ARTICLE 3. Regulation, Licensing, and Registration [14020. - 14047.]

Article 3 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1190, Sec. 11.

§§ 14020–14047 · 31 sections

§ 14020 (a) A person shall not engage in a business regulated by this chapter, or act or assume to act as, or represent themselves to be, a licensee unless the person…
§ 14021 An insurance adjuster within the meaning of this chapter is a person other than a private investigator as defined in Section 7521 of the Business and…
§ 14022 This chapter does not apply to: (a) (1) A person employed exclusively and regularly by one employer in connection with the affairs of the employer only and if…
§ 14022.5 (a) In the event of an emergency situation as declared by the commissioner, claims arising out of the emergency, catastrophe, disaster, or other similar…
§ 14023 An application for a license under this chapter shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and accompanied by the application fee provided by this…
§ 14024 An application shall be verified and shall include: (a) The full name and business address of the applicant. (b) The name under which applicant intends to do…
§ 14025 Before an application for a license is granted, the applicant, or his or her manager, shall meet all of the following: (a) Be at least 18 years of age. (b) Not…
§ 14026 The commissioner may require an applicant, or his or her manager, to demonstrate his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or a combination…
§ 14026.5 Where a person who is or has been licensed under this chapter has been found by the commissioner to have violated any provision of this code that would justify…
§ 14027 Payment of the application fee prescribed by this chapter entitles an applicant, or his or her manager, to one examination without further charge. If the…
§ 14028 After a hearing the commissioner may deny a license unless the application makes a showing satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant, if an…
§ 14028.5 The commissioner may, without hearing, deny a license if the applicant has committed any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of license under Section…
§ 14029 (a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management of the licensee, if the licensee is qualified,…
§ 14030 Whenever the individual on the basis of whose qualifications a license under this chapter has been obtained ceases to be connected with the licensee for any…
§ 14031 Whenever a hearing is held under this chapter to determine whether an application for a license should be granted or to determine the qualifications of a…
§ 14032 The form and content of the license shall be determined by the commissioner in accordance with Section 164 of the Business and Professions Code.
§ 14033 The license shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the licenses.
§ 14034 Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of such size, design, and content as may be determined by the commissioner shall be issued without charge to each…
§ 14035 A licensee shall, within 30 days after such change, notify the department of any change of his or her address and of any change in the officers or partners of…
§ 14036 A license issued under this chapter is not assignable.
§ 14037 A licensee shall at all times be legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each of the licensee’s employees or agents, including the…
§ 14038 (a) Any licensee or officer, director, partner, or manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or district attorney, or to his or her…
§ 14039 No person licensed as an insurance adjuster shall do any of the following: (a) Fail to disclose his or her full financial interest in a contract or agreement…
§ 14040 Any badge or cap insignia worn by a person who is a licensee, officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a licensee shall be of a design approved by…
§ 14041 Each licensee shall maintain a record containing such information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
§ 14042 A licensee shall not conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of the…
§ 14043 Each licensee shall file with the commissioner the complete address of his or her principal place of business, including the name and number of the street or,…
§ 14044 Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her name, address, and license number as they appear in the records…
§ 14045 A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any location other than that shown on the records of the commissioner as his or her principal place of…
§ 14046 (a) (1) The department shall annually prepare and deliver to every person licensed under this chapter and every insurer admitted in this state a notice…
§ 14047 (a) For a claim under a policy of residential property insurance arising as a result of a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of…