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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-1109" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Structured Settlements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On acceptance by the Attorney General of a transferee’s application for registration as a structured settlement transferee, the transferee shall promptly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>File with the Attorney General an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $100,000 issued by a financial institution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deposit with the Attorney General cash in the amount of $100,000; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>File with the Attorney General a bond that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>In favor of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In the penal sum of $100,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Executed by an authorized surety insurer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A bond shall remain in force until the surety insurer is released from liability by the Attorney General or until the bond is canceled by the surety insurer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The total liability of the surety insurer under a bond may not exceed the penal sum of the bond.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The surety insurer may cancel a bond after filing a written notice with the Attorney General at least 30 days before the effective date of the cancellation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A cancellation under this subsection does not affect any liability that accrued before the cancellation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After notification of the cancellation of the bond, the transferee shall act promptly to replace the bond.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the transferee fails to act promptly to replace the bond, the Attorney General may deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of the transferee until the required bond is filed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If, at any time, a structured settlement transferee fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General may deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of the transferee until the transferee complies with subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
