ARTICLE 3. Regulation, Licensing, and Registration

Article 3 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.

§§ 15006–15032 · 32 sections

§ 15006 (a) No person shall engage in a business regulated by this chapter, or act or assume to act as, or represent himself or herself to be, a licensee unless he or…
§ 15007 A public insurance adjuster within the meaning of this chapter is a person who, for compensation, acts on behalf of or aids in any manner, an insured in…
§ 15008 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) An attorney at law admitted to practice in this state, when performing his or her duties as an…
§ 15009 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…
§ 15009.1 (a) The applicant shall complete a 20-hour prelicensing course of study for the lines of authority for a public insurance adjuster license. (b) An applicant…
§ 15010 An application shall be verified and shall include all of the following: (a) The full name and business address of the applicant. (b) The name under which the…
§ 15011 Before an application for a license is granted, the applicant shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be at least 18 years of age. (b) Shall not have…
§ 15012 The license issued by the commissioner shall include, but not be limited to, adjusting claims for fire and allied coverages, burglary, flood, and all property…
§ 15013 Each applicant for a license as a public insurance adjuster shall, prior to issuance of the license, personally take and pass, to the satisfaction of the…
§ 15016 (a) The apprentice public insurance adjuster license is a license to facilitate the training necessary to ensure reasonable competency to fulfill the…
§ 15017 (a) A nonresident license shall be issued by the commissioner to qualified persons who meet the requirements set forth in Section 15011, and who have appointed…
§ 15018 After a hearing, the commissioner may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant has not: (a)…
§ 15018.5 The commissioner may, without hearing, deny an application if the applicant has committed any act or been convicted of a crime constituting grounds for denial…
§ 15019 Whenever a hearing is held under this chapter to determine whether an applicant for a license should be granted or to determine the qualifications of a…
§ 15020 The form and content of the license shall be determined by the commissioner.
§ 15021 The license shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the licensee.
§ 15022 Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of that size, design, and content as may be determined by the commissioner shall be issued without charge to each…
§ 15023 A license issued under this chapter is not assignable.
§ 15024 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…
§ 15025 A licensee shall within 30 days of the change notify the department of any change of his or her address. The principal place of business may be at home or at a…
§ 15026 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…
§ 15027 (a) A licensee shall not, directly or indirectly, act within this state as a public insurance adjuster without having first entered into a contract, in…
§ 15027.1 (a) In addition to the restrictions in subdivision (e) of Section 15027, a licensee shall not solicit a contract of engagement for residential properties under…
§ 15027.5 Any person acting as a public adjuster who has executed a contract as described in Section 15027 is the agent of the insured. While acting under the authority…
§ 15028 No person licensed as a public insurance adjuster shall do any of the following: (a) Use any misrepresentation to solicit a contract or agreement to adjust a…
§ 15028.5 (a) A public insurance adjuster shall maintain a complete record of each of his or her transactions as a public insurance adjuster. The records shall include…
§ 15028.6 All funds received as claim proceeds by any person acting as a public insurance adjuster are received and held by that person in his or her fiduciary capacity.…
§ 15028.7 (a) A public adjuster who receives, accepts, or holds any funds on behalf of an insured towards the settlement of a claim for loss or damage shall deposit the…
§ 15029 No person shall concurrently hold a license under the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000).
§ 15030 Each licensee shall maintain a record containing that information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
§ 15031 (a) 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…
§ 15032 Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her name, address, or license number as they appear in the records of…