Section 15031 Of Article 3. Regulation, Licensing, And Registration From California Insurance Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) A licensee shall not conduct a business under a
fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has
obtained the written authorization of the commissioner to do so.
(b) The commissioner shall not authorize the use of a fictitious
or other business name that is so similar to that of a public officer
or agency or that used by another licensee that the public may be
confused or misled thereby.
(c) The authorization shall require, as a condition precedent to
the use of a fictitious name, that the licensee comply with Section
1724.5 of this code and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17900) of
Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
(d) A licensee desiring to conduct his or her business under more
than one fictitious name shall obtain the authorization of the
commissioner in a manner prescribed in this section for the use of
additional fictitious names.
(e) The licensee shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10) for each
authorization to use an additional fictitious name and for each
change in the use of a fictitious business name. If the original
license is issued in a nonfictitious name and authorization is
requested to have the license reissued in a fictitious business name,
the licensee shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10) for that
authorization.