2021 Georgia Code
Title 33 - Insurance
Chapter 23 - Licensing
Article 1 - Agents, Agencies, Subagents, Counselors, and Adjusters
§ 33-23-42. Performing Acts for Unauthorized Insurer
Any person who performs any of the acts or things specified in this chapter for any insurance company or agent of said company without such company's having first received a certificate of authority from the Commissioner as required by law shall be punished as for a misdemeanor and shall also pay a sum equal to the state, county, and municipal taxes and license fees required to be paid by insurance companies legally doing business in this state. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to report any violation of this Code section to the district attorney or prosecuting attorney of the circuit or county which has jurisdiction.
(Code 1981, §33-23-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2830, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 925, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's notes.
- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, §§ 56-501, 56-502, and Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 497, § 2 are included in the annotations for this Code section.
Advertising prohibited for unlicensed insurer soliciting business by mail.- Radio stations and other advertising media domiciled in Georgia are prohibited from advertising for an insurance company not licensed by the Georgia Insurance Department to do business in this state, but doing a direct by mail solicitation from its home office through leads procured by such advertising. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 196 (decided under former Code 1933, §§ 56-501, 56-502, and Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 497, § 2).
