{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-1631","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 1631","heading":"","body":"Unless exempt by the provisions of this article, a person shall not solicit, negotiate, or effect contracts of insurance, or act in any of the capacities defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 1621) unless the person holds a valid license from the commissioner authorizing the person to act in that capacity. The issuance of a certificate of authority to an insurer does not exempt an insurer from complying with this article.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]","PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE [680. - 1879.8.]","CHAPTER 5. Production Agencies [1621. - 1758.993.]","ARTICLE 3. Licensing [1631. - 1651.]"],"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":"aedaf4382f0192cb3d7c5163bd147db9949215d28cd4c17b2b9622eb2e13ff8a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-1630","next":"us-ca/ins-1631.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}