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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. Unless denied a license pursuant to Section 59A-11-14 NMSA 1978, a nonresident person shall receive a nonresident license if:
(1) the person is currently licensed as a resident in good standing in the person's home state;
(2) the person has submitted the proper request for licensure and has paid the fees required by Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978;
(3) the person has submitted or transmitted to the superintendent the application for licensure that the person submitted to the person's home state or a completed uniform application; and
(4) the person's home state awards nonresident licenses to residents of this state on the same basis.
B. The superintendent may verify an applicant's insurance producer licensing status through the insurance producer database maintained by the national association of insurance commissioners, its affiliates or subsidiaries.
C. A nonresident licensee who moves from one state to another state or a resident licensee who moves from this state to another state shall file a change of address and provide certification from the new resident state within thirty days of the change of legal residence.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person licensed as a surplus lines producer in the person's home state shall receive a nonresident surplus lines producer license pursuant to Subsection A of this section. Except as provided in Subsection A of this section, nothing in this section otherwise amends or supersedes any provision of Chapter 59A, Article 14 NMSA 1978.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person licensed as a limited lines credit insurance or other type of limited lines producer in the person's home state shall receive a nonresident limited lines producer license, pursuant to Subsection A of this section, granting the same scope of authority as granted under the license issued by the producer's home state. For the purposes of this subsection, limited lines insurance is any authority granted by the home state that restricts the authority of the license to less than the total authority prescribed in the associated major lines pursuant to Subsection C of Section 59A-7-1 NMSA 1978.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 59A. Insurance Code § 59A-11-24. Nonresident license; requirements - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-59a-insurance-code/nm-st-sect-59a-11-24/
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