2006 Massachusetts Code - Chapter 175 — Section 149G. Home warranty companies and contracts; certificates ofauthority; marketing.

Section 149G. (a) No person shall establish or operate a home warranty company in the commonwealth, or issue home warranty contracts, or sell, offer to sell, or solicit offers to purchase or receive advance or periodic consideration in conjunction with a home warranty contract unless the person has obtained and maintains a certificate of authority pursuant to section one hundred and forty-nine H.

(b) Every home warranty company that is established and operating in the commonwealth on the effective date of this section shall, within forty-five days after such effective date, submit an application for a certificate of authority pursuant to section one hundred and forty-nine H.

(c) A home warranty company may market home warranty contracts through insurance brokers or appointed agents licensed pursuant to this chapter or through real estate brokers or salespeople duly licensed in the commonwealth.