Understanding this infographic
Pricing rules
Some states fix premium rates by statute or regulation, others require rates to be filed and approved, and a few rely on court deposits instead of commercial bonds. The bar shows how many jurisdictions fall into each group.
Continuing education
Most licensing states require bail agents to complete continuing education each renewal cycle, but hours and topics vary widely, and some exempt bail-only licenses. See our continuing education table for each state's requirement and source. Who licenses agents also differs: insurance departments in most states, but boards, courts or sheriffs in others.
Sources
Pricing and CE sources for each state (96)
- Alabama: Department of Insurance — Surety insurance
- Alabama: Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board; Ala. Admin. Code 153-X-4-.05
- Alaska: Alaska Administrative Code — 3 AAC 23.760
- Alaska: Alaska Division of Insurance — Continuing Education
- Arizona: A.R.S. § 20-340.01 — Bail bond agents
- Arizona: DIFI — Bail Bond Agent Continuing Education
- Arkansas: Arkansas — Bail Bond Statutes, § 17-19-301
- Arkansas: 17 CAR § 270-120 — License renewal, continuing education
- California: California Department of Insurance — Bail Bonds
- California: CDI — Bail Agent or Agency renewal requirements
- Colorado: Colorado Revised Statutes — Title 10, § 10-2-707
- Colorado: Colorado Regulation 1-2-4 — Producer CE Requirements
- Connecticut: Connecticut General Statutes — § 38a-660b
- Connecticut: CID — Obtaining a New Individual Surety Bail Bond License
- Delaware: Delaware Code — Bail Bond Agents
- Delaware: Delaware Code Title 18, Ch. 43, Subch. II — Bail Bond Agents
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia Code — § 23-1101
- District of Columbia: PSA — History and role in the criminal justice system
- Florida: Florida DFS — Bail Bond Rate Filing
- Florida: DFS — Continuing Education Requirements by License Type
- Georgia: Georgia — 2024 SB 63, signed legislation
- Georgia: O.C.G.A. § 17-6-50.1 — CE for professional bondsmen
- Hawaii: Hawaii Revised Statutes — § 804-62
- Hawaii: Hawaii Insurance Division — Producer Continuing Education
- Idaho: Idaho Department of Insurance — Bail Bonds
- Idaho: Idaho DOI — Resident Bail Agent Licensing Information
- Illinois: Illinois Courts — End of cash bail
- Indiana: Indiana Department of Insurance — Bail Agent Licensing
- Indiana: IDOI — Bail Agent and Recovery Agent Licensing
- Iowa: Iowa Code — § 811.2
- Iowa: Iowa Admin. Code 191—11.1 — CE applicability
- Kansas: Kansas Statutes — § 22-2809b
- Kansas: K.S.A. 22-2809b — Compensated surety CE
- Kentucky: Kentucky Revised Statutes — § 431.510
- Louisiana: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 22:1443
- Louisiana: LDI — Continuing Education Requirements
- Maine: Maine Revised Statutes — 4 M.R.S. § 1054
- Maine: Maine Courts — Bail Commissioners
- Maryland: Maryland COMAR — 31.03.05.07, Rates
- Maryland: MIA — Producer CE Credit Requirements
- Massachusetts: Massachusetts Court Rules — Bail Rule 43
- Massachusetts: Mass. Bail Rule 24
- Michigan: Michigan Compiled Laws — § 750.167b
- Michigan: DIFS — Insurance Licensee CE FAQ
- Minnesota: Minnesota Statutes — § 60M.02, Premiums
- Minnesota: Minn. Stat. § 60K.36 and § 60K.56
- Mississippi: Mississippi Insurance Department — Code access, § 83-39-25
- Mississippi: MID — Bail Agent Continuing Education
- Missouri: Missouri Department of Insurance — Bail Bond FAQs
- Missouri: 20 CSR 700-6 — Bail Bond Agents and Surety Recovery Agents
- Montana: Montana CSI — Bail premium statement
- Montana: MCA § 33-17-1602 — Surety bail bond training
- Nebraska: Nebraska Revised Statutes — § 29-901
- Nevada: Nevada Revised Statutes — Chapter 697
- Nevada: NRS 697.230 — Expiration and renewal of license
- New Hampshire: New Hampshire RSA — 597:7-b
- New Hampshire: OPLC — Professional Bondsmen Laws and Rules
- New Jersey: New Jersey Courts — Criminal Justice Reform
- New Jersey: NJDOBI — Producer FAQs
- New Mexico: New Mexico Administrative Code — 13.20.2
- New Mexico: 13.4.7 NMAC — Continuing Education Requirements
- New York: New York Insurance Law — § 6804
- New York: DFS — Information for Bail Agents
- North Carolina: North Carolina General Statutes — § 58-71-95
- North Carolina: NCDOI — Continuing Education for Bail Bondsmen
- North Dakota: North Dakota Insurance Department — Bail Bond
- Ohio: Ohio Revised Code — § 3905.93
- Ohio: ODI — CE Requirements
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma Insurance Department — Bail Bond Statutes
- Oregon: Oregon Judicial Department — Security Release
- Oregon: Oregon Legislature — HB 2682 staff measure summary
- Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure — Rule 528
- Pennsylvania: PID — Continuing Education Requirements
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island General Laws — § 12-13-10
- Rhode Island: Superior Court Admin. Order 2025-05 — Professional Bondspersons
- South Carolina: South Carolina Code — Title 38, Chapter 53
- South Dakota: South Dakota Codified Laws — Chapter 58-22
- South Dakota: SD Division of Insurance — Bail Bond Producers
- Tennessee: Tennessee Courts — Code access, § 40-11-316
- Tennessee: TN Board of Professional Bondsmen — Laws; T.C.A. § 40-11-401
- Texas: Texas Department of Insurance — Bond Resources
- Texas: Texas Occupations Code § 1704.152
- Utah: Utah Code — Title 31A, Chapter 35
- Utah: Utah State Bulletin, DAR File 36711 — CE Rule
- Vermont: Vermont Statutes — Bail and Recognizances
- Vermont: CareerOneStop License Finder — Vermont Bail Bond Agent
- Virginia: Code of Virginia — § 9.1-185.8
- Virginia: 6VAC20-250-140 — In-service training
- Washington: Washington Legislature — Bail Practices Report
- Washington: WAC 308-19-302 — CE for bail bond agents
- West Virginia: West Virginia Code — § 51-10-8
- West Virginia: 114CSR103 — Bail Bondsmen in Criminal Cases
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin Statutes — Chapter 969
- Wisconsin: Wis. Stat. § 969.12 — Sureties
- Wyoming: Wyoming Department of Insurance — Bail Bonds
- Wyoming: Wyoming DOI — Continuing Education