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MS Bail Exam Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers for Accuracy
The purpose of bail is?
✓✓ To guarantee appearance and a bail bond shall not be
forfeited for any other reason.
What are the three documents that a court clerk must provide
to the professional bail agent when forfeiting a bond.
✓✓ Judgement Nisi
Scire Facias
Copy of the Bench Warrant
A Final Judgement is returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
When can a bond be forfeited?
✓✓ At the time of nonappearance (at the missed court date)
A Judgement Nisi is returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
How long is a Final Judgement returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
Who can be issued a license under Ms Code 83039?
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✓✓ No license shall e issued or renewed except in compliance
with this chapter, and none shall be issued except to an
INDIVIDUAL.
A professional bail agent can work under how many names?
✓✓ No professional agent shall operate under more than
one(1) trade name.
How many professional bail agents can a soliciting agent work
for?
✓✓ One(1) and they must operate under the same trade name
as the professional agent.
WHat is the definition of relative as it pertains to Ms. Code 83-
39?
✓✓ "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child,
sister, brother, or consanguineous aunt, uncle, niece, or
nephew.
Department
✓✓ The Department of Insurance
Professional bail agent
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✓✓ means any individual who shall furnish bail, acting as a
licensed personal surety agent or as a licensed limited surety
agent representing an insurer as defined in Ms. Code 83-39.
The above definition shall not include, and Ms. Code 83-3 does
not apply to any individual who is not licensed under Ms. Code
83-39 who acts as a personal surety in instances where there is
no compensation charged or received for such services.
Limited surety agent
✓✓ Means any individual who is appointed by an insurer by
power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in
connection with judicial proceedings, and who is duly licensed
by the commissioner to represent such insurer for the restricted
lines of bail, fidelity and surety, after successfully completing a
limited examination by the department for the restricted lines
of business.,
Personal surety agent
✓✓ Means any individual who, having posted the necessary
qualification bond with the commissioner as required by
section 83-39-8, and duly licensed by the commissioner, may
execute and sign bail bonds in connection with judicial
proceedings. All new personal surety agents licensed after July
1, 1994, shall complete successfully a limited examination by
the department for restricted lines of business.
Surety
✓✓ means the insurer or personal surety agent guaranteeing
the bail bond and for the purpose of process does not mean the
agent of such insurer or personal surety agent.
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Can a person license if they have a relative that is either law
enforcement, judicial official, employee, contractor, or
contractor's employee of any any police department, sheriffs
department, jail, or corrections facility that houses federal,
state, county, or municipal inmates?
✓✓ Yes, but they can not write a bail bond in the county in
which the relative works.
Can the commissioner refuse to issue a privilege license for a
soliciting bail agent to change from one (1) professional bail
agent to another? If so why?
✓✓ Yes, if the soliciting agent owes any premium or debt to the
professional bail agent with whom he is currently licensed.
How many hours of pre-licensing education is required before
a person can license as a professional, soliciting, or bail
enforcement agent?
✓✓ 40 Hours
How many hours of education does a professional, soliciting,
and bail enforcement agent need each year?
✓✓ 8 Hours
How much is the qualification bond a person applying for
personal surety have to deposit with the Department?
✓✓ $30,000
MS Bail Exam Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers for Accuracy
The purpose of bail is?
✓✓ To guarantee appearance and a bail bond shall not be
forfeited for any other reason.
What are the three documents that a court clerk must provide
to the professional bail agent when forfeiting a bond.
✓✓ Judgement Nisi
Scire Facias
Copy of the Bench Warrant
A Final Judgement is returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
When can a bond be forfeited?
✓✓ At the time of nonappearance (at the missed court date)
A Judgement Nisi is returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
How long is a Final Judgement returnable for?
✓✓ At least 90 days
Who can be issued a license under Ms Code 83039?
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ No license shall e issued or renewed except in compliance
with this chapter, and none shall be issued except to an
INDIVIDUAL.
A professional bail agent can work under how many names?
✓✓ No professional agent shall operate under more than
one(1) trade name.
How many professional bail agents can a soliciting agent work
for?
✓✓ One(1) and they must operate under the same trade name
as the professional agent.
WHat is the definition of relative as it pertains to Ms. Code 83-
39?
✓✓ "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child,
sister, brother, or consanguineous aunt, uncle, niece, or
nephew.
Department
✓✓ The Department of Insurance
Professional bail agent
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ means any individual who shall furnish bail, acting as a
licensed personal surety agent or as a licensed limited surety
agent representing an insurer as defined in Ms. Code 83-39.
The above definition shall not include, and Ms. Code 83-3 does
not apply to any individual who is not licensed under Ms. Code
83-39 who acts as a personal surety in instances where there is
no compensation charged or received for such services.
Limited surety agent
✓✓ Means any individual who is appointed by an insurer by
power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in
connection with judicial proceedings, and who is duly licensed
by the commissioner to represent such insurer for the restricted
lines of bail, fidelity and surety, after successfully completing a
limited examination by the department for the restricted lines
of business.,
Personal surety agent
✓✓ Means any individual who, having posted the necessary
qualification bond with the commissioner as required by
section 83-39-8, and duly licensed by the commissioner, may
execute and sign bail bonds in connection with judicial
proceedings. All new personal surety agents licensed after July
1, 1994, shall complete successfully a limited examination by
the department for restricted lines of business.
Surety
✓✓ means the insurer or personal surety agent guaranteeing
the bail bond and for the purpose of process does not mean the
agent of such insurer or personal surety agent.
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
Can a person license if they have a relative that is either law
enforcement, judicial official, employee, contractor, or
contractor's employee of any any police department, sheriffs
department, jail, or corrections facility that houses federal,
state, county, or municipal inmates?
✓✓ Yes, but they can not write a bail bond in the county in
which the relative works.
Can the commissioner refuse to issue a privilege license for a
soliciting bail agent to change from one (1) professional bail
agent to another? If so why?
✓✓ Yes, if the soliciting agent owes any premium or debt to the
professional bail agent with whom he is currently licensed.
How many hours of pre-licensing education is required before
a person can license as a professional, soliciting, or bail
enforcement agent?
✓✓ 40 Hours
How many hours of education does a professional, soliciting,
and bail enforcement agent need each year?
✓✓ 8 Hours
How much is the qualification bond a person applying for
personal surety have to deposit with the Department?
✓✓ $30,000
