{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"10500","citation":"Ins. Code, § 10500","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE [10110. - 11549.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. General Regulation of Life Insurers [10430. - 10509.946.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Qualifications and Exemptions [10490. - 10505.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-5/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 87.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person not expressly exempted by the provisions of this code that transacts life or disability insurance without a valid and unrevoked certificate of authority or without a valid and unrevoked certificate of exemption issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every employee, officer, or agent of any person who knowingly assists any person in the transaction of insurance in violation of the provisions of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person not expressly exempted by the provisions of this code that transacts life or disability insurance without a valid and unrevoked certificate of authority or without a valid and unrevoked certificate of exemption issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every employee, officer, or agent of any person who knowingly assists any person in the transaction of insurance in violation of the provisions of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/qualifications-and-exemptions-10500","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}