California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 3 - Regulation, Licensing, and Registration

  • Section 7520.
    No person shall engage in a business regulated by this chapter; act or assume to act as, or represent himself or herself to be, a...
  • Section 7520.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person engaging in a business as a private investigator who violates Section 7520 is guilty of an infraction...
  • Section 7520.3.
    (a) As a condition of the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued valid use of a license under this chapter, a limited liability company shall, in accordance...
  • Section 7520.5.
    The director may authorize a licensed private investigator from another state to continue in this state for 60 days an investigation that originated in the...
  • Section 7521.
    A private investigator within the meaning of this chapter is a person, other than an insurance adjuster subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing...
  • Section 7521.5.
    (a) A private investigator may provide services to protect a person, but not property, which is incidental to an investigation for which the private investigator has...
  • Section 7522.
    This chapter does not apply to:(a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by any employer who does not provide contract security services for other entities or...
  • Section 7523.
    (a) Unless specifically exempted by Section 7522, no person shall engage in the business of private investigator, as defined in Section 7521, unless that person has...
  • Section 7523.5.
    (a) The superior court in and for the county wherein any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation...
  • Section 7525.
    An application for a license under this chapter shall be on a form prescribed by the director and accompanied by the application fee provided by...
  • Section 7525.1.
    An application shall be verified and shall include:(a) The full name and business address of the applicant.(b) The name under which the applicant intends to do business.(c) A...
  • Section 7525.1.a.
    An application shall be verified and shall include:(a) The full name and business address of the applicant.(b) The name under which the applicant intends to do business.(c) A...
  • Section 7526.
    Before an application for a license is granted, the applicant for a license or his or her qualified manager shall meet all of the following:(a) Be...
  • Section 7526.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may, in his or her sole discretion, grant a probationary license to an applicant subject to terms...
  • Section 7527.
    The director may require an applicant or his or her qualified manager, to demonstrate his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or...
  • Section 7527.1.
    (a) When creating or updating the licensing examination required pursuant to Section 7527, the bureau shall consider all of the following:(1) Including in the examination questions on...
  • Section 7527.5.
    Payment of the application fee prescribed by this chapter entitles an applicant or his or her qualified manager to one examination without further charge. If...
  • Section 7528.
    The chief shall issue a license, the form and content of which shall be determined by the chief in accordance with Section 164. In addition,...
  • Section 7528.5.
    The license shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the licensee.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch....
  • Section 7529.
    (a) Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of the size, design, and content as may be determined by the director shall be issued...
  • Section 7529.a.
    (a) Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of the size, design, and content as may be determined by the director shall be issued...
  • Section 7530.
    (a) Except as provided in this section, a license issued under this chapter is not assignable.(b) A licensee may apply to the chief for consent, and upon...
  • Section 7530.a.
    (a) A license issued under this chapter is not assignable.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.(Repealed (in Sec. 8) and added by Stats. 2014,...
  • Section 7531.
    A licensee shall at all times be legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each of his or her employees or agents,...
  • Section 7531.5.
    Each licensee shall maintain a record containing information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the director.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch....
  • Section 7532.
    No licensee shall conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of...
  • Section 7533.
    Each licensee shall file with the bureau the complete address of his or her principal place of business including the name and number of the...
  • Section 7533.2.
    (a) At the time of an initial application for licensure or reassignment, an applicant for an initial license or a licensee applying for reassignment of the...
  • Section 7533.5.
    (a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change in its corporate officers required to be named pursuant to subdivision (h) of...
  • Section 7533.5.a.
    (a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change in its corporate officers required to be named pursuant to subdivision (h) of...
  • Section 7534.
    Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her business name, business address or telephone number, and license number as...
  • Section 7535.
    A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any location other than that shown on the records of the bureau as his or her...
  • Section 7536.
    (a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or...
  • Section 7537.
    (a) In case of the death of a person licensed as an individual, a member of the immediate family of the deceased licensee shall be entitled...
  • Section 7538.
    (a) After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual,...
  • Section 7538.a.
    (a) After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual,...
  • Section 7538.5.
    (a) The director may refuse to issue any license provided for in this chapter to any of the following:(1) An individual who has had any license revoked,...
  • Section 7538.5.a.
    (a) The director may refuse to issue any license provided for in this chapter to any of the following:(1) An individual who has had any license revoked,...
  • Section 7539.
    (a) Any licensee or officer, director, partner, member, manager, or qualified manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or district attorney, or...
  • Section 7539.a.
    (a) Any licensee or officer, director, partner, or qualified manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or district attorney, or his or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018