California

Insurance Code

4,514 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 15030 — Each licensee shall maintain a record containing that information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
• § 15031 — (a) A licensee shall not conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of the commissioner to do so.
• § 15032 — Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her name, address, or license number as they appear in the records of the commissioner.
• § 15033 — No license shall be issued under this chapter unless the applicant files with the commissioner a surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state in the sum of twenty th
• § 15034 — The bond required by this chapter shall be taken in the name of the people in the state and every person injured by the willful, malicious, or wrongful act of the principal may bring an action on the
• § 15035 — Every licensee shall at all times maintain on file the surety bond required by this chapter in full force and effect and upon failure to do so the license of the licensee shall be forthwith suspended
• § 15036 — In lieu of the surety bond required by this chapter there may be deposited with the State of California the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in cash, or evidence of deposit of the sum of twent
• § 15037 — Bonds executed and filed with the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall remain in force and effect until the surety has terminated future liability by 30-day notice to the commissioner.
• § 15038 — Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 15044), the proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing
• § 15039 — The commissioner may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee has done any of the following: (a) Made any false statement or given any false info
• § 15039.5 — The commissioner may, without hearing, suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee has committed any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of
• § 15040 — The record or conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction as that term is used in this article or in Section 15018 or 15018.
• § 15041 — The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if the commissioner determines that the licensee has: (a) Used any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed matter, or i
• § 15042 — The commissioner may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if the commissioner determines that the licensee has committed any act in the course of the licensee’s business constituting
• § 15043 — The commissioner, in lieu of suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter for violations of Sections 15039, 15041, and 15042, may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollar
• § 15044 — As used in this article, “presiding officer” means the Executive Officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
• § 15045 — The acceptance of a nonresident licensee of any of the rights and privileges conferred upon him or her by this chapter, as evidenced by his or her performance in this state, either personally or throu
• § 15046 — The acceptance of such rights and privileges as evidenced by such act shall signify the agreement of the licensee that any such process which is served against him or her in the manner provided in thi
• § 15047 — Service shall be made by leaving a copy of the accusation, together with notice of defense and statement to respondent as described in Section 11505 of the Government Code, with a fee of five dollars
• § 15048 — A notice of that service and a copy of the accusation, together with the notice of defense and statement to respondent shall forthwith be sent by registered mail by the presiding officer to the licens
• § 15049 — Proof of compliance with Section 15048 shall be made in the event of service by mail by affidavit of the presiding officer or his or her authorized employee showing such service by mailing, together w
• § 15050 — The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, the hearing officer, may order those postponements or continuances and grant those ex
• § 15051 — The presiding officer shall keep a record of all process served upon him or her pursuant to this article, which records shall show the day and hour of service.
• § 15052 — As used in this article, “nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this state at the time of the performance of the act referred to in Section 15045.
• § 15053 — A person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs submitted under subdivision (f) of Section 15010 or paragraph (12) of subdivision (b) of Section 15016 is guilty of a felony.
• § 15054 — Every license, branch office certificate, and pocket card issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the day two years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license was is
• § 15055 — Notwithstanding Section 15054, the commissioner may establish license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter so as to distribute the renewal work to permit the most
• § 15056 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license or branch office certificate may be renewed at any time within one year after its expiration on the filing of an application for re
• § 15057 — A suspended license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee, while the license
• § 15058 — A revoked license or branch officer certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed.
• § 15059 — A license or branch office certificate which is not renewed within one year after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter.
• § 15059.1 — (a) An individual who holds a public insurance adjuster license and who is not exempt under subdivision (b) shall satisfactorily complete a minimum of 24 hours, of which three hours are to be in ethic
• § 15059.2 — A person who fails to meet the requirements imposed by Section 15059.
• § 15060 — The amount of fees prescribed by this chapter is that in the following schedule: (a) The fee for the qualifying examination for an original license is sixty-two dollars ($62).
• § 15061 — The department shall receive and account for all moneys derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report such money to the Controller and shall pay it to the Trea
• § 15062 — Application or license fees shall not be refunded pursuant to Section 1751.
• § 151 — Any person except a public enemy may be insured.
• § 1510 — Any attorney-in-fact or representative of such an attorney who exchanges, or solicits or negotiates the exchange of, any contracts of insurance of the kind and character specified in this chapter, exc
• § 1511 — For the purpose of organization, and upon issuance of permit by the commissioner, powers of attorney and applications for such policies may be solicited without compliance with the provisions of this
• § 1512 — In addition to the foregoing penalties and where not otherwise provided, the penalty for failure or refusal to comply with any or all of the provisions of this chapter upon the part of the attorney, s
• § 1530 — In lieu of all other taxes, licenses or fees whatever, state or local, each exchange and its corporate attorney in fact considered as a single unit shall together pay annually on account of the transa
• § 1531 — (a) On and after January 1, 1994, and before January 1, 1995, every exchange and its corporate attorney in fact that is considered a single unit whose annual taxes exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,0
• § 1540 — Any two or more domestic reciprocal insurers, upon affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the subscribers of each such insurer who vote on such merger pursuant to due notice and the prior app
• § 1550 — This article shall apply only to domestic reciprocal insurers organized after 1974 to provide medical malpractice insurance.
• § 1551 — By following the procedure specified in this article, any domestic reciprocal insurer described in this article may merge, consolidate, or otherwise unite with or become a part of, or may reinsure all
• § 1552 — The plan and agreement by which the transaction is to be effected shall be submitted to the commissioner, who shall examine it and require those provisions to be inserted in the agreement and any acti
• § 1553 — When the plan and agreement has been approved by the commissioner, with any changes required by him or her, it shall require the approval of each domestic reciprocal insurer that is a party to the tra
• § 1554 — If one of the insurers that is a party to the transaction is a domestic incorporated insurer, Section 1109 of the Corporations Code shall apply if the transaction is a merger or consolidation, and Sec
• § 1555 — (a) If the vote is in the affirmative, a certified copy of all proceedings relating to the proposed transaction shall be filed with the commissioner.
• § 1556 — (a) If the surviving entity is a domestic incorporated insurer in a merger in which a domestic reciprocal insurer is a constituent party, after approval of the merger by the constituent reciprocal ins
• § 1557 — (a) Any plan of merger, consolidation, or other unification under this article shall provide that all rights and properties of the parties to the plan of merger, consolidation, or other unification sh
• § 1558 — In the event a domestic reciprocal insurer is merged, is consolidated, or is part of a reorganization pursuant to the procedures specified in this article and the surviving, consolidated, or continuin
• § 1559 — (a) For all purposes for a merger in which the surviving entity is a domestic reciprocal insurer and a domestic incorporated insurer is not a constituent corporation as that term is defined under Sect
• § 1560 — This article shall apply only to domestic reciprocal insurers organized after 1974 to provide medical malpractice insurance.
• § 1560.01 — By following the procedure specified in this article, any domestic reciprocal insurer described in Section 1560 may be converted into an incorporated stock insurer.
• § 1560.02 — The definitions in this section apply to the following terms when used in this article: (a) “Adoption date” means the date the governing body adopts the plan of conversion.
• § 1560.03 — A plan of conversion adopted by a domestic reciprocal insurer for the establishment of a reciprocal holding company shall provide that the domestic reciprocal insurer will become a stock insurer, that
• § 1560.05 — (a) The commissioner shall examine the plan submitted pursuant to Section 1560.
• § 1560.06 — The meeting of subscribers prescribed by subdivision (c) of Section 1560.
• § 1560.07 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the inclusion in the plan of conversion of provisions under which the insurer’s officers, directors, employees, agents, and employee benefit plans f
• § 1560.08 — No director, officer, agent, or employee of the domestic reciprocal insurer shall receive any fee, commission, or other valuable consideration whatsoever, other than regular salary and compensation, f
• § 1560.09 — At any time before that plan of conversion becomes effective, the domestic reciprocal company may, by resolution of at least two-thirds of the governing board, amend the plan of conversion or withdraw
• § 1560.10 — Upon consent by the commissioner to the plan of conversion of a domestic reciprocal insurer and filing of the plan of conversion in accordance with the provisions of this article, the commissioner sha
• § 1560.11 — (a) Upon the effective date of a plan of conversion in accordance with Section 1560.
• § 1560.12 — (a) Prior to, and for a period of five years following, the effective date of the plan of conversion, no person or group of persons acting in concert shall directly or indirectly offer to acquire or a
• § 1560.13 — Unless otherwise provided in the plan of conversion, the governing body and officers of the domestic reciprocal insurer shall serve as directors and officers of the converted insurer until new directo
• § 1560.14 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), actions concerning any plan of conversion, proposed plan of conversion, plan amendment, or proposed
• § 1560.15 — The offer or sale of securities issued pursuant to the plan of conversion developed and approved in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be exempt from Article 8 (commencing with Sect
• § 1560.16 — The commissioner shall have the authority from time to time, to make, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § 1560.17 — Upon completion of the act of conversion and issuance of the certificate of authority under Section 1560.
• § 1560.18 — (a) The articles of incorporation of a converted insurer that have been adopted pursuant to a plan of conversion and filed with the Secretary of State in accordance with Section 1560.
• § 1560.19 — If the name of a domestic reciprocal insurer converting to a stock insurer pursuant to this article includes the word “reciprocal,” the new stock insurer may continue to use the word “reciprocal” in i
• § 1561 — Any law or ruling of any state of the United States or any foreign country which shall attempt to assume jurisdiction over, or to authorize regulation or supervision of, a noninsurance affiliate of a
• § 1580 — As used in this article, the term “alien insurer” means a foreign insurer organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than a State of the United States.
• § 1581 — Except as otherwise expressly provided for particular insurers, an alien insurer shall not transact any insurance in this State without first making the deposit required by this article nor, subject t
• § 1582 — The amount of such deposit shall be equal to the minimum amount of the paid-in capital required for admission of incorporated insurers issuing policies on a reserve basis and transacting the same clas
• § 1583 — The deposit required by Section 1581 (a) Shall be continuously maintained so long as any obligation arising out of any insurance transacted by such alien insurer in the United States remains in existe
• § 1585 — If such deposit is not so maintained in this State, it shall be deemed to be in existence as required by this article only when a certificate, issued by the proper authority of the State of deposit an
• § 1586 — Such deposit, if maintained in this State, shall be for the benefit and security of all the policyholders and creditors of such alien insurer in the United States, and if maintained in another State,
• § 1587 — Securities deposited with the commissioner pursuant to this article shall be specially deposited by him in the State Treasury, in packages marked with the name of the insurer from whom the securities
• § 1588 — As long as the depositing insurer is solvent and the deposited securities are sufficient under this article, it may collect the income on the deposited securities.
• § 1589 — Whenever a deposit is made with the commissioner, he or she shall issue to the depositing insurer a certificate under his or her official seal stating the items and amount of securities so deposited,
• § 1590 — The commissioner shall require the payment of forty-four dollars ($44), in advance, as a fee for filing a certificate of deposit of securities under this article.
• § 1591 — In addition to complying with all other applicable requirements of this code, every admitted alien insurer shall on or before the first day of March in each year after the year 1941, file with the com
• § 1592 — The statement required by Section 1591 shall be verified in the manner prescribed in Sections 903 and 903.
• § 1593 — The excess of the sum of those items in such statement, which are described in subdivision (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 1591, over the liabilities in the United States of such alien insurer is des
• § 1594 — Whenever it appears to the commissioner that the trusteed surplus in the United States of an alien insurer is less than an amount equal to the minimum amount of the capital paid in or available cash a
• § 1595 — Whenever an admitted alien insurer is required or permitted to deposit assets with a trustee for the benefit and security of its policyholders, or of its policyholders and creditors, in the United Sta
• § 1596 — To satisfy the purposes of this article, any alien insurer admitted or seeking to be admitted is hereby authorized to make and execute a deed of trust by virtue of which any assets of an alien admitte
• § 1596.5 — Trusteed assets may be held by a trustee in the name of a nominee of the trustee, when permitted by and in accordance with the law authorizing the trustee to act as trustee.
• § 1597 — In respect of the appointment or substitution of a trustee in another state in which an admitted alien insurer is authorized to transact insurance, in respect of withdrawal of trusteed assets held in
• § 1598 — The commissioner may from time to time examine the trusteed assets of any alien admitted insurer pursuant to Section 736, and may from time to time require the trustee holding trusteed assets of an al
• § 1599 — The commissioner shall require the payment of twenty-nine dollars ($29), in advance, as a fee for filing each certificate of a trustee required to be filed by Section 1592.
• § 16 — As used in this code the word “shall” is mandatory and the word “may” is permissive, unless otherwise apparent from the context.
• § 1600 — The commissioner shall require every foreign insurer, as a condition precedent to receiving and holding a certificate of authority, to file and maintain in the commissioner’s office a writing designat
• § 1600.5 — An agent designated by a foreign insurer as provided in this article may file with the insurance commissioner a written statement of resignation as such agent which shall be signed and execution there
• § 16000 — As used in this chapter, “state of emergency” means a state of emergency or local emergency as defined in Section 8558 of the Government Code.
• § 16001 — This chapter shall apply to all insurers insuring real or personal property in the state, and any other classes of insurers that the commissioner determines should participate in emergency disaster pr
• § 16002 — The purpose and function of the disaster assessment teams is solely to determine the staffing and support needs of insurers in handling anticipated claims.
• § 1601 — (a) A fee shall not be charged, except as included in the application for certificate of authority fee provided by Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of Chapter 1, for filing the initial appointm
• § 16010 — In order to ensure an adequate response to disasters, the Legislature finds it necessary and appropriate to establish insurance disaster assessment teams.
• § 16010.5 — The commissioner shall establish insurance disaster assessment teams in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
• § 16011 — (a) Each team shall consist of not more than seven insurance representatives.
• § 16012 — Upon the occurrence of any state of emergency involving property damage, the commissioner may require any insurance disaster assessment team to assemble for the purpose of assessing the extent, type,
• § 16013 — State and local law enforcement officials shall permit an insurance disaster assessment team to have access to any disaster area as soon as determined safe and practical by the incident commander.
• § 16014 — The insurance disaster assessment team may use any of the following techniques to assess the amount of damage: (a) Ground surveying on foot or vehicle, or aerial surveying if necessary.
• § 16015 — The insurance disaster assessment team shall make a general assessment of the amount and types of damage suffered in an attempt to identify the overall scope of damage.
• § 16016 — The insurance disaster assessment team shall compile its findings into a report and submit the report to the commissioner as soon as practical, but not more than five days after completion of the asse
• § 1602 — Any notice provided by law or by a policy, and any proof of loss, summons or other process may be served on such agent in any action or other legal proceeding against the insurer, and such service giv
• § 16020 — The commissioner, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services and other emergency service agencies, shall establish a method for identification of representatives of insurers.
• § 16021 — (a) In accordance with the methods established under Section 16020, the commissioner shall issue identification badges to each insurer insuring property in the state.
• § 16022 — The commissioner shall distribute identification badges to insurance adjusters for the purpose of identifying persons who should be given access to disaster areas.
• § 1603 — The person appointed and designated pursuant to Section 1600 shall be deemed in law a general agent, and shall for service of process be the principal agent of the insurer in this state.
• § 16030 — (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with insurers, the Office of Emergency Services, and other emergency service agencies, shall establish procedures for the coordination of efforts between insurers
• § 16032 — Any privately owned or operated resources hired by an insurer for the purpose of protecting structures endangered by fire or performing firefighting duties shall report to the incident commander or hi
• § 1604 — Every foreign insurer, as a further condition precedent to admission and in consideration thereof, shall file with the commissioner an agreement or stipulation, executed by the proper authorities of s
• § 1605 — Service may be made upon the commissioner under the circumstances described in the agreement or stipulation provided for by this article and in the manner provided in Article 1 (commencing with Sectio
• § 1610 — Any of the acts described in Section 1611, when effected in this State, by mail or otherwise, by a foreign or alien insurer which is nonadmitted at the time of the solicitation, issuance or delivery b
• § 1611 — The acts referred to in Section 1610 are: (1) The issuance or delivery to residents of, or to corporations authorized to do business in, this State of contracts of insurance insuring (a) the lives or
• § 1612 — Such service of process may be made as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 12919) of Chapter 2 of Division 3.
• § 1616 — Before any nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, the insurer shall either (1) procure a certificate
• § 1617 — The court in any action, suit, or proceeding, in which service of process is effected in the manner provided in Section 1612 may, in its discretion, order such postponement as may be necessary to affo
• § 1618 — Nothing in Section 1616 is to be construed to prevent a nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service thereof made in the manner provided in Section
• § 1619 — In any action against a nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer upon a contract of insurance issued or delivered in this State to a resident thereof or to a corporation authorized to do business therein,
• § 1620 — (a) The provisions of the preceding sections of this article shall not apply to any action, suit, or proceeding against any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer arising out of any contract of insuran
• § 1620.1 — (a) The purpose of this article is to subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner and to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, insurers not authorized to transact business in this State wh
• § 1620.2 — As used in this article (commencing with Section 1620.
• § 1620.3 — No unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall make, issue, circulate or cause to be made, issued or circulated to residents of this State any estimate, illustration, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or
• § 1620.4 — If after 30 days following the giving of the notice mentioned in Section 1620.
• § 1620.5 — (a) Any of the following acts in this State, effected by mail or otherwise, by any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer: (1) the issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this St
• § 1620.6 — If any provision of this article (commencing with Section 1620.
• § 1620.7 — This article (commencing with Section 1620.
• § 1621 — An insurance agent is a person who transacts insurance, other than life, disability, or health insurance, on behalf of an admitted insurance company.
• § 1622 — (a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a person authorized to act on behalf of a life insurer or a disability insurer to transact any of the following: (1) Life insurance.
• § 1623 — (a) An insurance broker is a person who, for compensation and on behalf of another person, transacts insurance other than life, disability, or health insurance with, but not on behalf of, an admitted
• § 1624 — “Insurance solicitor” means a natural person employed to aid a property and casualty broker-agent acting as an insurance agent or insurance broker in transacting insurance other than life, disability,
• § 1625 — (a) A property licensee or a casualty licensee is a person authorized to act as an insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, and a property broker-agent license or a casualty broker-agent license is a li
• § 1625.5 — (a) A personal lines licensee is a person authorized to transact automobile insurance, as defined in Section 660, including insurance for recreational vehicles used for noncommercial purposes, persona
• § 1625.55 — (a) A limited lines automobile insurance agent is a person authorized to transact automobile insurance, as defined in Section 660.
• § 1625.56 — “License year” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent shall be determined as follows: (a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on the date the license is issued.
• § 1625.57 — “License term” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1625.
• § 1626 — (a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a person authorized to act as a life and accident and health or sickness agent.
• § 1627 — A license is a permit to act in the capacity specified therein.
• § 1628 — As used in this chapter, an “organization” means any legal entity other than a natural person.
• § 1629 — “License year” as used in this chapter shall be determined for each entity as follows: (a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on the date the license is issued.
• § 1630 — “License term” as used in this chapter means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1629, as applicable, and ending the second succeeding year on the l
• § 1631 — Unless exempt by the provisions of this article, a person shall not solicit, negotiate, or effect contracts of insurance, or act in any of the capacities defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section
• § 1631.5 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to affect the current operations of the Healthy Families Program (Part 6.
• § 1632 — Unless prohibited in this article, a person otherwise eligible for a license may be authorized to act in one or more of the capacities specified in this chapter.
• § 1633 — Any person who transacts insurance without a valid license so to act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail
• § 1633.5 — It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that the regulations prescribed herein be the exclusive regulations relating to the conduct of insurance business by
• § 1634 — No license is required under this chapter for a person to act in any of the following capacities: (a) As a full-time salaried employee of a title insurer, controlled escrow company or an underwritten
• § 1635 — A license is not required under the provisions of this chapter for a person to act in the following capacities or to engage in the following activities, providing a commission is not paid or allowed,
• § 1637 — An organization may hold any license or licenses necessary to act in the following capacities under this chapter and no others: (a) A license to act as a life agent.
• § 1638 — (a) A nonresident license is a license issued to a person not a resident of this state.
• § 1638.5 — Unless denied licensure pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 1666), a nonresident person shall receive a production agency license if that nonresident person meets the following requirements
• § 1639 — The following types of licenses under this chapter may be issued to nonresidents: (a) A property broker-agent or a casualty broker-agent if the nonresident is duly licensed to transact those lines of
• § 1639.1 — (a) The class or classes of insurance which a nonresident person is licensed to transact under that nonresident person’s resident license shall be determined according to the definitions of classes of
• § 1640 — A person authorized to act as an insurance solicitor is not eligible at the same time to act as an insurance agent or broker, and a person authorized to act as either an insurance agent or broker is n
• § 1642 — An insurer or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange is not eligible for any license under this chapter; but a corporation rendering sales services in connection with a separate account may be licensed
• § 1644 — A person under 18 years of age is not eligible to apply for a license pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), and Chapter 7 (comm
• § 1646 — An organization is not eligible for a license under this chapter if its articles of incorporation or association or agreement of copartnership forbid it to act in the capacity for which a license is s
• § 1647.5 — (a) Each limited liability company, at the time of licensing pursuant to this chapter and, with respect to surplus line brokers, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), and at all times during which
• § 1649.5 — Notwithstanding Section 1642, an insurer may own or control, whether directly or indirectly, a separate entity licensed under this chapter as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life ag
• § 1650 — Every license issued under this chapter shall state thereon all the following: (a) The name of the licensee.
• § 1651 — The commissioner shall at all times retain full property rights in any document evidencing any license issued pursuant to Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this part.
• § 1652 — (a) The commissioner shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Pena
• § 1655 — No application for a license shall be deemed filed unless the document has been submitted by a means of electronic service approved by the commissioner, and the proper filing fee, including any requir
• § 1656 — Every applicant for an organizational license shall provide the names of all licensed natural persons who may exercise the power and perform the duties under the license.
• § 1656.1 — (a) Every application for a license filed by a corporation shall contain the names and addresses of all stockholders owning 10 percent or more of the corporation’s stock and of all officers and direct
• § 1656.2 — (a) Every application for a license filed by a limited liability company shall contain the names and addresses of all members owning 10 percent or more of the membership interests of the limited liabi
• § 1658 — Each application filed by a natural person for a license shall contain the residence address, the principal business address, and the mailing address of the applicant.
• § 1661 — Whenever an organization licensed as a life agent, property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, personal lines broker-agent, or limited lines automobile insurance agent desires to change, remove, or
• § 1662 — A property broker-agent, a casualty broker-agent, and a personal lines broker-agent shall, prior to acting in the capacity of an insurance broker, file with the commissioner and continuously maintain
• § 1663 — Such bond shall be duly executed by an admitted surety insurer, shall be continuous in form, and shall be in favor of the people of the State of California.
• § 1665 — The bond of a property broker-agent and a casualty broker-agent shall be in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
• § 1666 — Upon the filing of an application for a license in accordance with Article 4 of this chapter, the commissioner may make an investigation and require the filing of supplementary documents, affidavits,
• § 1666.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall at the time of issuance or renewal of any license under this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (
• § 1667 — Except as provided in Section 1669, a license shall not be denied without an opportunity to the applicant to be heard in support of his application.
• § 1668 — The commissioner may deny an application for a license issued pursuant to this chapter if any of the following are true: (a) The applicant is not properly qualified to perform the duties of a person h
• § 1668.1 — In addition to the grounds set forth in Section 1668, the following acts shall constitute cause to suspend or revoke any permanent license issued pursuant to this chapter: (a) The licensee has induced
• § 1668.5 — (a) The commissioner may deny an application for a license issued pursuant to this chapter, and may suspend or revoke the permanent license of an organization licensed pursuant to this chapter as auth
• § 1669 — The commissioner may, without hearing, deny an application if the applicant has done one or more of the following: (a) (1) Been convicted of a felony.
• § 1670 — If an applicant for any license under this chapter, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800) of this part, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15000) of
• § 1672 — The commissioner may deny an application filed by an organization, unless both the organization and all natural persons named thereon meet the qualifications for the license for which such application
• § 1675 — The following applicants who have theretofore been licensed under this code are exempt from the requirements of this article: (a) An applicant for a license to act as a property broker-agent or a casu
• § 1676 — (a) Except as set forth in Sections 1675 and 1679, the commissioner shall not issue a permanent license pursuant to this chapter to an applicant therefor unless the applicant has within the 12-month p
• § 1677 — (a) Each qualifying examination for a license pursuant to this chapter shall be in writing and shall be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of,
• § 1678 — The commissioner shall administer qualifying license examinations under this chapter at test centers designated by the commissioner and through online proctored license examinations.
• § 1679 — (a) A nonresident applicant for a license shall be subject to the same qualifying examination as is required of a resident applicant.
• § 1681 — If an applicant fails the qualifying examination, that applicant may, subject to the provisions of Section 1682, retake a qualifying examination.
• § 1681.5 — (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt to subvert, any licensing examination given by the department, including, but not limited to, engaging in, soliciting, or procuring any of the followi
• § 1682 — (a) (1) A person shall not be admitted to more than 10 license qualification examinations of the same type in any 12-month period.
• § 1683 — An applicant shall schedule or reschedule the applicant’s qualifying examination using an electronic service approved by the commissioner.
• § 1684 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, whenever reference is made in this article to an applicant for a license, such reference includes each natural person who applies to be named on the licen
• § 1685 — The commissioner may issue to an eligible person a certificate of convenience to act as any of the following: (a) Any type of a licensee under this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760),
• § 1686 — To be eligible for an estate certificate of convenience, a person shall be one of the following: (a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased property broker-agent, casualty broker-ag
• § 1687 — Except as provided in Section 1637, to be eligible for a military service certificate of convenience, a person is required to be nominated therefor by the holder of a permanent license who, while the
• § 1693 — An estate certificate of convenience expires upon the happening of any of the following events, whichever occurs first: (a) Upon the filing with the commissioner of a certified copy of an order appoin
• § 1694 — A military service certificate of convenience shall terminate upon the relicensing of the nominating licensee, but in no event shall it remain in force beyond the period set forth in Section 1722.