555 - License.

§ 555.  License.  1.  No  person  except  a  lending institution or an  authorized insurer shall engage in the business  of  a  premium  finance  agency  without  a license therefor obtained from the superintendent, as  provided in this article.    2. Application for license required under this  article  shall  be  in  writing, and in the form prescribed by the superintendent.    3.  When  an applicant has more than one office, separate applications  for license shall be made for each such office.    4. At the time of filing an application for a license,  the  applicant  shall  pay to the superintendent an investigation fee. The investigation  fee shall be as  prescribed  pursuant  to  section  eighteen-a  of  this  chapter,  except that, when an applicant files applications for licenses  for three or more offices at the same time, the total investigation  fee  for  all  the  applications  shall  be three times the amount prescribed  pursuant to section eighteen-a of this chapter.