Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...The pertinent evidence and findings in support of each count are as follows: COUNT I Count I charged that the appellant knowingly hired one Delbert Leroy Sams to perform the duties of a bail bond runner, although Sams was not licensed as a runner, in violation of Sections 648.30 [1] and 648.45(1)(b), Florida Statutes (Supp....

...This argument is without merit. The common law right of a bail bondsman to delegate his authority to an unlicensed agent has been abrogated by statute in Florida. See Register v. Barton, 75 So.2d 187 (Fla. 1954). The licensing requirement is all inclusive by virtue of Section 648.30, Florida Statutes, which indisputably provides that all runners shall be licensed....

...penalty upon the actor's license. Accordingly, the Department's order as it relates to Count III must be vacated. The order is affirmed as it relates to Count I and reversed as to Counts II and III. ERVIN, SHAW and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 648.30 provides: No person shall act in the capacity of a professional bail bondsman, limited surety agent, or runner, or perform any of the functions, duties or powers prescribed for bail bondsmen or runners under the provisions of this chap...

...In fact, "[a] person may not act in the capacity of a bail bond agent ... or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for bail bond agents ... unless that person is qualified, licensed, and appointed as provided [by Florida law]." Fla. Stat. 648.30(1); see also Fla....

...in connection with the pretrial or appellate release of a criminal defendant and shall be construed as a commitment by and obligation upon the bail bond agent to ensure that the defendant appears at all subsequent criminal proceedings"); Fla. Stat. § 648.30(3) ("A person, other than a certified law enforcement officer, may not apprehend, detain, or arrest a principal on a bond, wherever issued, unless that person is qualified, licensed, and appointed as provided [by Florida law]")....

administers the provisions of Chapter 648.1 Section 648.30, Florida Statutes (1996 Supplement), prohibits

of Ch. 648. Sections648.26 and 648.265, F.S. Section 648.30, F.S., prohibits a person from acting in the

...(authorizing a security officer to temporarily detain a person, until arrival of a law enforcement officer, if there is probable cause to believe the person is committing a crime against a “critical infrastructure facility,” authority that terminates upon arrival of a law enforcement officer); § 648.30(3), Fla....