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DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE 1880-12880.6›PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE 10110-11549›CHAPTER 5. General Regulation of Life Insurers 10430-10509.946›ARTICLE 4. Qualifications and Exemptions 10490-10505.1

§ 10500

California Insurance Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person not expressly exempted by the provisions of this code that transacts life or disability insurance without a valid and unrevoked certificate of authority or without a valid and unrevoked certificate of exemption issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every employee, officer, or agent of any person who knowingly assists any person in the transaction of insurance in violation of the provisions of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 87.)

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