Bill Text: VA HB1177 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Bail bondsmen; licensure of nonresidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB1177 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1177-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1177 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 15, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact §9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bail bondsmen; licensure of nonresidents. ---------- Patron-- Spruill ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§9.1-185.7. Licensure of nonresidents.

A. All nonresident transfers and applicants for a bail bondsman license shall (i) satisfy all licensing requirements for residents of the Commonwealth and (ii) designate and maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth.

B. For the purposes of this article, any individual whose physical place of residence and physical place of business are in a county or city located partly within the Commonwealth and partly within another state may be considered as meeting the requirements as a resident of the Commonwealth, provided that the other state has established by law or regulation similar requirements as to residence of such individuals.