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Professional Bondsmen
Professional Bondsman Registration Checklist
Submit directly to the Bureau:
- Initial application fee of $400 (checks payable to the State of New Hampshire).
- Fee(s) of $100 for registration in each county of the state where a professional bondsman seeks to post bail.
- The Professional Bondsman Application form completed to disclose:
- Full name, home address and business address of the applicant.
- If the applicant is an employee of a professional bondsman, the full name and business address of the employer.
- A personal financial statement of the applicant.
- Thumbprints of the applicant.
- Description of all arrests and convictions of the applicant which have not been annulled by a court of law.
- Description of fidelity bond covering the applicant.
- Description of any licenses previously issued or denied to the applicant by the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
- Description of any licenses issued or denied to the applicant by the insurance department of any other state.
- Description of any other licenses ever issued or denied to the applicant relative to the bail bond business by any government agency.
- Description of the applicant's experience in law enforcement or law enforcement related occupations.
- Passport-size picture of the applicant.
- Criminal Records Release Form.
- A general power of attorney from a surety company licensed to write bail bonds in New Hampshire.
- The original $10,000 fidelity bond, written by a company not engaged in the bail bond business.
- Form U-2. Consent to Service of Process.
- Copy of the applicant's New Hampshire property and liability insurance license.