A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to add an exception to the circumstances under which a surety on a bail bond is not required to return the premium on the bond under the laws regulating bail bondsmen and runners.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 58‑71‑20 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 58‑71‑20.  Surrender of defendant by surety; when premium need not be returned.
At any time before there has been a breach of the undertaking in any type of bail or fine and cash bond the surety may surrender the defendant to the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is bonded to appear or to the sheriff where the defendant was bonded; in such case the full premium shall be returned within 72 hours after the surrender. The defendant may be surrendered without the return of premium for the bond if the defendant does any of the following:
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(6)	Fails to disclose criminal activity, charges, or convictions or provides false information regarding any past or current criminal activity, charges, or convictions."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.