{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6220","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-6220","heading":"Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license –","body":"Grounds - Civil penalties - Surrender of license - Reinstatement.\n\nA. The Commissioner may censure, suspend, revoke, or refuse to\n\nissue or renew a license pursuant to the Insurance Adjusters\n\nLicensing Act, levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection B\n\nof this section, or any combination of actions for any of the\n\nfollowing causes:\n\n1. Material misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining an\n\nadjuster’s license;\n\n2. Any cause for which original issuance of a license could\n\nhave been refused;\n\n3. Misappropriation, conversion to the personal use of the\n\nlicensee, or illegal withholding of monies required to be held by\n\nthe licensee in a fiduciary capacity;\n\n4. Material misrepresentation of the terms and effect of any\n\ninsurance contract, with intent to deceive, or engaging in, or\n\nattempting to engage in, any fraudulent transaction with respect to\n\na claim or loss that the licensee or the trainee is adjusting and,\n\nin the case of a public adjuster, misrepresentation of the services\n\noffered or the fees or commission to be charged;\n\n5. Conviction of or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a\n\nfelony pursuant to the laws of this state, any other state, the\n\nUnited States, or any foreign country;\n\n6. If in the conduct of business affairs, the licensee or\n\ntrainee has shown himself to be, and is so deemed by the\n\nCommissioner, incompetent, untrustworthy or a source of injury to\n\nthe public;\n\n7. Refusal to comply with any lawful order of the Commissioner;\n\n8. Violation of any provision of the Insurance Adjusters\n\nLicensing Act;\n\n9. Adjusting losses or negotiating claim settlements arising\n\npursuant to provisions of insurance contracts on behalf of an\n\ninsurer or insured without proper licensing from the Commissioner\n\nand authority from the licensed insurer or the insured party;\n\n10. Failing to respond to any inquiry (including electronic\n\ncommunications) from the Department within thirty (30) calendar days\n\nof receipt of such inquiry;\n\n11. Forging another’s name to any document;\n\n12. Improperly using notes or any other reference material to\n\ncomplete an examination for an insurance license;\n\n13. Having admitted or been found to have committed any\n\ninsurance unfair trade practice or insurance fraud;\n\n14. Having an insurance adjuster license or its equivalent\n\ndenied, suspended, censured, placed on probation or revoked in any\n\nother state, province, district or territory;\n\n15. Failing to inform the Department, by any means acceptable\n\nto the Department, of a change of address, change of legal name or\n\nchange of information submitted on the application within thirty\n\n(30) days of the change; or\n\n16. Providing services as a public adjuster, company adjuster\n\nor independent adjuster on the same claim.\n\nB. In addition to or in lieu of any applicable denial,\n\nsuspension, or revocation of a license, any person violating the\n\nprovisions of the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act may be subject\n\nto a civil fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)\n\nfor each violation. This fine may be enforced in the same manner in\n\nwhich civil judgment may be enforced.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall not reinstate a license to any person\n\nwhose license has been suspended, revoked, or refused renewal until\n\nthe Commissioner determines that the cause or causes for the\n\nsuspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of the license no longer\n\nexist.\n\nD. The Department shall retain the authority to enforce the\n\nprovisions of and impose any penalty or remedy authorized by this\n\ntitle against any person who is under investigation for or charged\n\nwith a violation even if the person’s license or registration has\n\nbeen surrendered or has lapsed by operation of law.\n\nE. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,\n\ncompany or corporation to act as an adjuster without first obtaining\n\na license pursuant to the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act. Any\nthorized by this\n\ntitle against any person who is under investigation for or charged\n\nwith a violation even if the person’s license or registration has\n\nbeen surrendered or has lapsed by operation of law.\n\nE. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,\n\ncompany or corporation to act as an adjuster without first obtaining\n\na license pursuant to the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act. Any\n\nperson convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as set forth\n\nin Section 10 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The restriction\n\nset forth in this subsection shall apply regardless of whether the\n\nperson, firm, association, company or corporation has obtained power\n\nof attorney from an insurance claimant or has entered into any other\n\nagreement with an insurance claimant to act on the behalf of the\n\nclaimant.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"dec85b2833b81592619d32e26f0f37572d0e61a1f26ec637017f086271103cec","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-622","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6220.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}