(a) Application for a license under this chapter shall be in writing and in the form prescribed by the department. If the applicant is a natural person, the application form must require submission of the applicant's social security number.
(b) All reasonable investigation expenses incurred by the department in processing an application for approval of a proposed premium finance company shall be charged to and paid by the applicant in accordance with AS 06.01.010. At the time of submitting the application to the department, the applicant shall pay to the department $500 in partial payment of the investigation expenses incurred by the department. If the investigation expenses incurred by the department do not exceed $500, the remainder shall be promptly refunded to the applicant.
(c) The person to whom the license may be or is issued shall file sworn answers to interrogatories required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the licensee fully to disclose the identity of all directors, partners, officers, and managerial employees. The commissioner may refuse to issue or continue a license in the name of any firm or corporation if the commissioner determines that any officer, employee, stockholder, or partner of the firm or corporation who may materially influence the licensee's conduct does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
(d) All premium finance licenses shall continue in force until suspended or revoked, subject to the payment by the licensee of the annual license fee and to the licensee being in compliance with other provisions of this chapter.
(e) Upon request, the department shall provide a social security number submitted under (a) of this section to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.