§ 58-71-105. Persons prohibited from becoming surety or runners.
§58‑71‑105. Persons prohibited from becoming surety or runners.
No sheriff, deputy sheriff,other law‑enforcement officer, judicial official, attorney, paroleofficer, probation officer, jailer, assistant jailer, employee of the GeneralCourt of Justice, nor other public employee assigned to duties relating to theadministration of criminal justice, nor the spouse of any such person, may inany case become surety on a bail bond for any person. In addition, no personcovered by this section may act as an agent for any bonding company or bailbondsman. No such person may have an interest, directly or indirectly, in thefinancial affairs of any firm or corporation whose principal business is actingas a bail bondsman. However, nothing in this section prohibits any such personfrom being surety upon the bond of his or her spouse, parent, brother, sister,child, or descendant. (1963, c. 1225, s. 22; 1973, c. 108, s. 39; 1975, c.619, s. 1; 1991, c. 644, s. 18; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 726, s. 17.)