N.Y. Insurance Law § 6801: Bail bond business

§ 6801. Bail bond business. (a) (1) Any person, firm or corporation in

any court having criminal jurisdiction or in any criminal action or

proceeding who shall for another deposit money or property as bail or

execute as surety any bail bond 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 a bail business and doing an insurance business as defined in

article eleven of this chapter.

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

insurance and to do a bail business pursuant to the provisions of

article eleven of this chapter and otherwise in compliance with all

other requirements of this chapter to do such business or a charitable

bail organization holding a certificate issued by the superintendent

pursuant to section six thousand eight hundred five of this article and

otherwise in compliance with all other requirement of this chapter, no

person, firm or corporation shall engage in a bail business in this

state.

(b) (1) No person, firm or corporation shall in this state do an

insurance business or a bail business as defined in subsection (a) of

this section unless authorized by a license issued and in force as

provided under article eleven of this chapter.

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

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

a bail business in accordance with the provisions of article eleven of

this chapter, but no individual shall be licensed to do such business.