{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-15031","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 15031","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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 is used by another licensee that the public may be confused or misled thereby.\n(c) The authorization shall require, as a condition precedent to the use of a fictitious name, that the licensee comply with Section 1724.5.\n(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.\n(e) The licensee shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) 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 twenty-five dollars ($25) for that authorization.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 5. INSURANCE ADJUSTERS [14000. - 16032.]","CHAPTER 2. Public Insurance Adjusters Act [15000. - 15062.]","ARTICLE 3. Regulation, Licensing, and Registration [15006. - 15032.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c8daaef9a392dac22ead06e808e4907587d08d0aadf01492f7bad1a9dae5e7dd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-15030","next":"us-ca/ins-15032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}