California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 20 — Electronic and Appliance Repair DealersArticle 4.5 — Service ContractorsSection 9855.4

(a) The service contract reimbursement insurance policy shall cover the obligations of the service contract seller under the service contracts sold during the period of time that the service contract reimbursement insurance policy was in force. The service contract reimbursement insurance policy shall either cover all service contracts sold or specifically cover those contracts sold to residents of the State of California.

(b) A service contract reimbursement insurance policy shall contain a provision under which the insurer shall notify the bureau in writing of the termination or nonrenewal of the service contract reimbursement insurance policy.

(c) Upon the effective date of the termination or cancellation of a service contractor’s service contract reimbursement insurance policy, the registration of the service contractors whose service contracts are covered thereby shall be automatically suspended, unless the affected service contractors have filed with the director, prior to the date of the termination or cancellation of the service contract reimbursement insurance policy, a new service contract reimbursement insurance policy or otherwise meet one of the requirements of Section 9855.2. Upon receipt of a written request from the service contractor, the director may delay the suspension of a service contractor’s registration for no more than 60 days. Following the automatic suspension, an administrative hearing shall be provided upon written request to the director in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.