5742 - Registration and licensure required.

     § 5742.  Registration and licensure required.        (a)  General rule.--No professional bondsman shall become     surety on any undertaking, and no person shall engage in or     continue to engage in business as a professional bondsman,     unless he has been registered and is currently licensed as a     professional bondsman by the Insurance Department as provided in     this subchapter and has filed a copy of his license in the     office of the clerk in the manner prescribed by general rules.        (b)  Form of application.--Every application for registration     and licensure as a professional bondsman shall be made in     writing upon such form as may be prescribed by regulations     promulgated by the Insurance Department.     (Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)        1980 Amendment.  Act 142 amended subsec. (a).