OFFICE OF THE AVORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

!?onorable Girard Xlaa.1, 

-upenloor Ageat8' tioeorer 

?i re Ianunno8 Departma t 

Board oi Inruranor Commlsrioaerr 

Au8tla. Texar 

Dear Slrr 

I) the above rtated 

rtasat, 

5 rOliOW8: 

y coqmy ule 

, both 8toak 

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ompaalor for 

by mid aCmipIaio8. 

cordlEg rgenXe AUd8 the 

n rfrort to jurtly 8arOrO8 th8 

27 LnU, Art. 4758 (A8 UOnd8d, 

p* 713, ah. 307, 900. 1) 

e a company may aaoept buslao lo 

Tesar rr0i2 an agent, it mu8t rile r0m1 aotloe 

or appointmat in favor of th8 agoat. Tho l p - 

Fainted l g8nt may, lo turn, l p 

f” 

lat rollolton 

who autonatloallp, upon recolr ry their 1100n80, 

hare authority to repnsrnt and produoo burlnrrr 

ror @tory corpeny reprosontod br the 8ponrorlag 

reoordlng agenay. In other wor68, a sollaltor 

to M properly liC8Il8.d and authorl%ed to produo@ 
Hoaorablo Girard Xlnaey, Tad0 E 

bWfa444 iOr 411 Of the r4OOrdiag 4gWICy’S OOUIpanle18 aredr only to have a for6al notlae or 

appolatment fll84 la hlr behalf by one of tha 

oompanlos reproarntrd in the agenay. Yhir plaoos 

nur44roU8 ooapaler la th8 QO8itiOa or aaoeptlag 

bU8ia848 ladlreotly rrom 8ollaltor8 whom they 

hare not torally apwlatrd but who80 authority 

to 8OliOit for ther he8 brsa granted by the reaordlng agent, who la a duly apyalatsd agent tor 

tlla ocxiqmay. 

Vhr Kacear agenay natup, on the other hand, 

18 l 8 OUtliaId below: 

*Any rorslga or Out-Of-8t4t4 coapay d8Sirilrd t0 4OCOpt bU8iM8S irCiB 

an agent in Kansas aust rormally ap 

point that agoat and pay a $2 re8 ror 

tho llcen8lag thereor. fa Eansas only 

on0 typo or llaona~ 18 i48Wd; that la, 

a psrooa whore dUti48 would plaob him 

la the category or a solicitor la Texar 

1s llosnlred 48 an agent in Kunras. 

“our lnroroiatlo~ cOnasralng requirenaatr 

Uad4r th8 :ilAIl848 .C,tatUt44 18 baaed Oil 8tPtOmtltl 

made by rarlow Trxar a0qmay representatirrr who 

hate explainrd in data11 regulations by which 

they mmt abide upon 8nt5rlaE into the insurance 

buslaees in icsn8ao. 

*k:o oontaad that iaasmuoh a8 a Texas oompaay 688lrlne to do buein88s in Kansas la r8- 

qulred to a,;;ly ror a Ilce~ee ror every lndlrldus1 imoE; whom it 6XgeOt8 to reaelve business and 

mat pay a $2 tee tharoror aod who is prohibited 

rroik acoaptlnE businors rr0; any individual when 

&h;teaot licensed and for whom it haa not paid 

Art. 475E 

thiv departsent 18 oorroatly applying 

(ke azesdsd, Acts, 1925, 44th Leg., 

p. 713, ah. t07, i'ao. 1) la aaa*rslag alallar 

oraotloas agSln8t xaaras Companleo ror all ladlviduals in this state T&IO hold authority to 

produoo buein8aS ror said Kansas oo~~paiss.~ 

Artiole 4758, Vernon's Clvll Statutes, as =ended, 

reads as rOiiOW8: 

Vhenever, b- any 1-3~: la for08 without 

this Stats, an iaauracoe oorpccatioa, fraternal 

beamrioiary 8oolaty or roolprooal l x c M n60r e 
Honorable Clrard ?dnaoy, ;ago S 

thlr State or agent thereof la roqulrad’to 

aako any deposit of 8oourltlos thereunder ror 

the protootioa Or ~~lOyhOldor8 or othorwl8., 

or to make payzioat r0r tax.8, flao8, penalt1os, 

oertfrloater of authority, raluatloa or pollo1o8, 

11oon80 fO48, or othorwl80, or any rpeolal burden 18 irmpored, UrofitOr than 1s r’rqUiSOd b7 tha 

lan8 0r thlr state ror siaUar rorrlgn oorporatloae or their l g o a t8thr , lnsuranoo ooffipBnlo8, 

rraternal beaerlalrrry eoalstlrr and reclprooal 

l xohango8 0r such States or gororuamt6 ahall 

be and they--are heElby roqulrrd as a aondltloa 

proardent to their tranaaotla..~ buslaon8 in this 

State, to aako a like deposit ior like purpose6 

with the Ctato Trearurer of th18 Sate, and to 

pay TV the Coc!d8SlOnar& Ineuraaco iOr taxes, 

fln.8, penaltier, oert1rloatos 0r authority, 

valuation ot pollairs, llaearr~ feet and otherwire a rate oquai to such Oharge8 and paymats 

imposed by the laws Of suah othor State upon 

almllar aorp3ratloas of this State an6 the acents 

t heroor. hay aorporstlon reruslag ror thirty 

(30) day8 to take payment or such rO08 Or taxoa 

as abzioro ror,ulrod shall hate its oertlfloate ot 

authority revoked by the Conunlaaloner of Insuranoo; provided, thnt lasuranae aorporetloas oreanlted UUd8r the laws or any State or country, 

other than these United Staten shall, a9 to the 

~OV181OJl8 Or tr.ie AOt, be oonslderod OOQoB?Ltloas of that State whorein their general daposlt 

ror the benetlt or their polloyhholdors 1s made.') 

Artlclo 6056, Vernon*8 Clvll Statutes, provldos 

in ottoot that sap person who oollolts laoure.-.oe on behalf 

of any Fnaurcrros ooapany iu an agent oi t.he coepany. 

:;o quote from Texas Jurlsprudeoos, Vol. 24, p, 

Hoe, 40 r0u0w5: 

*The statute8 also provide that an agent 

rhall procure a license or a oert1rloats from. 

the laeuranoe oomlsaloaer, rsgardlo~s of the 

extent of ble authority, and whether the OOP 

paay be foreign or dom8stlO. It is not aeoeaaary, howenor', to obtain a liaenso for oaoh 

ladltldual oonipaay whloh the agent roimseats: 
Eonorablr Clrard .Unney, P3c-r 4 

Clanorally speaking, 

nature, provide In 0mct that 

statutes 0r 8 retaliatory 

rOreigA corporationa ahall 

be subject to the na.ne restrictlone, burdens, panaltIe8, 

rto. ) as am laposad by the state of their oreatlon upon 

aorporatlons of the state enacting the statute. 

Artlola 40-2f.O of the Yansas Inwmnoo Law regardlng license for agente, reads aa rollma: 

“Any person drrlring as an scent to anp.age 

In the Inauranoo buaIn&s, aa hsrefn ret out, 

shall rlrst apply to the Commissioner or InauraAce Of this rtate, IA the mAner h8reiAafter 

presorlbed, for an Insurance agentle license, 

authorizing such acent to engega In and transact such business. Tha applicant ror such licenso shall tile vd th the Commissioner or Insuranoe hle c^r her mitten application for license 

authorizing him or har to mAgage IA the Insurance buslnees; and tha applicant ahall ;aake 

morn amwera to such interrogatories as the 

Conmlsslcner or Insurance nay require on uniform rorm aad nuppleaents. prepared by hI!a. Such 

applicants shall be vouched ror by an orflclal 

or rapres::ntatlve of the Insurance ompanp by 

whom such rerson is authorized to negotiate or 

l rrect contracts of Imiurance, eurstyship or 

Indemnity or by a licensed Insurance aeent or 

mch Insuranoa mnpany residing in this sthte, 

setting forth: (a) That the applicant I8 yersonelly I-nom to hLm. lb) That the applioant 

har had experlenca or instruction, or will be 

FIran Im~edlata iAdd'UCti@A IA Insurance. (C) 

That the applicant Is of eocd buslneaa ra-utation an& is worthy of the license.W 

Cnder the ‘16x e statutes, every Fe;-son Soliciting 

Ineumnce aa a usolIcitor~ ror coarensatlcn fcr a duly licensed recording aeent of en insurance co3peny nust have a 

liC.ASe. &lal-.ever, ifhla cnployer Is the acent far 3ore than 

one Insurance cxpsny, the *aolicItorw is not required to 

have a license for each cozpeny represented by !iia -riACiFal, 

but say solicit bualness for each Of said CWtWnIeS. Under 

thr Kansas atstute , .4rtIclr 1c-210 and LO-252, an Insurance 

co7paAy Ia required to obtain a liceme for each of its aPeAts 

before aaId egent Is legally authorized to produce buelneas 

y&t coqmny. The company pays a 32.OC fee ror this 

. 
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Bonorublr Glrard Kinney, Fare 5 

It appeara thet thr Texge *eblIcItor’ who Ie 

appointed by the recording agent to produce buelnese for 

ell of the reoordlng agent’8 co3panIee will oorrespond to 

the Kansae “agent”. The Texas *solIoItor” and the Kanrar 

*a&entw do thr ear08 or ldantlonl work, naaely, aollclt~ 

lneurance on behalf of thr Ineurance ocopeenlee, and l aoh 

“a.grnt ” muast heve a llosnes under thr law8 of said Statr. 

You are rcmprctfully a:vIeed that It Ie the oplnIon or this department that the mnsar oompanles should bo 

oharged a llcenee ree for eaah agent or eolIcItor who hold8 

authority to 1:r~duoe business for said OOzipenIe8. 

Trustlne. that the roreeolng ray 0mwem your 

Inquiry, we renain 

Yours very truly 

ATTCRNgT GBGE?&. OF TEXAS 

?Qdell Vllllase 

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