{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-31a-35-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 31A-35-401","heading":"Requirement for license or certificate of authority -- Process -- Fees -- Limitations.","body":"(1)\n(a) A person may not engage in the bail bond insurance business unless that person:\n(i) is a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter;\n(ii) is a surety insurer that is granted a certificate under this section in the same manner as other insurers doing business in this state are granted certificates of authority under this title; or\n(iii) is a bail bond producer licensed in accordance with this section.\n(b) A bail bond agency shall be licensed under this chapter as an agency.\n(c) A bail bond producer shall be licensed under Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries, as a limited lines producer.\n(2) A person applying for a bail bond agency license under this chapter shall submit to the commissioner:\n(a) a completed application form as prescribed by the commissioner;\n(b) a fee as determined by the commissioner in accordance with Section 31A-3-103; and\n(c) any additional information required by rule.\n(3) A fee required under this section is not refundable.\n(4) A fee collected from a bail bond agency shall be deposited into a restricted account created in Section 31A-35-407.\n(5)\n(a) A bail bond agency shall be domiciled in Utah.\n(b) A bail bond producer shall be a resident of Utah.\n(c) A foreign surety insurer that is granted a certificate to sell bail bonds may only sell bail bonds through a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter.","path":["Title 31A Insurance Code","Chapter 31A-35 Bail Bond Act","Part 31A-35-4 Certificate of Authority"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title31A/Chapter35/31A-35-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"547aee9e984a13c713f812c5065a79d67a94a35dad0b075043b55aacc747325e","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-31a-35-301","next":"us-ut/utah-code-31a-35-401.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}