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Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Bail bond or appearance bond” means a bond for a specified monetary amount which is executed by the defendant and a qualified licensee under this chapter and which is issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer as security for the subsequent court appearance of the defendant upon his or her release from actual custody pending the appearance;
  2. “Insurer” means any surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state;
  3. “Licensee” means a professional bail bond company or a professional bail bondsman;
  4. “Professional bail bond company” means an individual who is a resident of this state, an Arkansas firm, partnership, or corporation, or a foreign corporation registered and authorized to conduct business in the State of Arkansas that pledges a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised therefor money or other things of value; and
  5. “Professional bail bondsman” means an individual who is a resident of this state and who acts through authority of a professional bail bond company in pledging a bail bond as security in a judicial proceeding.

History. Acts 1989, No. 417, § 1; 1995, No. 827, §§ 1, 3; 2019, No. 386, § 3.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment deleted former (2).

Case Notes

Cited: Van Curen v. Ark. Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd., 79 Ark. App. 43, 84 S.W.3d 47 (2002); Mann v. Ark. Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd., 88 Ark. App. 393, 199 S.W.3d 84 (2004).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1999–2012 · leading case: Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd. v. Frawley, 88 S.W.3d 418 (Ark. 2002).
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Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd. v. Frawley, 88 S.W.3d 418 (Ark. 2002). · cites it 4× “Authority of the Licensing Board Bail bondsmen and bail bond companies are required to conduct their bail bond businesses in conformity with the statutes governing the profession, Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101 et seq. (Repl.”
Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd. v. Oudin, 69 S.W.3d 855 (Ark. 2002). · cites it 2× “Oudin’s conduct violated the Bail Bondsman Licensing Law at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 17-19-101 to 17-19-212 (Repl.”
Van Curen v. Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd., 84 S.W.3d 47 (Ark. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Bail bondsmen are required to conduct their bail bond business in conformance with the statutes governing the profession, Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101 et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Ark.”
Oliver v. Pulaski Cnty. Circuit Court, 13 S.W.3d 156 (Ark. 2000). · cites it 4× “The complaint alleged that they had violated several provisions of the Bail Bondsman Licensing laws, codified at Ark.Code Ann. § 17-19-101 et. seq., as well as the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board regulating the profession.”
Bush v. State, 2 S.W.3d 761 (Ark. 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 16-89-106 (1987)(Defendant on Bail for Felony Indictment); Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101 (Repl. 1995) (Definitions ■— defining Bail Bond as “a bond for a specified monetary amount .”
Magness v. State, 386 S.W.3d 390 (Ark. 2012). · cites it 2× “3d at 764 (quoting Ark.Code Ann. § 17-19-101 (Repl.1995)). We then noted that “[t]here is a conspicuous absence of any language suggesting a circumstance other than bond or actual custody, thereby manifesting a legislative intent that the phrase ‘in custody’ applies only to…”
Bob Cole Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Brewer, 288 S.W.3d 582 (Ark. 2008). · cites it 5× “Act 417 of 1989, currently codified as Arkansas Code Annotated sections 17-19-101 through 17-19-306, went into effect on March 8, 1989, providing that bail bondsmen should be included on the list in the order in which they initially register with the clerk.”
Hester v. Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd., 383 S.W.3d 925 (Ark. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “|,Appellant Leonard Hester appeals from the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s decision affirming the revocation of his bail bond agent license by the Arkansas Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board (the Board) upon the Board’s finding that Hester violated Ark.Code Ann. §…”
Mann v. Arkansas Prof'l Bail Bondsman Licensing Bd., 199 S.W.3d 84 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Bail bondsmen and bail-bond companies are required to conduct their bail-bond businesses in conformity with the statutes governing the profession, Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101 through 17-19-402 (Repl.”
— Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101(5) — 1 case
Bob Cole Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Brewer, 288 S.W.3d 582 (Ark. 2008). “Act 417 of 1989, currently codified as Arkansas Code Annotated sections 17-19-101 through 17-19-306, went into effect on March 8, 1989, providing that bail bondsmen should be included on the list in the order in which they initially register with the clerk.”
— Ark. Code Ann. § 17-19-101(6) — 1 case
Bob Cole Bail Bonds, Inc. v. Brewer, 288 S.W.3d 582 (Ark. 2008). “Act 417 of 1989, currently codified as Arkansas Code Annotated sections 17-19-101 through 17-19-306, went into effect on March 8, 1989, providing that bail bondsmen should be included on the list in the order in which they initially register with the clerk.”
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