2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 36. Insurance
§36-6216. Powers of adjuster; Current license required for claim referral.
A. An adjuster shall have authority in accordance with his license only to investigate or report to his principal upon claims on behalf of insurers if the adjuster is licensed as an insurance adjuster, or on behalf of insured if licensed as a public adjuster. This limitation of powers shall not prohibit the insurer or insured from granting additional powers to the adjuster.
B. An insurer shall not knowingly refer any claim of loss for adjustment in this state to any person purporting to be or acting as an adjuster unless such a person is currently licensed as an adjuster as required by the provisions of the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act.
C. Prior to referring any claim of loss to an adjuster, the insurer shall ascertain whether or not the adjuster is currently licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act. Having once ascertained that an adjuster is licensed, the insurer may assume that the adjuster shall continue to be licensed until the insurer has knowledge or has received information to the contrary.
Amended by Laws 1983, c. 129, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 258, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
