§ 7005 -   Books and records

§ 7005. Books and records

(a) Every insurance premium finance company shall maintain complete and accurate records of each of its insurance premium finance transactions and these records shall be open to examination and investigation by the commissioner. The commissioner may at any time during regular business hours examine such records at any location at which such records are maintained. The reasonable and necessary expenses for the examination and investigation, as determined by the commissioner, shall be paid by the insurance premium finance company.

(b) Every insurance premium finance company shall preserve its records of such insurance premium finance transactions, including cards used in a card system, if any, for at least two years after making the final entry in respect to any insurance premium finance agreement. The preservation of records in photographic, microfilm, microfiche, computer or data processing form shall constitute compliance with this requirement. (Added 1983, No. 77, § 1.)