2023 California Code › Insurance Code - INS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE › PART 2 - THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE › CHAPTER 5 - Production Agencies › ARTICLE 4 - Applications › Section 1652.

1652. (a) The commissioner shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, and the Department of Justice shall provide to the commissioner a state or federal response pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, for all applicants of each of the following:
(1) A property licensee or a casualty licensee, as defined in Section 1625.
(2) A personal lines licensee, as defined in Sections 1625.5.
(3) A limited lines automobile insurance agent, as defined in Section 1625.55.
(4) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee, as defined in Section 1626.
(5) A life licensee limited to the payment of funeral and burial expenses, as defined in Section 1676.
(6) A special lines’ surplus line broker, as defined in Section 1760.5.
(7) A surplus line broker, as defined in Section 47.
(8) A cargo owner’s or shipper’s agent, as defined in Section 1757.1.
(9) A portable electronics agent license, as defined in Section 1758.69.
(10) A car rental agent, as defined in Section 1758.89.
(11) A credit insurance agent license, as defined in Section 1758.992.
(12) An administrator, as defined in Section 1759.
(13) A reinsurance intermediary-broker, as defined in Section 1781.2.
(14) A bail agent license, as defined in Section 1802.
(15) A bail permittee license, as defined in Section 1802.5.
(16) A bail solicitor license, as defined in Section 1803.
(17) A bail fugitive recovery agent license, as defined in Section 1802.3.
(18) A life and disability analyst, as defined in Section 32.5.
(19) A stock agent who sells securities, as defined in Section 825.
(20) An insurance adjuster, as defined in Section 14021.
(21) A crop insurance adjuster as defined in Section 14085.
(22) A public insurance adjuster, as defined in Section 15007.
(23) A part-time fraternal licensee, as described in Sections 11102 and 11103.
(24) A life settlement broker, as defined in Section 10113.1.
(25) A motor club agent, as defined in Section 12143.
(26) A title marketing representative, as defined in Section 12418.
(27) A self-service storage agent, as defined in Section 1758.791.
(28) A variable life and variable annuity agent, as defined in Section 1758.1.
(29) A vehicle service contract provider, as defined in Section 12800.
(b) A license shall be applied for, and renewed by the filing with the commissioner of a written application therefor. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner, which form shall prescribe the disclosure of information that will aid the commissioner in determining whether the prerequisites for the license sought have been met. The applicant shall declare, under penalty of perjury, that the contents of the application are true and correct.
(c) The forms prescribed by the commissioner other than for renewal applications may require authenticated fingerprints of any of the following:
(1) Individual applicants.
(2) Specified partners or officers of organization applicants.
(3) The individuals who are to transact insurance for an organization applicant.
(d) The forms may require the fingerprints to be affixed to the application or to an attachment to be affixed to the application. The commissioner, in the commissioner’s discretion, may require the fingerprints on applications for any, some, or all of the licenses issued pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1831), provided that as to any one such type of license the requirement is applied without discrimination to all applicants within specified classifications. The classifications may be made upon any or all of the following bases:
(1) Length of continuous residence in this state.
(2) Whether or not previously or currently licensed by the commissioner.
(3) Whether or not currently licensed by specified regulatory agencies of the State of California which require fingerprints on applications for licenses and routinely process the fingerprints for positive identification.
(4) Other reasonable criteria.
(e) The commissioner may decline to act on an incomplete or defective application until an amended application which completes the prescribed form is filed with the commissioner.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 204, Sec. 9. (AB 1140) Effective January 1, 2024.)