Section 14022 Of Article 3. Regulation, Licensing, And Registration From California Insurance Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
14022
. This chapter does not apply to:
(a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by one employer in
connection with the affairs of such employer only and where there
exists an employer- employee relationship.
(b) An officer or employee of the United States of America, or of
this state or a political subdivision thereof, while such officer or
employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties.
(c) A person engaged exclusively in the business of obtaining and
furnishing information as to the financial rating of persons.
(d) A charitable philanthropic society or association duly
incorporated under the laws of this state, which is organized and
maintained for the public good and not for private profit.
(e) An attorney at law in performing his or her duties as such
attorney at law.
(f) A licensed collection agency or an employee thereof while
acting within the scope of his or her employment, while making an
investigation incidental to the business of the agency, including an
investigation of the location of a debtor or his or her property
where the contract with an assignor creditor is for the collection of
claims owed or due or asserted to be owed or due or the equivalent
thereof.
(g) Admitted insurers and agents and insurance brokers licensed by
the state, performing duties in connection with insurance transacted
by them.
(h) The legal owner of personal property which has been sold under
a conditional sales agreement or a mortgagee under the terms of a
chattel mortgage.
(i) Any bank subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of
Financial Institutions of the State of California under Division 1
(commencing with Section 99) of the Financial Code or the Comptroller
of the Currency of the United States.
(j) A person engaged solely in the business of securing
information about persons or property from public records.
(k) Any building contractor, engineer, technical expert, or other
person who is engaged by an insurer or licensed adjuster to provide
an expert or professional evaluation of the extent, cause, or origin
of damage to the insured property, but who does not otherwise
participate in the process of adjusting claims.