The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS

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F.S. 626.731

626.731 Qualifications for general lines agent’s license.—

(1) The department shall not grant or issue a license as general lines agent to any individual found by it to be untrustworthy or incompetent or who does not meet each of the following qualifications:

(a) The applicant is a natural person at least 18 years of age.

(b) The applicant is a United States citizen or legal alien who possesses work authorization from the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and is a bona fide resident of this state. An individual who is a bona fide resident of this state shall be deemed to meet the residence requirement of this paragraph, notwithstanding the existence at the time of application for license of a license in his or her name on the records of another state as a resident licensee of such other state, if the applicant furnishes a letter of clearance satisfactory to the department that the resident licenses have been canceled or changed to a nonresident basis and that he or she is in good standing.

(c) The applicant’s place of business will be located in this state and he or she will be actively engaged in the business of insurance and will maintain a place of business, the location of which is identifiable by and accessible to the public.

(d) The license is not being sought for the purpose of writing or handling controlled business, in violation of s. 626.730.

(e) The applicant is qualified as to knowledge, experience, or instruction in the business of insurance and meets the requirements provided in s. 626.732.

(f) The applicant has passed any required examination for license required under s. 626.221.

(2) The department shall not grant, continue, renew, or permit to exist the license or appointment of a general lines agent unless the agent meets the requirements of subsection (1).

History.—s. 256, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 75-303; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-116; s. 52, ch. 77-121; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 220, 241, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; s. 29, ch. 82-386; s. 9, ch. 83-288; s. 15, ch. 88-166; ss. 67, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 240, ch. 97-102; s. 41, ch. 2003-267; s. 34, ch. 2003-281; s. 108, ch. 2004-5; s. 2, ch. 2005-195; s. 23, ch. 2018-102.

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Amendments to 626.731

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 626.731

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 626.731.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FIERCE, v. AALL INSURANCE INCORPORATED,, 531 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 1988)

. . . . § 626.731, Fla. Stat. (1987). . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INC. W. d b a s, 510 So. 2d 324 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . . § 626.731, Fla.Stat. (1985). . . .

E. SCOTT, v. GUNTER,, 447 So. 2d 272 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . judgment of the learned trial court, which judgment is as follows: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Section 626.731 . . . Appellant challenges the constitutionality of Section 626.731(2), Florida Statutes, providing the following . . . Section 626.731(2), Florida Statutes applies to citizens/residents of all states. . . . Section 626.731(2) required that “the applicant has been a bona fide resident of this state for at least . . . completed a year’s residency in Florida and so met the durational residency requirement of section 626.731 . . . Ch. 82-243, § 220, Laws of Fla.; § 626.731(l)(b), Fla.Stat. (1982 Supp.): (b)(2) That the applicant has . . . By these standards the one-year dura-tional residency requirement of section 626.731(2), Florida Statutes . . . Section 626.731(3), Florida Statutes (1981), already required any general lines agent to “maintain a . . .