Section 12970.

12970. The commissioner shall require the payment in advance of a fee for copying microfilm records in the amount of thirty cents ($0.30) per page. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 770, Sec. 27.5.)

Section 12970.1.

12970.1. In addition to all other fees required for furnishing copies of instruments or documents filed in his office, the commissioner shall require the payment, in lawful money of the United States, of an amount approximately equal to the postage or other delivery charges he must pay for delivery of the copies so furnished if […]

Section 12972.

12972. The commissioner shall require the payment of one dollar ($1), in advance, as a fee for attaching the commissioner’s seal of office to any paper or document not specified in this code. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 257. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

Section 12973.

12973. The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee for issuing certificates when the fee is not otherwise specified, the following amounts: (a) Twenty-two dollars ($22), if there is sufficient demand so that the commissioner in the commissioner’s discretion has prepared a form of the certificate in advance that requires only the filling in of […]

Section 12973.5.

12973.5. The commissioner shall charge and collect, in advance, the following fees: (a) For filing any application for a license, permit, or certificate of authority when a fee for either filing the application or issuing the license, permit, or certificate is not elsewhere specified in this code, twenty-two dollars ($22). (b) For filing any application to take […]

Section 12973.6.

12973.6. If a check in payment of a tax, fee, or penalty is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn on its first presentation, the commissioner shall charge and collect an additional fee of fourteen dollars ($14). (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 534, Sec. 89. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2018.)

Section 12973.7.

12973.7. Where provision for fees or charges for documents, transcripts, or other materials which may be furnished by the commissioner is not specifically made in this code, the commissioner may fix and collect fees therefor not in excess of reasonable cost. All publications and other printed matter shall be distributed and sold by the Department […]

Section 12973.9.

12973.9. Whenever by the provisions of this code a form of policy or certificate and any endorsement, rider, application, amendment, fill-in material, classification of rates, certificate or premium to be used therewith, is required to be filed with, submitted to, or approved by the commissioner, fees as provided for by this section shall be paid […]

Section 12975.

12975. Whenever, by the provisions of this code a duty, right, privilege, or power is imposed or conferred upon the commissioner, but it is provided that the expense of performance of that duty or exercise of that right, privilege, or power is to be paid in advance or otherwise out of sources other than the […]

Section 12975.1.

12975.1. All examination expense moneys collected by the Department of Insurance under the provisions of Sections 736, 1061, and 1857.4 are hereby appropriated to the department and shall be deposited in the Insurance Fund to the credit of the support appropriation for the department current at the time of the deposit. (Amended by Stats. 1982, […]

Section 12975.5.

12975.5. The commissioner may, in any investigation or hearing the commissioner conducts, take or cause to be taken the deposition of any witness residing within or without this state and may pay the expense thereof out of the current support appropriation of the department. The commissioner may pay out of the appropriation to any witness […]

Section 12975.7.

12975.7. (a) All moneys received by the commissioner in payment of lawful fees or reimbursements pursuant to this code shall be transmitted to the Treasurer to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Insurance Fund. Unless specified in this code to be deposited in a different fund, all moneys received by the […]

Section 12975.8.

12975.8. (a) The Insurance Fund shall, in addition to the funds specified in Section 12975.7, consist of all of the following: (1) All moneys appropriated to the fund in accordance with law. (2) All moneys deposited into the State Treasury from any source whatever in payment of lawful fees or reimbursements collected by the Department of Insurance. (3) The […]

Section 12975.9.

12975.9. (a) The Seismic Safety Account is hereby created as a special account within the Insurance Fund. Moneys in the account are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this section to fund the department and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission. (b) There is hereby imposed an assessment on each person who […]

Section 12976.

12976. All fines, forfeitures, taxes, assessments, restitution, and penalties provided for in this code shall be due and payable on the demand of the commissioner. If payment is not made within 10 days after that demand, then the commissioner shall institute an action in the name of the people of the State of California for […]

Section 12976.5.

12976.5. (a) On and after January 1, 1994, and before January 1, 1995, every insurer whose annual taxes exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. On and after January 1, 1995, every insurer whose annual taxes exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. The insurer shall […]

Section 12977.

12977. The commissioner may authorize the refund of money received or collected by the department in payment for the filing of applications for licenses, permits or certificates, or for the rendering of other services: (a) Where the receipt or collection has resulted in an overpayment or duplicate payment. (b) In cases where no payment is required for […]

Section 12978.

12978. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may increase or decrease the fees set forth in this code, as necessary, to allow the department to meet the appropriation authorized by the annual Budget Act. However, any increase or decrease so made shall be made only in accordance with this section, and a fee increase shall […]

Section 12979.

12979. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12978, the commissioner shall establish a schedule of filing fees to be paid by insurers to cover any administrative or operational costs arising from the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with Section 1861.01) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1. (Added November 8, 1988, by initiative Proposition […]

Section 12980.

12980. The Financial Responsibility Penalty Account is hereby created in the General Fund. Moneys in the account shall be expended, upon appropriation therefor, for matters including, but not limited to, automobile insurance and financial responsibility of vehicle owners and operators. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1494, Sec. 1. Effective October 2, 1985.)