{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-1305","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-1305","heading":"Cooperation of officers, owners, and employees.","body":"(a)\nAny officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of any insurer, or any other persons with authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer’s affairs, shall cooperate with the Commissioner in any proceeding under this chapter or any investigation preliminary to the proceeding. For the purposes of this section, the term “person” shall include any person who exercises control directly or indirectly over activities of the insurer through any holding company or other affiliate of the insurer. The term “to cooperate” shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:\n(1)\nTo reply promptly in writing to any inquiry from the Commissioner requesting such a reply; and\n(2)\nTo make available to the Commissioner any books, accounts, documents, or other records or information or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in his possession, custody, or control.\n\n(b)\nNo person shall obstruct or interfere with the Commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto.\n\n(c)\nThis section shall not be construed to abridge otherwise existing legal rights, including the right to resist a petition for liquidation, other delinquency proceedings, or other orders.\n\n(d)\nAny person included within subsection (a) of this section who fails to cooperate with the Commissioner, or any person who obstructs or interferes with the Commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto, or who violates any order of the Commissioner issued validly under this chapter may:\n(1)\nBe sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 1 year, or both; or\n(2)\nAfter a hearing, be subject to the imposition by the Commissioner of a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 and be subject further to the revocation or suspension of any insurance license issued by the Commissioner.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 13. Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Procedures."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-1305","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c8eaa2892021abafc5a41e0ba0f0808e3a8881a138b46baee3b2649d81dfe189","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-1304","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-1306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}