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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 31.03.05.03" title_num="31" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="05" heading="Prohibited Actions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An insurer may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Directly or indirectly pay any commission, fee, reward, or other consideration for the sale, solicitation, negotiation, or procurement, or for influencing the sale, solicitation, negotiation, or procurement of, a bail bond to any person unless that person is a bail bondsman, and is appointed by the surety insurer; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Delegate its authority to appoint a bail bondsman.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A person acting as a bail bondsman or a person acting on behalf of a bail bondsman may not in any manner sell, solicit, negotiate, or procure a bail bond for a surety insurer in this State unless that person is a bail bondsman and is appointed by the surety insurer.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A bail bondsman may not submit to any clerk, District Court commissioner, or other person authorized by law to take a bail bond, a document representing consent by any person unless the document has been fully executed.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>