Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 20-167

Current through L. 2024, ch. 259
Section 20-167 - Fees; definition
A. The director shall collect in advance the following fees, determined by the director, which are nonrefundable on payment:

Not Less Than:

Not More Than:

1. For filing charter documents:

(a) Original charter documents, articles of incorporation, bylaws, or record of organization of insurers, or certified copies thereof, required to be filed with the director and not also subject to filing in the office of the corporation commission

$ 40.00

$ 115.00

(b) Amended charter documents

15.00

45.00

(c) No charge or fee shall be required for filing with the director any of such documents also required by law to be filed in the office of the corporation commission

2. Certificate of authority:

(a) Issuance:

Fraternal benefit societies

$ 15.00

$ 45.00

Medical or hospital service corporations, health care services organizations or prepaid dental plan organizations

40.00

115.00

Mechanical reimbursement reinsurers

150.00

450.00

All other insurers

100.00

295.00

(b) Renewal:

Fraternal benefit societies

15.00

45.00

Medical or hospital service corporations, health care services organizations or prepaid dental plan organizations

40.00

115.00

Domestic stock life insurers, domestic stock disability insurers or domestic stock life and disability insurers

750.00

2,250.00

Domestic life reinsurers, domestic disability reinsurers or domestic life and disability reinsurers

2,250.00

5,500.00

Mechanical reimbursement reinsurers

2,250.00

5,500.00

All other insurers

70.00

205.00

3. Certificate of registration as an administrator or application for renewal under section 20-485.12

$ 100.00

$ 295.00

4. Authority to solicit applications for and issue policies by means of mechanical vending machines

$ 30.00

$ 90.00

5. Service company permit

$ 150.00

$ 450.00

6. Application for motor vehicle service contract program approval

$ 150.00

$ 450.00

7. Life care contract application or annual report

$ 225.00

$ 675.00

8. Filing annual statement

$ 150.00

$ 450.00

9. Annual statement filing for exempt insurer transacting life insurance, disability insurance or annuity business pursuant to section 20-401.05

$ 65.00

$ 100.00

10. Licenses and examinations:

(a) Licenses:

Surplus lines broker's license, quadrennially

$ 600.00

$1,000.00

All other licenses, quadrennially

60.00

180.00

(b) Examinations for license:

Examination on laws and one kind of insurance

8.00

25.00

Examination on laws and two or more kinds of insurance

15.00

45.00

11. Miscellaneous:

Fee accompanying service of process on director

$ 8.00

$ 25.00

Certificate of director, under seal

0.00

5.00

Copy of document filed in director's office, per page

0.50

0.75

B. Except as provided in section 20-1098.18, the director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all fees collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund. A refund is not allowed for any unused portion of a fee, and the director shall not prorate fees.
C. The license fees prescribed by this section shall be payment in full of all demands for all state, county, district and municipal license fees, license taxes, business privilege taxes and business privilege fees and charges of every kind.
D. The director may contract for the examination for licensing adjusters, insurance producers, bail bond agents, risk management consultants and surplus lines brokers. If the director does so, the fee for examinations for licenses pursuant to this section is payable directly to the contractor by the applicant for examination. The director may agree to a reasonable examination fee to be charged by the contractor. The fee may exceed the amounts prescribed in this section.
E. The director may contract with a voluntary domestic organization of surplus lines brokers to perform any transaction prescribed in chapter 2, article 5 of this title, including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408. The director may allow the contractor to charge a stamping fee. The surplus lines broker shall pay the stamping fee established pursuant to this section directly to the contractor.
F. Captive insurers shall pay certificate of authority issuance and renewal fees as prescribed by the director.
G. For the purposes of this section, "stamping fee" means a reasonable filing fee charged by a contractor for any transaction prescribed in chapter 2, article 5 of this title, including the acceptance or maintenance of the reports required by section 20-408.

A.R.S. § 20-167

Amended by L. 2022, ch. 342,s. 1, eff. 9/23/2022.
Amended by L. 2020, ch. 52,s. 1, eff. 8/25/2020.
Amended by L. 2020, ch. 37,s. 26, eff. 8/25/2020.
Amended by L. 2017, ch. 299,s. 1, eff. 1/1/2018.