For purposes of this chapter --
(1) the term “bonding business” means the business of becoming surety for compensation upon bonds in criminal cases in the District of Columbia; and
(2) the term “bondsman” means any person or corporation engaged in the bonding business either as a principal or as an agent, clerk, or representative of another engaged in such business.
CREDIT(S)
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 635, Pub. L. 91-358, title II, § 210(a).)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 23-1101.
1973 Ed., § 23-1101.