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DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE 100-1879.8›PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE 680-1879.8›CHAPTER 4. Foreign Insurers 1561-1620.7›ARTICLE 4. Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers 1610-1620

§ 1616

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

Before any nonadmitted foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, the insurer shall either (1) procure a certificate of authority to transact insurance in this state; or (2) give a bond in the action, suit or proceeding in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in the action, suit, or proceeding.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 283.)

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