California Code
PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 1621. - 1621. An insurance agent is a person who transacts insurance,...

Section 1622. - 1622. (a) A life and accident and health or sickness...

Section 1623. - 1623. (a) An insurance broker is a person who, for...

Section 1624. - 1624. “Insurance solicitor” means a natural person employed to aid...

ARTICLE 2 - Comprehensive Definitions

Section 1625. - 1625. (a) A property licensee or a casualty licensee is...

Section 1625.5. - 1625.5. (a) A personal lines licensee is a person authorized...

Section 1625.55. - 1625.55. (a) A limited lines automobile insurance agent is a...

Section 1625.56. - 1625.56. “License year” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent...

Section 1625.57. - 1625.57. “License term” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent...

Section 1626. - 1626. (a) A life and accident and health or sickness...

Section 1627. - 1627. A license is a permit to act in the...

Section 1628. - 1628. As used in this chapter, an “organization” means any...

Section 1629. - 1629. “License year” as used in this chapter shall be...

Section 1630. - 1630. “License term” as used in this chapter means all...

ARTICLE 3 - Licensing

Section 1631. - 1631. Unless exempt by the provisions of this article, a...

Section 1631.5. - 1631.5. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to affect...

Section 1632. - 1632. Unless prohibited in this article, a person otherwise eligible...

Section 1633. - 1633. Any person who transacts insurance without a valid license...

Section 1633.5. - 1633.5. It is hereby declared to be the intent of...

Section 1634. - 1634. No license is required under this chapter for a...

Section 1635. - 1635. A license is not required under the provisions of...

Section 1637. - 1637. An organization may hold any license or licenses necessary...

Section 1638. - 1638. (a) A nonresident license is a license issued to...

Section 1638.5. - 1638.5. Unless denied licensure pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with...

Section 1639. - 1639. The following types of licenses under this chapter may...

Section 1639.1. - 1639.1. (a) The class or classes of insurance which a...

Section 1640. - 1640. A person authorized to act as an insurance solicitor...

Section 1642. - 1642. An insurer or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange is not...

Section 1644. - 1644. A person under 18 years of age is not...

Section 1646. - 1646. An organization is not eligible for a license under...

Section 1647.5. - 1647.5. (a) Each limited liability company, at the time of...

Section 1649.5. - 1649.5. Notwithstanding Section 1642, an insurer may own or control,...

Section 1650. - 1650. Every license issued under this chapter shall state thereon...

Section 1651. - 1651. The commissioner shall at all times retain full property...

ARTICLE 4 - Applications

Section 1652. - 1652. (a) The commissioner shall submit to the Department of...

Section 1655. - 1655. No application for a license shall be deemed filed...

Section 1656. - 1656. Every applicant for an organizational license shall provide the...

Section 1656.1. - 1656.1. (a) Every application for a license filed by a...

Section 1656.2. - 1656.2. (a) Every application for a license filed by a...

Section 1658. - 1658. Each application filed by a natural person for a...

Section 1661. - 1661. Whenever an organization licensed as a life agent, property...

ARTICLE 5 - Bonds

Section 1662. - 1662. A property broker-agent, a casualty broker-agent, and a personal...

Section 1663. - 1663. Such bond shall be duly executed by an admitted...

Section 1665. - 1665. The bond of a property broker-agent and a casualty...

ARTICLE 6 - License Qualifications

Section 1666. - 1666. Upon the filing of an application for a license...

Section 1666.5. - 1666.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the...

Section 1667. - 1667. Except as provided in Section 1669, a license shall...

Section 1668. - 1668. The commissioner may deny an application for a license...

Section 1668.1. - 1668.1. In addition to the grounds set forth in Section...

Section 1668.5. - 1668.5. (a) The commissioner may deny an application for a...

Section 1669. - 1669. The commissioner may, without hearing, deny an application if...

Section 1670. - 1670. If an applicant for any license under this chapter,...

Section 1672. - 1672. The commissioner may deny an application filed by an...

ARTICLE 7 - License Qualification Examinations

Section 1675. - 1675. The following applicants who have theretofore been licensed under...

Section 1676. - 1676. (a) Except as set forth in Sections 1675 and...

Section 1677. - 1677. (a) Each qualifying examination for a license pursuant to...

Section 1677. - 1677. (a) Each qualifying examination for a license pursuant to...

Section 1678. - 1678. The commissioner shall, at least once each month, give...

Section 1679. - 1679. (a) A nonresident applicant for a license shall be...

Section 1681. - 1681. If an applicant fails the qualifying examination, that applicant...

Section 1681.5. - 1681.5. (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt...

Section 1682. - 1682. (a) (1) A person shall not be admitted to...

Section 1683. - 1683. An applicant shall schedule or reschedule the applicant’s qualifying...

Section 1684. - 1684. Except as otherwise provided in this article, whenever reference...

ARTICLE 8 - Certificates of Convenience

Section 1685. - 1685. The commissioner may issue to an eligible person a...

Section 1686. - 1686. To be eligible for an estate certificate of convenience,...

Section 1687. - 1687. Except as provided in Section 1637, to be eligible...

Section 1693. - 1693. An estate certificate of convenience expires upon the happening...

Section 1694. - 1694. A military service certificate of convenience shall terminate upon...

Section 1697. - 1697. A military service certificate of convenience may be issued...

Section 1698. - 1698. The military service certificate of convenience referred to in...

ARTICLE 9 - Issuance of Licenses

Section 1702. - 1702. All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 1703. - 1703. Every applicant for an original license under this chapter,...

Section 1704. - 1704. (a) Any person acting as a licensee under this...

Section 1704.5. - 1704.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a licensed...

Section 1705. - 1705. An insurer, or employing property broker-agent or casualty broker-agent,...

Section 1707. - 1707. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1704.5, each notice...

Section 1707.5. - 1707.5. The commissioner in lieu of retaining in his or...

Section 1707.51. - 1707.51. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified applicants...

Section 1707.7. - 1707.7. As part of the report required under Section 12922,...

ARTICLE 10 - Termination of Licenses

Section 1708. - 1708. A licensee may at any time surrender for cancellation...

Section 1710. - 1710. All licenses issued to natural persons terminate upon the...

Section 1711. - 1711. For the purposes of this chapter and except as...

Section 1712. - 1712. The termination of the existence of the license entity...

Section 1712.5. - 1712.5. (a) The license of an organization licensed as a...

ARTICLE 11 - License Terms

Section 1716. - 1716. The provisions of this article shall not apply to...

Section 1717. - 1717. All licenses issued under this chapter shall be for...

Section 1717.5. - 1717.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commissioner...

Section 1718. - 1718. (a) Not less than 60 days before a permanent...

Section 1719. - 1719. The commissioner shall not issue any permanent license within...

Section 1720. - 1720. (a) A licensee who has applied to renew a...

Section 1722. - 1722. If a natural person while licensed pursuant to the...

Section 1723. - 1723. (a) At the time any original or renewal license...

ARTICLE 12 - Conduct of Licensee

Section 1724. - 1724. An agent, broker, or solicitor who is not an...

Section 1724.5. - 1724.5. Every individual and organization licensee and every applicant for...

Section 1725. - 1725. A license to act as a resident property broker-agent,...

Section 1725.5. - 1725.5. (a) A person licensed under Section 1625, 1625.5, 1625.55,...

Section 1726. - 1726. (a) A person who is licensed in this state...

Section 1727. - 1727. (a) The commissioner shall, after notice and hearing, promulgate...

Section 1728. - 1728. Every resident insurance property broker-agent and every resident insurance...

Section 1729. - 1729. Every licensee and every applicant for a license shall...

Section 1729.2. - 1729.2. (a) An applicant or licensee shall notify the commissioner...

Section 1729.5. - 1729.5. A property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent who...

Section 1730. - 1730. A licensee shall not misrepresent the type of license...

Section 1730.5. - 1730.5. A life agent, a property broker-agent, and a casualty...

Section 1730.6. - 1730.6. (a) Every property broker-agent and every casualty broker-agent shall,...

Section 1731. - 1731. A person licensed as a broker-agent shall be deemed...

Section 1732. - 1732. A person acting as an insurance broker may, on...

Section 1733. - 1733. All funds received by any person acting as a...

Section 1734. - 1734. This section applies to a person licensed, hereinafter “licensee,”...

Section 1734.5. - 1734.5. (a) (1) If fiduciary funds, as defined in Section...

Section 1735. - 1735. (a) As used in this section, a managing general...

Section 1735.5. - 1735.5. A property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or surplus line broker,...

Section 1736. - 1736. If any acts are forbidden or conduct prescribed by...

Section 1736.5. - 1736.5. (a) Every licensee and applicant shall promptly reply in...

ARTICLE 13 - Disciplinary Actions

Section 1737. - 1737. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the...

Section 1738. - 1738. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permanent license...

Section 1738.5. - 1738.5. Upon the request of the department, a proceeding held...

Section 1739. - 1739. Where a permanent license is held by an organization...

Section 1740. - 1740. The certificate of the commissioner certifying any facts found...

Section 1741. - 1741. If the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that there...

Section 1742. - 1742. Where a person who is or has been licensed...

Section 1742.2. - 1742.2. The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to comply with...

Section 1742.3. - 1742.3. (a) The commissioner may, without hearing, issue an order...

Section 1743. - 1743. The lapse or suspension of any license by operation...

Section 1744. - 1744. The filing of a statement of issues pursuant to...

Section 1747. - 1747. When the commissioner may determine or have good cause...

Section 1748. - 1748. The commissioner, in any proceeding under the provisions of...

Section 1748.5. - 1748.5. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

ARTICLE 13.5 - Prelicensing and Continuing Education

Section 1749. - 1749. The department shall require all new applicants for license...

Section 1749.01. - 1749.01. Sections 1749 and 1749.3 shall not apply to a...

Section 1749.02. - 1749.02. “Twenty-four hour coverage” is the joint issuance of a...

Section 1749.1. - 1749.1. (a) The commissioner shall appoint a curriculum board consisting...

Section 1749.2. - 1749.2. The purpose of Sections 1749.3 to 1749.6, inclusive, is...

Section 1749.3. - 1749.3. An individual licensed as a life agent or an...

Section 1749.31. - 1749.31. (a) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent...

Section 1749.32. - 1749.32. (a) An individual licensed as a limited lines automobile...

Section 1749.33. - 1749.33. (a) A life agent licensee shall satisfactorily complete 24...

Section 1749.4. - 1749.4. The courses or programs of instruction successfully completed that...

Section 1749.5. - 1749.5. (a) A person teaching any approved course of instruction...

Section 1749.6. - 1749.6. A person failing to meet the requirements imposed by...

Section 1749.7. - 1749.7. The commissioner may, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...

Section 1749.8. - 1749.8. (a) Every life agent who sells annuities shall satisfactorily...

Section 1749.85. - 1749.85. (a) The curriculum committee shall, in 2006, make recommendations...

Section 1749.9. - 1749.9. Nothing in this article shall require any person exempted...

ARTICLE 14 - Fees

Section 1750. - 1750. The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee...

Section 1750.5. - 1750.5. (a) The fee for filing an application for a...

Section 1751. - 1751. The commissioner shall require, in advance, a fee for...

Section 1751.1. - 1751.1. (a) The commissioner shall require seventy-five dollars ($75), in...

Section 1751.3. - 1751.3. The commissioner shall require twenty-nine dollars ($29), in advance,...

Section 1751.5. - 1751.5. The fees required by this chapter and by Chapter...

Section 1751.6. - 1751.6. (a) The commissioner may prepare a list of all...

Section 1751.7. - 1751.7. The commissioner may periodically publish a newsletter containing summaries...

ARTICLE 15 - Travel Insurance Agents

Section 1752. - 1752. The commissioner may issue a limited lines travel insurance...

Section 1753. - 1753. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 1754. - 1754. Transaction of travel insurance under the license of an...

Section 1755. - 1755. (a) An applicant for a limited lines travel insurance...

Section 1756. - 1756. The provisions of this chapter relating to the appointment...

Section 1757. - 1757. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations for the...

ARTICLE 15.5 - Cargo Shippers Agents

Section 1757.1. - 1757.1. A limited license may be issued to a natural...

Section 1757.2. - 1757.2. A limited license shall be applied for and renewed...

Section 1757.3. - 1757.3. The commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary...

ARTICLE 16 - Variable Contract Agents

Section 1758.1. - 1758.1. (a) For the purpose of making provision for the...

Section 1758.2. - 1758.2. Any authority granted pursuant to the provisions of this...

Section 1758.3. - 1758.3. The commissioner shall not grant authority to transact variable...

Section 1758.5. - 1758.5. The commissioner may, pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with...

ARTICLE 16.1 - Portable Electronics Insurance

Section 1758.6. - 1758.6. No portable electronics vendor shall offer or sell any...

Section 1758.61. - 1758.61. The commissioner may issue to an applicant that has...

Section 1758.62. - 1758.62. (a) An applicant for a portable electronics insurance agent...

Section 1758.63. - 1758.63. An endorsee of a portable electronics vendor that has...

Section 1758.64. - 1758.64. An endorsee may act on behalf of and under...

Section 1758.65. - 1758.65. (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision...

Section 1758.66. - 1758.66. A portable electronics insurance agent shall not sell insurance...

Section 1758.661. - 1758.661. Charges for portable electronics insurance may be billed and...

Section 1758.67. - 1758.67. Under the authority of the portable electronics insurance agent...

Section 1758.68. - 1758.68. Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by...

Section 1758.681. - 1758.681. Notwithstanding any other law: (a) As used in this...

Section 1758.69. - 1758.69. As used in this article, the following definitions have...

Section 1758.691. - 1758.691. Nothing in this article regulating the sale of portable...

Section 1758.692. - 1758.692. (a) Not less than 60 days before a permanent...

Section 1758.693. - 1758.693. (a) This article shall become operative only upon a...

ARTICLE 16.3 - Self-Service Storage Agents

Section 1758.7. - 1758.7. (a) A self-service storage facility, or franchisee of a...

Section 1758.71. - 1758.71. (a) An applicant for a self-service storage agent license...

Section 1758.72. - 1758.72. (a) Each self-service storage agent shall provide an insurance...

Section 1758.73. - 1758.73. Any employee of a licensee who has been trained...

Section 1758.74. - 1758.74. (a) If a licensee violates any provision of this...

Section 1758.75. - 1758.75. A self-service storage facility or its franchisee licensed under...

Section 1758.76. - 1758.76. A licensee shall not sell insurance pursuant to this...

Section 1758.77. - 1758.77. A licensee shall not be required to treat moneys...

Section 1758.78. - 1758.78. A self-service storage agent shall not do any of...

Section 1758.79. - 1758.79. Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by...

Section 1758.791. - 1758.791. As used in this article: (a) “Self-service storage facility”...

Section 1758.792. - 1758.792. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the provisions...

ARTICLE 16.6 - Car Rental Agents

Section 1758.8. - 1758.8. (a) A rental car company shall not offer or...

Section 1758.81. - 1758.81. (a) An applicant for a car rental agent license...

Section 1758.82. - 1758.82. (a) An employee of a rental car company or...

Section 1758.83. - 1758.83. (a) The manager at each location of a rental...

Section 1758.84. - 1758.84. (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision...

Section 1758.85. - 1758.85. A rental car company or franchisee licensed under this...

Section 1758.851. - 1758.851. The insurance products listed in Section 1758.85 that are...

Section 1758.86. - 1758.86. A car rental agent shall not sell insurance pursuant...

Section 1758.861. - 1758.861. A licensee shall not be required to treat moneys...

Section 1758.87. - 1758.87. A car rental agent shall not do any of...

Section 1758.88. - 1758.88. Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by...

Section 1758.89. - 1758.89. As used in this article, the following definitions have...

Section 1758.891. - 1758.891. Until January 1, 2001, a rental car company or...

ARTICLE 16.7 - Credit Insurance Agents

Section 1758.9. - 1758.9. No person shall sell or solicit any form of...

Section 1758.91. - 1758.91. The commissioner may issue to an applicant that has...

Section 1758.92. - 1758.92. (a) An applicant for a credit insurance agent license...

Section 1758.93. - 1758.93. (a) An employee of an organization that has been...

Section 1758.94. - 1758.94. (a) The manager at each business location of an...

Section 1758.95. - 1758.95. (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision...

Section 1758.96. - 1758.96. A person licensed pursuant to this article may act...

Section 1758.97. - 1758.97. A credit insurance agent shall not sell or offer...

Section 1758.98. - 1758.98. Under the authority of the credit insurance agent license,...

Section 1758.99. - 1758.99. An organization licensed as a credit insurance agent shall...

Section 1758.991. - 1758.991. Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by...

Section 1758.992. - 1758.992. As used in this article, the following definitions have...

Section 1758.993. - 1758.993. Nothing in this article regulating the sale of credit...