2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 20 - Insurance › § 20-167 - Fees; definition

20-167.
Fees;  definition
A. The director shall collect in advance the following fees,  determined by the director,  which are nonrefundable on payment:
Not Less Than: Not More Than:
1. For filing charter documents:
(a) Original charter documents,
articles of incorporation,
bylaws,  or record of
organization of insurers,
or certified copies thereof,
required to be filed with
the director and not also
subject to filing in the
office of the corporation
commission $ 40.00 $ 115.00
(b) Amended charter documents 15.00 45.00
(c) No charge or fee shall be
required for filing with
the director any of such
documents also required
by law to be filed in the
office of the corporation
commission
2. Certificate of authority:
(a) Issuance:
Fraternal benefit societies $ 15.00 $ 45.00
Medical or hospital service
corporations,  health care
services organizations or
prepaid dental plan
organizations 40.00 115.00
Mechanical reimbursement
reinsurers 150.00 450.00
All other insurers 100.00 295.00
(b) Renewal:
Fraternal benefit societies 15.00 45.00
Medical or hospital service
corporations,  health care
services organizations or
prepaid dental plan
organizations 40.00 115.00
Domestic stock life insurers,
domestic stock disability
insurers or domestic stock
life and disability insurers 750.00 2, 250.00
Domestic life reinsurers,
domestic disability
reinsurers or domestic
life and disability
reinsurers 2, 250.00 5, 500.00
Mechanical reimbursement
reinsurers 2, 250.00 5, 500.00
All other insurers 70.00 205.00
3. Certificate of registration as an
administrator or application for
renewal under section 20-485.12 $ 100.00 $ 295.00
4. Authority to solicit applications
for and issue policies by means
of mechanical vending machines $ 30.00 $ 90.00
5. Service company permit $ 150.00 $ 450.00
6. Application for motor vehicle
service contract program approval $ 150.00 $ 450.00
7. Life care contract application
or annual report $ 225.00 $ 675.00
8. Filing annual statement $ 150.00 $ 450.00
9. Annual statement filing for
exempt insurer transacting life
insurance,  disability insurance
or annuity business pursuant to
section 20-401.05 $ 65.00 $ 100.00
10. Licenses and examinations:
(a) Licenses:
Surplus lines broker's license,
quadrennially $ 600.00 $1, 000.00
All other licenses,
quadrennially 60.00 180.00
(b) Examinations for license:
Examination on laws and one kind
of insurance 8.00 25.00
Examination on laws and two or
more kinds of insurance 15.00 45.00
11. Miscellaneous:
Fee accompanying service of
process on director $ 8.00 $ 25.00
Certificate of director,
under seal 0.00 5.00
Copy of document filed in
director's office,  per page 0.50 0.75
B. Except as provided in section 20-1098.18,  the director shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  all fees collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund. A refund is not allowed for any unused portion of a fee,  and the director shall not prorate fees.
C. The license fees prescribed by this section shall be payment in full of all demands for all state,  county,  district and municipal license fees,  license taxes,  business privilege taxes and business privilege fees and charges of every kind.
D. The director may contract for the examination for licensing adjusters,  insurance producers,  bail bond agents,  risk management consultants and surplus lines brokers. If the director does so,  the fee for examinations for licenses pursuant to this section is payable directly to the contractor by the applicant for examination. The director may agree to a reasonable examination fee to be charged by the contractor. The fee may exceed the amounts prescribed in this section.
E. The director may contract with a voluntary domestic organization of surplus lines brokers to perform any transaction prescribed in chapter 2,  article 5 of this title,  including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408. The director may allow the contractor to charge a stamping fee. The surplus lines broker shall pay the stamping fee established pursuant to this section directly to the contractor.
F. Captive insurers shall pay certificate of authority issuance and renewal fees as prescribed by the director.
G. For the purposes of this section,  " stamping fee"  means a reasonable filing fee charged by a contractor for any transaction prescribed in chapter 2,  article 5 of this title,  including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408.