2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 20 Insurance
20-321.01 Licensing of adjusters; qualifications; exemption

20-321.01. Licensing of adjusters; qualifications; exemption

A. A person shall not act as or claim to be an adjuster unless the person is licensed under this article.

B. To obtain a license as an adjuster a person shall apply to the director for the license and use the forms prescribed and provided by the director. The director shall issue the license to qualified persons on payment of the license fee prescribed in section 20-167.

C. To be licensed as an adjuster the applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications:

1. Be a person who is at least eighteen years of age.

2. Be a resident of this state, or a resident of another state that allows residents of this state to act as adjusters in the other state.

3. Take and pass an examination that is given by or under the supervision of the director and that reasonably tests the applicant's knowledge of insurance and legal responsibilities as an adjuster and otherwise comply with section 20-321.02.

D. An adjuster who is licensed or permitted to act as an adjuster in the state of the adjuster's domicile is not required to be licensed pursuant to this section or meet the qualifications prescribed in this section if the adjuster is sent to this state on behalf of an insurer for the purpose of investigating or making adjustment of a particular loss under an insurance policy or a series of losses resulting from a catastrophe common to all those losses.

E. To determine license eligibility, the director may require fingerprints of applicants and submit the fee and the fingerprints as required by section 20-285, subsection E, paragraph 2.

F. The director may contract with nongovernmental entities to perform any ministerial functions, including collection of fees and data related to licensing, that the director deems appropriate.

G. A resident of Canada may not be licensed as a nonresident adjuster unless the person has obtained a resident adjuster license in another state and designated that state as the person's home state. A Canadian resident who qualifies for licensure as an adjuster under this subsection need not comply with section 25-320, subsection P.