South Carolina § 38-53-310 - Bail bond reports.

§ 38-53-310. Bail bond reports.

(A) Each professional bondsman shall by the fifteenth of each month file with the clerk of court of the county of his principal place of business and any other county where he is doing business a written report in a form prescribed by the director or his designee regarding all bail bonds on which he is liable as of the first day of each month.

(B) Each surety bondsman shall, within thirty days of executing a bail bond, file with their respective insurance provider a written or electronic report in a form approved by the director or his designee detailing all bail bonds on which he has cause to be executed.

(C) The reports referenced in subsections (A) and (B) shall include the following:

(1) each individual bonded;

(2) the date the bond was given;

(3) the principal sum of the bond;

(4) the state or local official with whom the bond was filed;

(5) the fee charged for the bonding service in each instance;

(6) all pending bonds; and

(7) any current data on monies to be collected and retained as an express condition of the bond, whether for electronic monitoring or otherwise.

(D) In lieu of the monthly submission of a written report to the clerk of court, the bondsman may utilize a data management software system, which contains the above required current information, and is capable of providing the appropriate clerk of court or his designee with real-time access to the data management system through a portal, website, or other data access system through which the clerk of court can confirm he has access to the required information.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-63-320 [1985 Act No. 189, SECTION 1] recodified as SECTION 38-53-310 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 701; 1998 Act No. 425, SECTION 2; 2023 Act No. 83 (H.3532), SECTION 17, eff June 20, 2023.

Effect of Amendment

2023 Act No. 83, SECTION 17, rewrote the section.