{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5749","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5749","heading":"Prohibitions and penalties.","body":"(a) Licensing.--Any person who engages in the business of a bail bondsman without being registered and licensed in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, or who engages in such business while his license is suspended or revoked, commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.\n(b) Overcharging.--Any person charging or receiving directly or indirectly any greater compensation for acting as a bail bondsman than is provided by this subchapter commits a summary offense.\n(c) Soliciting.--Any person who accepts any fee or compensation for obtaining a bondsman or a recognizance commits a summary offense.\n(d) Other violations.--Any person who violates any section of this subchapter for which no specific penalty other than suspension or revocation of license is provided commits a summary offense.\n(e) Public officials.--Any law enforcement officer, any employee of a penal institution, or any other system or related personnel, who has, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary interest in or derives any profit from the bonding business or activity of a bail bondsman commits a summary offense.\n(f) Public solicitation.--Any bail bondsman who solicits business in any of the courts or on the premises of any tribunal of this Commonwealth, including any tribunal conducted by a magisterial district judge, commits a summary offense.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 57 BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES","SUBCHAPTER B BAIL BONDSMEN"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=57\u0026sctn=49\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"7b016b8ece2daabf14df3d2ea68c27552a0dd7f486a12126ced3cdc9a3a2c8bb","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5748.1","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5750"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}