Section 845 Of Article 8. Issue Of Securities From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.
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. (a) No person may sell or resell any security of a domestic,
foreign, or alien insurer:
(1) As an insurer with respect to securities of its own issue
without securing the permit of the commissioner as provided in this
article.
(2) As an agent of such insurer except under authority of a
certificate issued by the commissioner under this code.
(3) As a broker or as an agent for a broker except under authority
of a certificate or license issued by the Commissioner of
Corporations under the provisions of the Corporations Code and in
full conformity with all provisions of the Corporations Code.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not prohibit a bona fide owner of
securities of an insurer from selling or reselling such securities
if:
(1) Such securities were originally issued under the authority of
a permit of the commissioner and such sale or resale is made in
conformity with the conditions, if any, in such permit effective at
the time of such sale or resale; or
(2) Such securities were originally issued in a jurisdiction other
than California in full conformity with the applicable laws, if any,
governing such issuance in such jurisdiction.
A sale or resale of securities of an insurer by the owner of the
securities which is made for the purpose of evading the provisions of
this article requiring an insurer to secure a permit from the
commissioner or for any other fraudulent purpose shall, however, be
null and void and a violation of the criminal provisions of this
article.
(c) Any sale or resale permitted by this section is subject to the
stop power of the commissioner under Section 854 and the similar
powers of the Commissioner of Corporations pursuant to the provisions
of the Corporations Code.
(d) Any violation of this section is subject to the penalties
provided in Section 833.