Section 828 Of Article 8. Issue Of Securities From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.

. Except in the case of a broker holding a broker's certificate issued by the commissioner under this code or by the Commissioner of Corporations under the Corporate Securities Act 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 any such security until the insurer secures from the commissioner a permit authorizing it to sell such security.