Oklahoma § 59-1308.1 - Examination - Educational requirements - Fee Penalties
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§ 59-1308.1. Examination - Educational requirements - Fee Penalties
A. In order to be eligible to take the examination required to
be licensed as a bail bondsman, each person shall complete not less
than sixteen (16) clock hours of education in subjects pertinent to
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations
the duties and responsibilities of a bail bondsman, including all
laws and regulations related thereto. Further, each licensee shall
complete biennially not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of
continuing education in the subjects prior to renewal of the
license. Such continuing education shall not include a written or
oral examination.
Provided, any person licensed as a bail bondsman prior to
November 1, 1989, shall not be required to complete sixteen (16)
clock hours of education prior to licensure but shall be subject to
the sixteen-hour continuing education requirement in order to renew
the license, except that a licensed bail bondsman who is sixty-five
(65) years of age or older and who has been licensed as a bail
bondsman for fifteen (15) years or more shall be exempt from both
the education and continuing education requirements of this section.
B. Education shall be provided for bail bondsman licensure as
required by this section; provided that the Insurance Commissioner
shall approve the courses offered and provided further such
education meets the general standards for education established by
the Insurance Commissioner.
The education provider shall submit biennially a fee of Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00), payable to the Insurance Commissioner
which shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the purposes
of fulfilling and accomplishing the conditions and purposes of this
section.
C. Any person who falsely represents to the Insurance
Commissioner that compliance with this section has been met shall be
subject, after notice and hearing, to the penalties and fines set
out in Section 1310 of this title.
D. The Commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules as
are necessary for effective administration of this section.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 257, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws
1994, c. 331, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 394, § 1, eff.
July 1, 1998; Laws 2011, c. 242, § 14 and Laws 2011, c. 293, § 14,
eff. June 20, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 259, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
NOTE: Laws 2011, c. 242, § 14 and Laws 2011, c. 293, § 14 made
identical changes to this section.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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