Cal. INS § 12951
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 12951, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
If the records of his office show the facts or information desired, the commissioner shall prepare his certificate reciting such facts or information. If his records do not show the facts or information desired, he may deliver or mail by certified mail an order to the insurer, directing it to state such information or facts in an affidavit and deliver such affidavit to him. If such insurer is a foreign insurer, the commissioner may deliver or mail by certified mail such order to its agent for service of process.
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