<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 31.03.05.09" title_num="31" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="05" heading="Installment Agreement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An installment agreement shall be signed by a bail bondsman and the person who has agreed to pay the additional premium in installments.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The installment agreement shall be written in the form adopted under Regulation .15 of this chapter and shall contain the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The amount of the bail bond;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The amount of the premium;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The amount of the down payment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The amount of the balance owed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The total number of installment payments required to pay the balance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The amount and due date of each installment payment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The printed name and insurance producer license number of the bail bondsman executing the installment agreement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The printed name of the bail bond insurance producer firm and its insurance producer license number, if the bail bondsman is employed or otherwise engaged by a bail bond insurance producer firm; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>The criminal case number for which bail was posted and the installment agreement entered.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The bail bondsman who signed the installment agreement shall maintain records demonstrating that the bail bondsman has taken all necessary steps to collect the amount owed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Evidence that a bail bondsman has taken all necessary steps to collect the amount owed under the installment agreement may include, but is not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Copies of all correspondence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Meeting logs, including the date and time the bail bondsman met with the person who signed the installment agreement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Telephone logs including the date, time, and name of the person with whom the bail bondsman communicated;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Evidence that the debt has been referred to a collection agency, including the date of the referral and the name of the collection agency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A copy of a civil court action seeking the money owed by the person who signed the installment agreement to the bail bondsman, including the filing of a writ of garnishment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A bail bondsman shall provide the person signing the installment agreement a copy of the installment agreement and a receipt containing the amount of down payment made.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>