BILL REQ. #:  S-1215.1 

Read first time 02/03/2005.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to bail bond recovery agents; and amending RCW 18.185.300.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.185.300 and 2004 c 186 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Before a bail bond recovery agent may apprehend a person subject to a bail bond in a planned forced entry, the bail bond recovery agent must notify an appropriate law enforcement agency in the local jurisdiction in which the apprehension is expected to occur. Notification must include, at a minimum: The name of the defendant; the address, or the approximate location if the address is undeterminable, of the dwelling, building, or other structure where the planned forced entry is expected to occur; the name of the bail bond recovery agent; the name of the contracting bail bond agent; and the alleged offense or conduct the defendant committed that resulted in the issuance of a bail bond.
     (2) During the actual planned forced entry, a bail bond recovery agent may wear either:
     (a) ((Shall wear)) A shirt, vest, or other garment with the words "BAIL BOND RECOVERY AGENT" displayed in at least ((two)) one-inch-high reflective print letters across the front and back of the garment and in a contrasting color to that of the garment; ((and)) or
     (b) A shirt, vest, or other garment with the words "BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT" displayed in at least one-inch-high reflective print letters across the front and back of the garment and in a contrasting color to that of the garment.
     (3) During the actual planned forced entry, a bail bond recovery agent may display a badge approved by the department with the words "BAIL BOND RECOVERY AGENT" prominently displayed.