Cal. INS § 828
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 828, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
Except in the case of a broker holding a broker’s certificate issued by the commissioner under this code or by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation under the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) and then in effect, a person, desiring or proposing to sell a security to be issued by any insurer, shall not issue, circulate, or publish any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus, or circular concerning that security until the insurer secures from the commissioner a permit authorizing it to sell the security.
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