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Ins. Code, § 1638 · Article 3. Licensing

Ins. Code, § 1638

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) A nonresident license is a license issued to a person not a resident of this state.

A person is a resident of this state if either of the following applies:

(1) A person occupies a dwelling in this state and intends this state to be that person’s domicile.

(2) A person maintains that person’s principal place of business in this state.

(b) A person licensed under this chapter may designate only one state as that person’s resident state.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS&sectionNum=1638.
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