<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="31A-23a-103"><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2012GS">253</modchap>, 2012 General Session</history><modyear>2012</modyear></histories><catchline>Requirement of license.</catchline><subsection number="31A-23a-103(1)"><subsection number="31A-23a-103(1)(a)">
Unless exempted from the licensing requirement under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="31A-23a-201" start="0">31A-23a-201</xref> or <xref depth="3" refnumber="31A-23a-207" start="0">31A-23a-207</xref>, a person may not perform, offer to perform, or advertise any service as a producer, surplus lines producer, limited line producer, consultant, managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary in Utah, without a valid individual or agency license issued under this chapter.</subsection><subsection number="31A-23a-103(1)(b)">
A valid license includes at least one license type and one line of authority pertaining to that license type.</subsection><subsection number="31A-23a-103(1)(c)">
A person may not utilize the services of another as a producer, surplus lines producer, limited line producer, consultant, managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary if that person knows or should know that the other does not have a license as required by law.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="31A-23a-103(2)">
This part may not be construed to require an insurer to obtain an insurance producer license.</subsection><subsection number="31A-23a-103(3)">
An insurance contract is not invalid as a result of a violation of this section.</subsection></section>
