{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1310","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1310","heading":"Denial, censure, suspension, revocation or refusal to","body":"renew license - Grounds – Definitions.\n\nA. The Insurance Commissioner may deny, censure, suspend,\n\nrevoke, or refuse to renew any license issued under Sections 1301\n\nthrough 1341 of this title for any of the following causes:\n\n1. For any cause for which issuance of the license could have\n\nbeen refused;\n\n2. Violation of any laws of this state or any lawful rule,\n\nregulation, or order of the Commissioner relating to bail;\n\n3. Material misstatement, misrepresentation, or fraud in\n\nobtaining the license;\n\n4. Misappropriation, conversion, or unlawful withholding of\n\nmonies or property belonging to insurers, insureds, or others\n\nreceived in the conduct of business under the license;\n\n5. Conviction of, or having entered a plea of guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere to, any felony crime that substantially relates to the\n\noccupation of a bail bondsman and poses a reasonable threat to\n\npublic safety;\n\n6. Fraudulent or dishonest practices or demonstrating financial\n\nirresponsibility in conducting business under the license;\n\n7. Failure to comply with, or violation of any proper order,\n\nrule, or regulation of the Commissioner;\n\n8. Recommending any particular attorney-at-law to handle a case\n\nin which the bail bondsman has caused a bond to be issued under the\n\nterms of Sections 1301 through 1341 of this title;\n\n9. When, in the judgment of the Commissioner, the licensee has,\n\nin the conduct of affairs under the license, demonstrated\n\nincompetency, or untrustworthiness, or conduct or practices\n\nrendering the licensee unfit to carry on the bail bond business or\n\nmaking continuance in the business detrimental to the public\n\ninterest;\n\n10. When the licensee is no longer in good faith carrying on\n\nthe bail bond business;\n\n11. When the licensee is guilty of rebating, or offering to\n\nrebate, or dividing with someone other than a licensed bail\n\nbondsman, or offering to divide commissions in the case of limited\n\nsurety agents, or premiums in the case of professional bondsmen, and\n\nfor this conduct is found by the Commissioner to be a source of\n\ndetriment, injury, or loss to the public;\n\n12. For any materially untrue statement in the license\n\napplication;\n\n13. Misrepresentation of the terms of any actual or proposed\n\nbond;\n\n14. For forging the name of another to a bond or application\n\nfor bond;\n\n15. Cheating on an examination for licensure;\n\n16. Soliciting business in or about any place where prisoners\n\nare confined, arraigned, or in custody;\n\n17. For paying a fee or rebate, or giving or promising anything\n\nof value to a jailer, trustee, police officer, law enforcement\n\nofficer, or other officer of the law, or any other person who has\n\npower to arrest or hold in custody, or to any public official or\n\npublic employee in order to secure a settlement, compromise,\n\nremission, or reduction of the amount of any bail bond or\n\nestreatment thereof, or to secure delay or other advantage. This\n\nshall not apply to a jailer, police officer, or officer of the law\n\nwho is not on duty and who assists in the apprehension of a\n\ndefendant;\n\n18. For paying a fee or rebating or giving anything of value to\n\nan attorney in bail bond matters, except in defense of an action on\n\na bond;\n\n19. For paying a fee or rebating or giving or promising\n\nanything of value to the principal or anyone in the behalf of the\n\nprincipal;\n\n20. Participating in the capacity of an attorney at a trial or\n\nhearing for one on whose bond the licensee is surety;\n\n21. Accepting anything of value from a principal, other than\n\nthe premium; provided, the bondsman shall be permitted to accept\n\ncollateral security or other indemnity from the principal which\n\nshall be returned immediately upon final termination of liability on\n\nthe bond and upon satisfaction of all terms, conditions, and\n\nobligations contained within the indemnity agreement; provided,\n\nhowever, a bondsman shall not refuse to return collateral or other\nthan\n\nthe premium; provided, the bondsman shall be permitted to accept\n\ncollateral security or other indemnity from the principal which\n\nshall be returned immediately upon final termination of liability on\n\nthe bond and upon satisfaction of all terms, conditions, and\n\nobligations contained within the indemnity agreement; provided,\n\nhowever, a bondsman shall not refuse to return collateral or other\n\nindemnity because of nonpayment of premium. Collateral security or\n\nother indemnity required by the bondsman shall be reasonable in\n\nrelation to the amount of the bond;\n\n22. Willful failure to return collateral security to the\n\nprincipal when the principal is entitled thereto;\n\n23. For failing to notify the Commissioner of a change of legal\n\nname, residence address, business address, mailing address, email\n\naddress, or telephone number within five (5) days after a change is\n\nmade, or failing to respond to a properly mailed notification within\n\na reasonable amount of time;\n\n24. For failing to file a report as required by Section 1314 of\n\nthis title;\n\n25. For filing a materially untrue monthly report;\n\n26. For filing false affidavits regarding cancellation of the\n\nappointment of an insurer;\n\n27. Forcing the Commissioner to withdraw deposited monies to\n\npay forfeitures or any other outstanding judgments;\n\n28. For failing to pay any fees to a district court clerk as\n\nare required by this title or failing to pay any fees to a municipal\n\ncourt clerk as are required by this title or by Section 28-127 of\n\nTitle 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n29. For uttering an insufficient or uncollected check or\n\nelectronic funds transfer to the Insurance Commissioner for any\n\nfees, fines or other payments received by the Commissioner from the\n\nbail bondsman;\n\n30. For failing to pay travel expenses for the return of the\n\ndefendant to custody once having guaranteed the travel expenses;\n\n31. The Commissioner may also refuse to renew a licensed\n\nbondsman for failing to file all outstanding monthly bail reports,\n\npay any outstanding fines, pay any outstanding monthly report\n\nreviewal fees owed to the Commissioner, or respond to a current\n\norder issued by the Commissioner;\n\n32. For failing to accept or claim a certified mailing from the\n\nInsurance Department or from any district or municipal court clerk\n\naddressed to the mailing address of the bondsman on file with the\n\nInsurance Department; and\n\n33. For posting a bond for any defendant without first\n\nobtaining a written or oral agreement with the defendant or cosigner\n\nof the bond.\n\nB. In addition to any applicable denial, censure, suspension,\n\nor revocation of a license, any person violating any provision of\n\nSections 1301 through 1341 of this title may be subject to a civil\n\npenalty of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor\n\nmore than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each\n\noccurrence. This fine may be enforced in the same manner in which\n\ncivil judgments may be enforced. Any order for civil penalties\n\nentered by the Commissioner or authorized decision-maker for the\n\nInsurance Department which has become final may be filed with the\n\ncourt clerk of Oklahoma County and shall then be enforced by the\n\njudges of Oklahoma County.\n\nC. No bail bondsman or bail bond agency shall advertise as or\n\nhold itself out to be a surety company.\n\nD. If any bail bondsman is convicted by any court of a\n\nviolation of any of the provisions of this act, the license of the\n\nindividual shall therefore be deemed to be immediately revoked,\n\nwithout any further procedure relative thereto by the Commissioner.\n\nE. For one (1) year after notification by the Commissioner of\n\nan alleged violation, or for two (2) years after the last day the\n\nperson was licensed, whichever is the lesser period of time, the\n\nCommissioner shall retain jurisdiction as to any person who cancels\n\nhis bail bondsman's license or allows the license to lapse, or\nd,\n\nwithout any further procedure relative thereto by the Commissioner.\n\nE. For one (1) year after notification by the Commissioner of\n\nan alleged violation, or for two (2) years after the last day the\n\nperson was licensed, whichever is the lesser period of time, the\n\nCommissioner shall retain jurisdiction as to any person who cancels\n\nhis bail bondsman's license or allows the license to lapse, or\n\notherwise ceases to be licensed, if the person while licensed as a\n\nbondsman allegedly violated any provision of this title. Notice and\n\nopportunity for hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as if\n\nthe person still maintained a bondsman's license. If the\n\nCommissioner or a hearing examiner determines that a violation of\n\nthe provisions of Sections 1301 through 1341 of this title occurred,\n\nany order issued pursuant to the determination shall become a\n\npermanent record in the file of the person and may be used if the\n\nperson should request licensure or reinstatement.\n\nF. Any law enforcement agency, district attorney's office,\n\ncourt clerk's office, or insurer that is aware that a licensed bail\n\nbondsman has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere to any crime shall notify the Insurance Commissioner of\n\nthat fact.\n\nG. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Substantially relates\" means the nature of criminal conduct\n\nfor which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the\n\nfitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or\n\nresponsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and\n\n2. \"Poses a reasonable threat\" means the nature of criminal\n\nconduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat\n\nof harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability\n\nto serve the public or work with others in the occupation.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f5ab07f4e3a922ac49cc87fe262c7e1ac268c836ba40b5fb9bcdb302c69299b0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1309","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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