1.  A written application for any permit required under NRS 692B.040 must be filed with the Commissioner. The application must include or be accompanied by:

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(a) The name, type and purposes of the insurer, corporation, syndicate, association, firm or organization formed or proposed to be formed or financed;

(b) On forms furnished by the Commissioner, for each person associated or to be associated as incorporator, director, promoter, manager or in other similar capacity in the enterprise, or in the formation of the proposed insurer, corporation, syndicate, association, firm or organization, or in the proposed financing:

(1) The person’s name, residential address and qualifications; and

(2) The person’s business background and experience for the preceding 10 years;

(c) A full disclosure of the terms of all pertinent understandings and agreements existing or proposed among any persons or entities so associated or to be associated, and a copy of each such agreement;

(d) Executed quadruplicate originals of the articles of incorporation of a proposed domestic stock or mutual insurer;

(e) The original and one copy of the proposed bylaws of a proposed domestic stock or mutual insurer;

(f) The plan according to which solicitations are to be made and a reasonably detailed estimate of all organization and sales expenses to be incurred in the proposed organization and offering;

(g) A copy of any security, receipt or certificate proposed to be offered, and a copy of any proposed subscription agreement or application therefor;

(h) A copy of any prospectus, offering circular, advertising or sales literature or material proposed to be used;

(i) A copy of the proposed form of any escrow agreement required;

(j) A copy of:

(1) The articles of incorporation of any corporation, other than a proposed domestic insurer, proposing to offer its securities, certified by the public officer having custody of the original thereof;

(2) Any syndicate, association, firm, organization or other similar agreement, by whatever name called, if funds for any of the purposes referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692B.040 are to be secured through the sale of any security, interest or right in or relative to such syndicate, association, firm or organization; and

(3) If the insurer is, or is to be, a reciprocal insurer, the power of attorney and of other agreements existing or proposed affecting subscribers, investors, the attorney-in-fact or the insurer;

(k) If the applicant is a natural person, the statement required pursuant to NRS 692B.193; and

(l) Such additional pertinent information as the Commissioner may reasonably require.

2.  The application must be accompanied by a deposit of the fees required under NRS 680B.010 for the filing of the application and for issuance of the permit, if granted.

3.  If the applicant is a natural person, the application must include the social security number of the applicant.

4.  In lieu of a special filing thereof of information required by subsection 1, the Commissioner may accept a copy of any pertinent filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission relative to the same offering.

5.  Each person identified in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 who is a resident of this State must, as part of his or her application and at the person’s own expense:

(a) Arrange to have a complete set of his or her fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity acceptable to the Commissioner; and

(b) Submit to the Commissioner:

(1) A completed fingerprint card and written permission authorizing the Commissioner to submit the person’s fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the person’s background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary; or

(2) Written verification, on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, stating that the fingerprints of the person were taken and directly forwarded electronically or by another means to the Central Repository and that the person has given written permission to the law enforcement agency or other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the person’s background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary.

6.  The Commissioner may:

(a) Unless the person’s fingerprints are directly forwarded pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 5, submit those fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary; and

(b) Request from each such agency any information regarding the person’s background as the Commissioner deems necessary.