11 NCAC 13 .0508             STOCKS OR BONDS AS SECURITY

When stocks or bonds are submitted to the Commissioner of Insurance by a professional bondsman as security deposit and are found satisfactory by the Commissioner, the professional bail bondsman shall sign and deliver to the Commissioner, in addition to the power of attorney specified in G.S. 58-71-155, an "irrevocable stock or bond power" on forms supplied by the Commissioner.  The irrevocable stock or bond power shall contain a description of the stocks or bonds being deposited as security and a statement that the professional bondsman sells, assigns, and transfers the stocks or bonds to the (Name of the Master Trust Bank) as custodian for the North Carolina Department of Insurance for the benefit of (Name of Professional Bondsman).  When satisfactory bonds are submitted to the Commissioner by a professional bail bondsman, the Commissioner will accept 80 percent of the fair market value of such bonds as the amount of security furnished.  When satisfactory stocks are submitted by a professional bail bondsman, the Commissioner will accept 60 percent of the fair market value of such stocks as the amount of security furnished.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 58-2-40; 58-5-1; 58-71-5(a); 58-71-145;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 1978;

Amended Eff. April 8, 2002; May 1, 1988;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. June 25, 2016.