California Code of Regulations › Title 10 - Investment › Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner › Subchapter 1 - Production of Insurance › Article 13 - Form of Application for Title Marketing Representative Certificate of Registration › Section 2194.51 - Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
(1) In order to be employed as a
				  representative, a person must apply to the commissioner to receive a
				  certificate of registration. An applicant must initiate his or her application
				  for a title marketing representative certificate of registration by completing
				  the online application at the Department's website:
www.insurance.ca.gov
. The information
				  the applicant must provide when completing the online application is specified
				  in subdivision (a) of Section
				  2194.55.
(2) Within five working days after the
				  applicant submits the online application, the company that is to employ the
				  applicant must use the Department's online business entity services portal
				  referenced in subdivision (c) of Section
				  2194.55 to notify the Department
				  that the applicant is or will be employed by the company.
(3)
(A) The
				  applicant must acknowledge in writing any notification sent within 30 days
				  after the date an applicant completes the online application by the Department
				  concerning an application that is deficient or incomplete, and must do so
				  within 15 calendar days of the date the notification is delivered to the
				  applicant. If the applicant does not so respond within this 15-day period, the
				  applicant's application shall be deemed to be incomplete, shall not be accepted
				  for filing with the Department, and shall be deemed not to be a pending
				  application. In such an event, the applicant's authority to operate on a
				  provisional basis as described in subdivision (c) of this Section
				  2194.51 shall be automatically
				  suspended, without notice to the applicant or further action by the
				  Department.
(B) If in a written
				  notification sent within 30 days after the date an applicant completes the
				  online application the Department requests that the applicant provide an ATI
				  assigned to the applicant by a Live Scan Vendor, the applicant must provide the
				  ATI in the acknowledgement or response required by subparagraph (a)(3)(A)
				  above. If the applicant fails to provide the ATI, or provides an invalid ATI,
				  in response to the notification sent by the Department, the applicant's
				  application shall be deemed to be incomplete, shall not be accepted for filing
				  with the Department, and shall be deemed not to be a pending application. In
				  such an event the applicant's authority to operate on a provisional basis as
				  described in subdivision (c) of this Section
				  2194.51 shall be automatically
				  suspended, without notice to the applicant or further action by the Department.
				  The preceding sentence shall be given full force and effect, the timeliness of
				  the applicant's acknowledgement or response pursuant to subparagraph (a)(3)(A)
				  of this Section
				  2194.51 notwithstanding.
(C) In a written notification sent to an
				  applicant within 30 days after the date the applicant completes the online
				  application the Department may identify as necessary in order to complete, or
				  remedy a deficiency in, the applicant's application such information or
				  documents as are required pursuant to this article. If the Department does not
				  receive any item of information or any document identified in its written
				  notification on or before the date by which the applicant's acknowledgement or
				  response is required to be received pursuant to subparagraph (a)(3)(A) of this
				  Section 2194.51, the applicant's
				  application shall be deemed to be incomplete, shall not be accepted for filing
				  with the Department, and shall be deemed not to be a pending application. In
				  such an event, the applicant's authority to operate on a provisional basis as
				  described in subdivision (b) of this Section
				  2194.51 shall be automatically
				  suspended, without notice to the applicant or further action by the Department.
				  The preceding sentence shall be given full force and effect, the timeliness of
				  the applicant's acknowledgement or response pursuant to subparagraph (a)(3)(A)
				  of this Section
				  2194.51 notwithstanding. The
				  following information and documents may be required pursuant to this
				  subparagraph (a)(3)(C):
1. The company's
				  notification of employment required pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this
				  Section 2194.51, if the Department has not
				  received such notification.
2. A
				  copy of the applicant's authorization to work in the United States, if required
				  by paragraph (a)(8) of Section
				  2194.55.
3.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(A) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(A) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that paragraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the charging documents and court documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(A) of Section
				  2194.55.
4.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(B) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(B) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the charging documents and court documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(B) of Section
				  2194.55.
5.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(C) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(C) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the charging documents and court documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(C) of Section
				  2194.55.
6.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(D) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(D) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the charging documents and court documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(D) of Section
				  2194.55.
7.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(E) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(E) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the charging documents that are required by
				  subparagraph (a)(11)(E) of Section
				  2194.55.
8.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(F) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(F) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the Notices of Hearing and other documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(F) of Section
				  2194.55.
9.
a. The
				  written statement, with original signature, specified in subparagraph
				  (a)(11)(G) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain certified copies of the
				  documents specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(G) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the certified copies of the Notices of Hearing or other documents that are
				  required by subparagraph (a)(11)(G) of Section
				  2194.55.
10. The written statement, with original
				  signature, specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(H) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
11.
a. The written statement, with original
				  signature, specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(J) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
b. Copies of all
				  correspondence sent by the applicant in order to obtain copies of the documents
				  specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(J) of Section
				  2194.55, if such documents are
				  required by that subparagraph. However, in lieu of copies of his or her
				  correspondence as specified in the preceding sentence, the applicant may submit
				  the copies of the Petition, Complaint or other document that commenced the
				  lawsuit or arbitration, and the copy of any official document demonstrating the
				  resolution of the charges or any final judgment, that are required by
				  subparagraph (a)(11)(J) of Section
				  2194.55.
12. The written statement, with original
				  signature, specified in subparagraph (a)(11)(K) of Section
				  2194.55, if required by that
				  subparagraph.
(D) In the
				  event that the authority of the applicant to operate on a provisional basis has
				  more than once been suspended pursuant to this Section
				  2194.51, the applicant shall never
				  again be permitted to operate as a representative on a provisional
				  basis.
(4) A certificate
				  of registration will be valid from the date of issuance up to and including the
				  last day of the month in which the three-year anniversary of the issuance date
				  falls. The certificate of registration will expire on the first day of the
				  following month (hereinafter the "certificate expiration date"), unless it has
				  been renewed at that time.