Conn. Gen. Stat. » Title 29 — PUBLIC SAFETY AND STATE POLICE · Chapter 533 — Professional Bondsmen
Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-144 (2025)

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Any person who makes a business of furnishing bail in criminal cases or who furnishes bail in five or more criminal cases in any one year, whether for compensation or otherwise, shall be deemed a professional bondsman and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any resident elector of the state of Connecticut who is of good moral character and of sound financial responsibility may, upon obtaining a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, engage in the business of professional bondsman within this state.

(1949 Rev., S. 3728.)

Expressly exempts state from showing defendant received compensation. 25 CA 643.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1963–2017 · leading case: State v. Agron, 148 A.3d 1052 (Conn. 2016).
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State v. Agron, 148 A.3d 1052 (Conn. 2016). “rovides as follows: "A court shall vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond and release the professional bondsman, as defined in section 29-144, or the surety bail bond agent and the insurer, as both terms are defined in section 38a-660, if (1) the principal on the bail bond (A)…”
State v. Fiasconaro, 595 A.2d 945 (Conn. App. Ct. 1991). · cites it 6× “General Statutes § 29-144 2 provides in pertinent part: “Any person .”
State v. Fishman, 194 A.2d 725 (Conn. App. Ct. 1963). “It has continued unchanged and is now chapter 533 (§§ 29-144 — 29-152) of the General Statutes.”
State v. Garcia, 176 A.3d 575 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). “acate an order forfeiting a bail bond and release the professional bondsman, as defined in section 29-144, or the surety bail bond agent and the insurer, as both terms are defined in section 38a-660, if (1) the principal on the bail bond (A) is detained or incarcerated (i) in…”
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