# ID Insurance Bulletin 17-04: Bail Agent Compensation of Incarcerated Persons Prohibited > Idaho · Agency guidance · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-04 ## Section - **Citation:** ID Insurance Bulletin 17-04 - **Heading:** Bail Agent Compensation of Incarcerated Persons Prohibited - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Agency guidance - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Department of Insurance Bulletins / Bail Agent Compensation of Incarcerated Persons Prohibited ## Text State of Idaho DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER Governor 700 West State Street, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0043 Phone (208)334-4250 Fax (208)334-4398 Website: http://www.doi.idaho.gov DEAN L. CAMERON Director BULLETIN NO. 17-04 DATE: August 2, 2017 TO: Surety Insurers and Insurance Producers Doing Bail Bond Business in Idaho FROM: Dean Cameron, Director SUBJECT: Bail Agent Compensation of Incarcerated Persons Prohibited Background and Introduction The purpose of this bulletin is to notify bail agents writing bail bonds in Idaho of House Bill 136 enacted by the Idaho Legislature during the 2017 legislative session. Specifically, this bill added a new subsection of the Idaho Insurance Code, § 41-1016(1)(o), effective July 1, 2017, which concerns compensating or agreeing to compensate any incarcerated person. New Legislation Effective July 1, 2017, Idaho Code § 41-1016(1)(o) provides that the following is prohibited: In the case of a bail agent, compensating or agreeing to compensate any incarcerated person to influence or encourage another incarcerated person or other incarcerated persons to engage the bail agent’s services or the services of the bail agent’s company or of other bail agents employed by such bail company. For purposes of this subsection, compensating any incarcerated person shall include providing payment in any form to any person, organization or entity designated by the incarcerated person to receive such payment. The stated purpose of the bill is to assure that inmates in a county jail are not put in a position to be pressured by other inmates to do business with certain bail agents to the exclusion of other bail agents. If you have questions concerning the solicitation of incarcerated persons, please contact the Consumer Affairs Section of the Department at (208)334-4250. ## Nearby sections - [ID Insurance Bulletin 16-05 Rate of Interest on Deferred Payment of Cash Surrendered Benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_16-05.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 16-06 2017 Operative Date of the Principle-Based Valuation Manual](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_16-06.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 17-01 Extension of Transitional Plans through December 31, 2018](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-01.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 17-02 Use of Revised Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual of the NAIC](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-02.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 17-03 Rate of Interest on Deferred Payment of Cash Surrendered Benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-03.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 17-04 Bail Agent Compensation of Incarcerated Persons Prohibited](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-04.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-01 Provisions for Health Carriers Submitting State-Based Health Benefit Plans](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-01.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-02 Clarification Regarding Coverage of Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-02.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-03 Extension of Transitional Plans through December 31, 2019](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-03.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-04 Use of Revised Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual of the NAIC](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-04.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-05 Rate of Interest on Deferred Payment of Cash Surrendered Benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-05.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 18-06 Certificates of Insurance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_18-06.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 19-01 Requests that Information Submitted be Treated as Confidential and Exempt from Disclosure Under the Public Records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_19-01.md) - [ID Insurance Bulletin 19-02 Extension of Transitional Plans through December 31, 2020](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_19-02.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ID_INS_B_17-04. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.