meanings given to them in this section:
"Bail bondsman." Any person that engages in the business of
giving bail as a surety for compensation.
"Department." The Insurance Department of the Commonwealth.
"Insurer." As defined in section 601-A of the act of May 17,
1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of
1921.
"Office of the clerk." The office of the clerk of the court
of common pleas of each judicial district in which a
[professional bondsman] person engages in the business of [a
professional bondsman] a bail bondsman.
["Professional bondsman." Any person, other than a fidelity
or surety company or any of its officers, agents, attorneys, or
employees, authorized to execute bail bonds or to solicit
business on its behalf, who:
(1) engages in the business of giving bail, giving or
soliciting undertakings, or giving or soliciting indemnity or
counterindemnity to sureties on undertakings; or
(2) within a period of 30 days has become a surety, or
has indemnified a surety, for the release on bail of a
person, with or without a fee or compensation, or promise
thereof, in three or more matters not arising out of the same
transaction.]
"Surety." Any person who pledges security, whether or not
for compensation, in exchange for the release from custody of a
person charged with a crime prior to adjudication.
§ 5742. [Registration and licensure] 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,
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