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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="5-210" title_number="5" title_name="Release" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Pretrial Release">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Agent” means a person that acts or is authorized to act as the representative of a bail bondsman.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Bail bondsman” means a licensed limited surety agent or a licensed professional bail bondsman.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Bail bondsman” does not include a person that contracts with a public agency to provide bail bonds to persons detained in a correctional facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the grounds of a courthouse or correctional facility, a bail bondsman, an agent of a bail bondsman, an employee of the courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>approach, entice, or invite a person to use the services of a specific bail bondsman;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>distribute, display, or wear an item that advertises the services of a bail bondsman; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>otherwise solicit business as a bail bondsman.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a fine not exceeding $2,500, and if licensed in accordance with the Insurance Article, a 30–day license suspension for a first offense; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a fine not exceeding $5,000, and if licensed in accordance with the Insurance Article, a 90–day license suspension for a subsequent offense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be referred to the Insurance Commissioner for appropriate action.</text>
  </level>
</section>
