2) Except for a corporation authorized to write fidelity and surety

insurance and to do an immigration bail business pursuant to the

provisions of this article and otherwise in compliance with all other

requirements of this chapter to do such business, no person, firm,

corporation, or other entity shall engage in an immigration bail

business in this state.

(b) (1) No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall in this

state do an insurance business or an immigration bail business as

defined in subsection (a) of this section unless authorized by a license

issued and in force as provided under this article.

(2) The superintendent may authorize a property/casualty insurance

company that is authorized to write fidelity and surety insurance to do

an immigration bail business in accordance with the provisions of this

article, but no individual or entity shall be licensed to do such

business.

(c) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that violates this

section shall be subject to the penalty set forth in subsection (a) of

section one thousand one hundred two of this article.

(d) Any agreement entered into by an entity subject to this section

that is not authorized to do an immigration bail business in accordance

with the provisions of this article shall be void and unenforceable.