A. The Insurance Commissioner or an administrator approved by the Insurance Commissioner shall collect a fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for an examination for an adjuster's license in any of the following single classes of business. The fee for any examination which includes two or more classes of business shall not exceed Forty Dollars ($40.00). The classes of business are:

1. Motor vehicle physical damage;

2. Fire and allied lines (property);

3. Casualty;

4. Workers' compensation;

5. Crime and fidelity bonds; and

6. Crop/hail.

B. The Commissioner shall collect the following fees for an adjuster's license:

1. For a license in any single class of business, every two (2) years, Thirty Dollars ($30.00);

2. For a license in any combination of two or more classes of business, every two years, Fifty Dollars ($50.00);

3. Public adjuster, every two years, Thirty Dollars ($30.00);

4. Emergency adjuster, as provided for in Section 6218 of this title, each year, Fifteen Dollars ($15.00); and

5. Apprentice adjuster, as provided for in Section 6204.1 of this title, Twenty Dollars ($20.00).

C. The fees prescribed in this section shall accompany the application for an original license or a renewal of a license.

D. The fee for the original license or renewal license shall be collected in advance of issuance. Late application for renewal shall require a fee of double the amount of the original license fee.

E. The Commissioner may issue a duplicate license for any lost, stolen, or destroyed license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Adjusters Licensing Act if an affidavit is submitted by the licensee to the Commissioner concerning the facts of such loss, theft, or destruction. The affidavit shall be in a form prescribed by the Commissioner. The fee for a duplicate license shall be one-half (1/2) the fee of the license.

F. Licensees shall inform by any means acceptable to the Commissioner of a change of legal name, address or e-mail address within thirty (30) days of the change to permit the Commissioner to give proper notice to licensees. A change in legal name or address submitted more than thirty (30) days after the change shall include an administrative fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). Failure to provide acceptable notification of a change of legal name or address to the Commissioner within forty-five (45) days of the date the administrative fee is assessed shall result in penalties pursuant to subsection B of Section 6220 of this title.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 178, § 12. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 230, § 6, emerg. eff. June 22, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 129, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 258, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1996, c. 246, § 17, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 353, § 45, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2009, c. 176, § 47, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2011, c. 278, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.