Section 38a-790 - (Formerly Sec. 38-92b). Licensing of motor vehicle physical damage appraisers. Penalty(a) No person shall act as an appraiser for motor vehicle physical damage claims on behalf of any insurance company or firm or corporation engaged in the adjustment or appraisal of motor vehicle claims unless such person has first secured a license from the Insurance Commissioner, and has paid the license fee specified in section 38a-11, for each two-year period or fraction thereof. The license shall be applied for as provided in section 38a-769. The commissioner may waive the requirement for examination in the case of any applicant for a motor vehicle physical damage appraiser's license who is a nonresident of this state and who holds an equivalent license from any other state. Any initial license issued by the commissioner to an appraiser for motor vehicle physical damage claims shall expire two years after the date of the licensee's birthday that preceded the date the license was issued unless sooner revoked or suspended. The license may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed biennially upon payment of the fee specified in section 38a-11. The commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations concerning standards for qualification, suspension or revocation of such licenses and the methods by which licensees shall conduct their business.(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.(c) Any person who has been engaged in the business of motor vehicle physical damage appraising for a period of two consecutive years immediately prior to July 1, 1968, shall be granted a license upon application with no further qualifications. The commissioner may waive the examination required under section 38a-769, in the case of an applicant who at any time within two years next preceding the date of application has been licensed in this state under a license of the same type as the license applied for.(d) For purposes of this section and section 38a-769: (1) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as provided in section 14-1;(2) "Motor vehicle physical damage appraiser" means any person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation that practices as a business the appraising of damages to motor vehicles insured under automobile physical damage policies or on behalf of third party claimants.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-790
(1967, P.A. 526, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 489; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 290, 348; P.A. 82-96, S. 3, 8; P.A. 90-243, S. 40; P.A. 95-79 , S. 148 , 189 ; P.A. 98-98 , S. 6 ; P.A. 99-45 , S. 5 ; P.A. 04-217 , S. 32 ; P.A. 08-178 , S. 37 ; P.A. 10-5 , S. 37 ; P.A. 17-15 , S. 86 .)
Amended by P.A. 24-0138,S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by P.A. 17-0015, S. 86 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by P.A. 10-0005, S. 37 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 5/5/2010. See Sec. 38a-354 re prohibition against designating where repairs are or are not to be made.