2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 43 - INSURANCE PRODUCERS AND AGENCIES
Section 38-43-190 - Producer receipt of premium; penalty for fraud.


SC Code § 38-43-190 (2012) What's This?

An insurance producer who acts on behalf of another in negotiating a contract of insurance is the insurer's producer for the purpose of receiving the premium. A producer who knowingly procures the payment of a premium of insurance or the obligation for the payment of a premium of insurance by fraudulent representation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-51-210 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-251; 1962 Code Section 37-251] recodified as Section 38-43-190 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 374, Section 18; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 214; 2002 Act No. 323,Section 2, eff January 31, 2003.

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