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CA Ins Code § 14085 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Crop Insurance Adjusters|Section 14085.

14085.  (a) Upon application, the commissioner shall issue a crop insurance adjuster license to a person who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Obtains an insurance adjuster license, with the exception of the examination requirement of Section 14026.(2) Provides evidence that he or she has satisfactorily completed the loss adjustment training curriculum and competency testing required by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Standard Reinsurance Agreement.(b) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(1) “Crop insurance” means insurance provided by the private insurance market that indemnifies for damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire, lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease, or other yield-reducing conditions or perils, and multiple peril crop insurance reinsured by the federal crop insurance corporation.(2) “Crop insurance adjuster” means a person who investigates, negotiates, or settles crop insurance claims.(c) A person shall not act as or purport to be a crop insurance adjuster unless licensed as a crop insurance adjuster.(d) A person shall not contract, employ, or use any other person to adjust claims made under a crop insurance policy unless the other person is licensed as a crop insurance adjuster.(e) All provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall apply to crop insurance adjusters, unless exempted by or in conflict with this article or the regulations adopted pursuant to this article.(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement this article, including, but not limited to, regulations that require applicants to satisfy other competency requirements in addition to or instead of those referred to in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), and regulations that establish standards of practice for crop insurance adjusters.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 786, Sec. 46. (AB 2303) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Ins Code § 14090 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14090.

14090.  Every license, branch office certificate, and pocket card issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the day two years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license was issued. Licenses issued prior to January 1, 2011, shall expire on May 31 of each even-numbered year. To renew an unexpired license or certificate, the licensee shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter. On renewal, the evidence of renewal of the license or certificate as the commissioner may prescribe, and renewal pocket cards for the persons mentioned in Section 14034, shall be issued to the licensee.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 400, Sec. 29. (AB 2782) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Ins Code § 14090.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14090.1.

14090.1.  (a) An individual who holds an insurance adjuster license and who is not exempt under subdivision (b) shall satisfactorily complete a minimum of 24 hours, of which three hours are to be in ethics, of continuing education courses pertinent to the duties and responsibilities of an insurance adjuster license reported to the insurance commissioner on a biennial basis in conjunction with his or her license renewal cycle.(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:(1) A licensee not licensed for one full year prior to the end of the applicable continuing education biennium.(2) A licensee holding a nonresident insurance adjuster license who has met the continuing education requirements of his or her designated resident state.(3) An individual licensed as an insurance adjuster and as a property or casualty broker-agent, pursuant to Section 1625, who has met the continuing education requirements specified in Section 1749.3.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 321, Sec. 28. (AB 1391) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Ins Code § 14090.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14090.2.

14090.2.  Notwithstanding Section 14090, the commissioner may establish license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter so as to distribute the renewal work to permit the most efficient and economical use of personnel and equipment. In such cases, to the extent practicable, provision shall be made for the proration or other adjustment of fees so that no person shall be required to pay more than that which he or she would have been required to pay had no change in license periods or renewal dates been made.(Added by renumbering Section 14090.1 by Stats. 2008, Ch. 300, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Ins Code § 14091 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14091.

14091.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license or branch office certificate may be renewed at any time within one year after its expiration on the filing of an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and the payment of the renewal fee in effect on the last preceding regular renewal date. The licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee is paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license or certificate shall continue in effect through the date provided in Section 14090 which next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.Renewal of a license or certificate shall not prohibit the bringing of disciplinary proceedings for an act committed before the effective date of the renewal.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 300, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Ins Code § 14092 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14092.

14092.  A suspended license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended, and renewal of the branch office certificate does not entitle the licensee, while the certificate remains suspended, and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity at the location for which the certificate was issued, or to engage in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which the certificate was suspended.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1190, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1190.)
CA Ins Code § 14093 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14093.

14093.  A revoked license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1190, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1190.)
CA Ins Code § 14094 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses and Cards|Section 14094.

14094.  A license or branch office certificate which is not renewed within one year after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter; and a license which expired before October 1, 1958, and was not reinstated before October 1, 1961, may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued.The holder of the license or certificate may obtain a new license or certificate only on compliance with all of the provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of an original license or certificate.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 300, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Ins Code § 14097 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 9 - Revenue|Section 14097.

14097.  The amount of fees prescribed by this chapter, unless otherwise fixed, is that fixed in the following schedule:(a) The application fee for an original license is seventy-two dollars ($72).(b) The application fee for an original branch office certificate is forty-seven dollars ($47).(c) The fee for an original license is an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which the license is issued, except that, if the license will expire less than one year after its issuance, then the fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which the license is issued. The commissioner may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver or refund of the initial license fee if the license is issued less than 45 days before the date on which it will expire.(d) The renewal fee shall be fixed by the commissioner as follows:(1) For a license as an insurance adjuster, not more than two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283).(2) For a branch office certificate, not more than fifty-six dollars ($56).(e) The application and license fee for classifications prescribed by the commissioner, in addition to those provided for in this chapter, and the application and license fees for a change in the type of business organization of a licensee, shall be in the amount prescribed by rule and regulation of the commissioner.(f) The delinquency fee shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the date of expiration, but not more than seventy-two dollars ($72).(g) The fee for reexamination of an applicant or his or her manager is twenty-nine dollars ($29).(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 93. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ins Code § 14098 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 9 - Revenue|Section 14098.

14098.  The department shall receive and account for all money derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report such money to the Controller and shall pay it to the Treasurer, to the credit of the Insurance Fund.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1190, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1190.)
CA Ins Code § 14099 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 1 - Insurance Adjuster Act|ARTICLE 9 - Revenue|Section 14099.

14099.  Application or license fee shall not be refunded except in accordance with Section 158 of the Business and Professions Code.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1190, Sec. 11. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1190.)
CA Ins Code § 15000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15000.

15000.  This chapter may be cited as the Public Insurance Adjusters Act.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15001.

15001.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Apprentice public insurance adjuster” means a person who is qualified in all respects as a public adjuster, except as to experience, education, or training.(b) “Business entity” means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity.(c) “Catastrophic disaster” means an event that results in large numbers of deaths and injuries; causes extensive damage or destruction of facilities that provide and sustain human needs; produces an overwhelming demand on state and local response resources and mechanisms; causes a severe long-term effect on general economic activity; and severely affects state, local, and private sector capabilities to begin and sustain response activities. A catastrophic disaster shall be declared by the President of the United States or the Governor of the state or district in which the disaster occurred.(d) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner.(e) “Department” means the Department of Insurance.(f) “Fingerprints” means an impression of the lines on the finger taken for the purposes of identification.(g) “Home state” means the District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which the public insurance adjuster’s principal place of residence or principal place of business is located. If neither the state in which the public insurance adjuster maintains the principal place of residence nor the state in which the public insurance adjuster maintains the principal place of business has a substantially similar law governing public insurance adjusters, the public insurance adjuster may declare another state in which it becomes licensed and acts as a public insurance adjuster to be the “home state.”(h) “Licensee” means a person licensed under this chapter.(i) “Person” includes any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, and corporation.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 4. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Ins Code § 15002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15002.

15002.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as entitling any person to practice law in this state, unless he or she is an active member of the State Bar of California.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 15003.

15003.  The commissioner may, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, appoint those inspectors, investigators, and other personnel as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 15004.

15004.  Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the commissioner may be exercised by any other officer or employee of the department authorized by the commissioner, but the commissioner shall have the supervision of and the responsibility for all powers and duties exercised by those officers and employees.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 15005.

15005.  The commissioner may adopt and enforce reasonable rules:(a) Fixing the qualifications of licensees in addition to those prescribed in the chapter, necessary to promote and protect the public welfare.(b) Carrying out generally the provisions of this chapter, including regulation of the conduct of licensees.(c) For a change in the classification of a licensee, or in the type of business organization upon application therefore by a licensee, and to prescribe the fee, if any, to be paid.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15006.

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 she is licensed under this chapter. Any person who violates this subdivision shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or if that violation is willful, in an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The penalty shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the commissioner in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the people of the State of California.(b) Any contract for services regulated by this chapter that is entered into by an insured with any person who is in violation of subdivision (a) may be voided at the option of the insured, and the insured shall not be liable for the payment of any past services rendered, or future services to be rendered, by that person under that contract or otherwise.(c) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person is engaging in acts or practices in violation of subdivision (a), the commissioner may, without any requirement of notice or hearing, issue and cause to be served upon that person an order requiring that person to cease and desist immediately from engaging further in those acts or practices.(d) Any person who fails to comply fully with an order of the commissioner issued under subdivision (c) shall be liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each and every day that the violation or failure to comply continues, but in no event to exceed a maximum amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The commissioner shall collect the amount so payable and may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the people of the State of California to enforce collection. This penalty is in addition to any other penalties provided by law.(e) The powers vested in the commissioner by this section are in addition to any and all other powers and remedies vested in the commissioner by law, and nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to employ the powers conferred in this section instead of or as a condition precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested in the commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 600, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Ins Code § 15007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15007.

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 negotiating for or effecting the settlement of a claim or claims for loss or damage under any policy of insurance covering real or personal property or any person who advertises, solicits business, or holds himself or herself out to the public as an adjuster of those claims and any person who, for compensation, investigates, settles, adjusts, advises, or assists an insured with reference to claims for those losses on behalf of any public insurance adjuster.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15008.

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 attorney at law.(b) Photographers, estimators, appraisers, engineers, and arbitrators, who are employed exclusively by a public insurance adjuster for the purpose of furnishing technical assistance to a licensed public insurance adjuster.(c) A person who negotiates or settles claims arising under a life or health insurance policy or an annuity contract.(d) A person who settles subrogation claims between insurers.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 5. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Ins Code § 15009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15009.

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 chapter. Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall comply with the provisions of Section 1703.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)
CA Ins Code § 15009.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15009.1.

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 who resides in another state that does not license public insurance adjusters is eligible to designate California as his or her home state. He or she is required to complete the prelicensing education, pass the public insurance adjuster examination, and meet the license application requirements before a license can be issued.(c) An applicant licensed as a public insurance adjuster in another state is exempt from completing a prelicensing education course to apply for a California public insurance adjuster license if, at the time of application, the applicant’s out-of-state license is current or was canceled within 90 calendar days.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 6. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Ins Code § 15010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Insurance Code - INS|DIVISION 5 - INSURANCE ADJUSTERS|CHAPTER 2 - Public Insurance Adjusters Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration|Section 15010.

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 applicant intends to do business.(c) A statement as to the general nature of the business in which the applicant intends to engage.(d) If the applicant is a person other than an individual, the full name and resident address of each of its partners, officers, and directors.(e) Two photographs, not older than six months, of the applicant, of a type prescribed by the commissioner, and one classifiable set of his or her fingerprints, to be sent to a live scan fingerprint provider as directed by the department, if fingerprints are not submitted in person with a live scan fingerprinting service provider certified by the Department of Justice.(f) A verified statement of his or her experience qualifications.(g) Other information, evidence, statements, or documents as may be required by the commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 7. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2017.)