California Code
Insurance Code - INS
DIVISION 3 - THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

CHAPTER 1 - Appointment, Qualification, and Offices

Section 12900. - 12900. (a) The commissioner shall be elected by the people...

Section 12901. - 12901. The commissioner shall be a person competent and fully...

Section 12902. - 12902. The annual salary of the commissioner is provided for...

Section 12903. - 12903. The commissioner may employ actuarial, technical, and administrative assistants...

Section 12903.1. - 12903.1. (a) The commissioner may not accept, use, or in...

Section 12903.5. - 12903.5. On the recommendation of the commissioner the Personnel Board...

Section 12904. - 12904. In the administration of the provisions of this code...

Section 12905. - 12905. The commissioner shall maintain offices in Sacramento, Los Angeles,...

Section 12906. - 12906. The governmental agency unit heretofore known as the Department...

Section 12907. - 12907. The following existing positions in the Department of Insurance...

CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 12919. - 12919. Communications to the commissioner or any person in the...

Section 12920. - 12920. The commissioner shall determine the sufficiency and validity of...

Section 12920.5. - 12920.5. In addition to and independent of any and all...

Section 12921. - 12921. (a) The commissioner shall perform all duties imposed upon...

Section 12921.1. - 12921.1. (a) The commissioner shall establish a program on or...

Section 12921.15. - 12921.15. (a) On or before July 1, 1999, the commissioner...

Section 12921.2. - 12921.2. All public records of the department and the commissioner...

Section 12921.3. - 12921.3. (a) The commissioner, in person or through employees of...

Section 12921.4. - 12921.4. (a) The commissioner shall, upon receipt of a written...

Section 12921.5. - 12921.5. The commissioner may in person or through employees of...

Section 12921.6. - 12921.6. (a) (1) If no fee is designated in this...

Section 12921.7. - 12921.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall...

Section 12921.8. - 12921.8. (a) The commissioner may do the following: (1) Issue...

Section 12921.9. - 12921.9. (a) A letter or legal opinion signed by the...

Section 12922. - 12922. The commissioner shall, on or before the first day...

Section 12922.5. - 12922.5. (a) The commissioner shall convene a working group to...

Section 12923. - 12923. (a) With respect to all classes of insurance (1)...

Section 12923.5. - 12923.5. (a) The Department of Managed Health Care and the...

Section 12924. - 12924. (a) The commissioner may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces...

Section 12925. - 12925. The commissioner shall keep and preserve in a permanent...

Section 12926. - 12926. The commissioner shall require from every insurer a full...

Section 12926.1. - 12926.1. (a) In any matter involving compliance with or enforcement...

Section 12926.2. - 12926.2. (a) As used in this section, “extraordinary circumstances” means...

Section 12927. - 12927. All statements, estimates, percentages, payments, and calculations, required by...

Section 12928. - 12928. Whenever the commissioner ascertains that any insurer or any...

Section 12928.5. - 12928.5. Whenever facts exist by reason of which, under any...

Section 12928.6. - 12928.6. (a) Whenever the commissioner believes, from evidence satisfactory to...

Section 12928.7. - 12928.7. (a) The commissioner may order a respondent to provide...

Section 12929. - 12929. Irrespective of any provision in any law of this...

Section 12930. - 12930. Offenses under this code, or under other laws relating...

Section 12931. - 12931. (a) Service of legal process, notices, or other papers...

Section 12935. - 12935. (a) The commissioner, by January 1, 1997, shall develop...

Section 12936. - 12936. (a) (1) Escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund...

Section 12937. - 12937. (a) Escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund pursuant...

Section 12938. - 12938. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall...

ARTICLE 1.1 - The California Community Development Financial Institution Tax Credit Program

Section 12939. - 12939. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 12939.1. - 12939.1. (a) The department, California Organized Investment Network (COIN), or...

Section 12939.2. - 12939.2. (a) The commissioner may establish and appoint a California...

ARTICLE 2 - Review of Commissioner s Acts

Section 12940. - 12940. The acts and orders of the commissioner are subject...

ARTICLE 3 - Procuring Information on Policies

Section 12950. - 12950. Any person interested as owner, assignee, pledgee or payee,...

Section 12951. - 12951. If the records of his office show the facts...

Section 12952. - 12952. In such affidavit the insurer shall make a full,...

Section 12953. - 12953. If such insurer neglects or refuses to make and...

Section 12954. - 12954. Immediately after receiving such affidavit from an insurer the...

Section 12955. - 12955. If a loss is sustained under a policy of...

Section 12956. - 12956. Forms of policies filed with the commissioner and writings...

Section 12957. - 12957. The commissioner shall not withdraw approval of a previously...

Section 12959. - 12959. (a) On January 1, 1990, and on every January...

Section 12960. - 12960. The commissioner shall, by February 1, 2023, distribute a...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Reporting

Section 12962. - 12962. The commissioner shall report to the Governor, the Legislature,...

Section 12963. - 12963. Each insurer transacting insurance, as defined in Sections 108...

Section 12965. - 12965. The data and other information required to be filed...

Section 12967. - 12967. (a) (1) The department shall develop and implement a...

Section 12968. - 12968. (a) Every pleading issued by the commissioner to initiate...

Section 12969. - 12969. An order or pleading posted on the department’s internet...

ARTICLE 4 - Fees

Section 12970. - 12970. The commissioner shall require the payment in advance of...

Section 12970.1. - 12970.1. In addition to all other fees required for furnishing...

Section 12972. - 12972. The commissioner shall require the payment of one dollar...

Section 12973. - 12973. The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee...

Section 12973.5. - 12973.5. The commissioner shall charge and collect, in advance, the...

Section 12973.6. - 12973.6. If a check in payment of a tax, fee,...

Section 12973.7. - 12973.7. Where provision for fees or charges for documents, transcripts,...

Section 12973.9. - 12973.9. Whenever by the provisions of this code a form...

Section 12975. - 12975. Whenever, by the provisions of this code a duty,...

Section 12975.1. - 12975.1. All examination expense moneys collected by the Department of...

Section 12975.5. - 12975.5. The commissioner may, in any investigation or hearing the...

Section 12975.7. - 12975.7. (a) All moneys received by the commissioner in payment...

Section 12975.8. - 12975.8. (a) The Insurance Fund shall, in addition to the...

Section 12975.9. - 12975.9. (a) The Seismic Safety Account is hereby created as...

Section 12976. - 12976. All fines, forfeitures, taxes, assessments, restitution, and penalties provided...

Section 12976.5. - 12976.5. (a) On and after January 1, 1994, and before...

Section 12977. - 12977. The commissioner may authorize the refund of money received...

Section 12978. - 12978. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may increase...

Section 12979. - 12979. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12978, the commissioner shall...

Section 12980. - 12980. The Financial Responsibility Penalty Account is hereby created in...

ARTICLE 5 - Fee Oversight

Section 12990. - 12990. The department shall adopt an accounting system, as recommended...

Section 12991. - 12991. On and after October 1, 1995, the department may...

Section 12992. - 12992. (a) The department shall determine the actual cost of...

Section 12993. - 12993. The department shall provide the schedule of fees created...

Section 12994. - 12994. On or before October 1, 1995, the department shall...

Section 12995. - 12995. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, all...

ARTICLE 7 - Suspension of Privilege of Appearing or Practicing Before the Commissioner

Section 13500. - 13500. The commissioner may deny, temporarily or permanently, the privilege...

Section 13501. - 13501. Any person whose license to practice as an accountant,...

Section 13502. - 13502. (a) An application for reinstatement of a person permanently...

Section 13503. - 13503. Any person appearing or practicing before the commissioner who...

Section 13504. - 13504. Any proceeding brought under any section of this article...

Section 13505. - 13505. All hearings held under this article shall be closed...

ARTICLE 8 - Insurance Payment Intercept Program

Section 13550. - 13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of...

Section 13551. - 13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company,...

Section 13552. - 13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only...

Section 13553. - 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to identify...

Section 13554. - 13554. For the purposes of this article, “central reporting organization”...

Section 13555. - 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020....

CHAPTER 3 - Conciliation

Section 13600. - 13600. The department shall provide any person who files a...

Section 13601. - 13601. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude an insured or...

CHAPTER 4 - Holocaust Era Insurance Registry

Section 13800. - 13800. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13801. - 13801. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) During...

Section 13802. - 13802. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 13803. - 13803. The commissioner shall establish and maintain within the department...

Section 13804. - 13804. (a) Any insurer currently doing business in the state...

Section 13805. - 13805. Any insurer that knowingly files information about a policy...

Section 13806. - 13806. The commissioner shall suspend the certificate of authority to...

Section 13807. - 13807. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this chapter...

CHAPTER 5 - Slavery Era Insurance Policies

Section 13810. - 13810. The commissioner shall request and obtain information from insurers...

Section 13811. - 13811. The commissioner shall obtain the names of any slaveholders...

Section 13812. - 13812. Each insurer licensed and doing business in this state...

Section 13813. - 13813. Descendants of slaves, whose ancestors were defined as private...