{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"1616","citation":"Ins. Code, § 1616","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE [680. - 1879.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Foreign Insurers [1561. - 1620.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers [1610. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2/chapter-4/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 283.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 of authority to transact insurance in this state; or (2) give a bond in the action, suit or proceeding in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in the action, suit, or proceeding.</p>","text":"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 of authority to transact insurance in this state; or (2) give a bond in the action, suit or proceeding in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in the action, suit, or proceeding.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/actions-against-nonadmitted-insurers-1616","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}