California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Application of Chapter

• Section 7025.
  (a) “Members of the personnel of record” as used in this chapter means every person listed in the records of the registrar as then associated with...
• Section 7026.
  “Contractor,” for the purposes of this chapter, is synonymous with “builder” and, within the meaning of this chapter, a contractor is any person who undertakes...
• Section 7026.1.
  (a) The term “contractor” includes all of the following:(1) Any person not exempt under Section 7053 who maintains or services air-conditioning, heating, or refrigeration equipment that is...
• Section 7026.2.
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “contractor” includes any person engaged in the business of the construction, installation, alteration, repair, or preparation for moving of...
• Section 7026.3.
  For the purpose of this chapter, “contractor” includes any person who installs or contracts for the installation of carpet wherein the carpet is attached to...
• Section 7026.11.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the permissible scope of work for the General Manufactured Housing Contractor (C-47) license classification set forth in Section 832.47...
• Section 7026.12.
  Except as provided in Section 7026.13, the installation of a fire protection system, excluding an electrical alarm system, shall be performed only by either of...
• Section 7027.
  Any person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device that would indicate to the public that he or she is...
• Section 7027.1.
  (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to advertise for construction or work of improvement covered by this chapter unless that person holds a valid...
• Section 7027.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter may advertise for construction work or a work...
• Section 7027.3.
  Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who willfully and intentionally uses, with intent to defraud, a contractor’s license number that does not correspond to the number...
• Section 7027.4.
  (a) It is a cause for discipline for any contractor to advertise that he or she is “insured” or has insurance without identifying in the advertisement...
• Section 7027.5.
  (a) A landscape contractor working within the classification for which the license is issued may design systems or facilities for work to be performed and supervised...
• Section 7028.
  (a) Unless exempted from this chapter, it is a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business of, or act in the capacity of, a...
• Section 7028.1.
  It is a misdemeanor for any contractor, whether licensed or unlicensed, to perform or engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the...
• Section 7028.2.
  A criminal complaint pursuant to this chapter may be brought by the Attorney General or by the district attorney or prosecuting attorney of any city,...
• Section 7028.3.
  In addition to all other remedies, when it appears to the registrar, either upon complaint or otherwise, that a licensee has engaged in, or is...
• Section 7028.4.
  In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 7028.3, on proper showing by (1) a licensed contractor, or an association of contractors, (2) a consumer affected...
• Section 7028.5.
  It is unlawful for a person who is or has been a partner, officer, director, manager, responsible managing employee, responsible managing member, responsible managing manager,...
• Section 7028.6.
  The Registrar of Contractors is hereby empowered to issue citations containing orders of abatement and civil penalties against persons acting in the capacity of or...
• Section 7028.7.
  (a) If upon inspection or investigation, either upon complaint or otherwise, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a person is acting in the capacity...
• Section 7028.8.
  Service of a citation issued under Section 7028.7 may be made by certified mail at the last known business address or residence address of the...
• Section 7028.9.
  A citation under Section 7028.7 shall be issued by the registrar within four years after the act or omission that is the basis for the...
• Section 7028.10.a.
  Any person served with a citation under Section 7028.7 may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days after service of the citation with respect...
• Section 7028.11.
  If within 15 working days after service of the citation, the person cited fails to notify the registrar that he or she intends to appeal...
• Section 7028.12.
  If the person cited under Section 7028.7 timely notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest the citation, the registrar shall afford an...
• Section 7028.13.
  (a) After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Sections 7028.10 to 7028.12, inclusive, the registrar may apply to the appropriate superior court for...
• Section 7028.14.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the registrar may waive part of the civil penalty if the person against whom the civil penalty is...
• Section 7028.15.
  (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to submit a bid to a public agency in order to engage in the business or act in...
• Section 7028.16.
  A person who engages in the business or acts in the capacity of a contractor, without having a license therefor, in connection with the offer...
• Section 7028.17.
  (a) The failure of an unlicensed individual to comply with a citation after it is final is a misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding Section 1462.5 or 1463 of the...
• Section 7029.
  A joint venture license is a license issued to any combination of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, or other joint ventures, each of which...
• Section 7029.1.
  (a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful for any two or more licensees, each of whom has been issued a license to act...
• Section 7029.5.
  Every C-36 plumbing contractor, C-45 sign contractor, and C-57 well-drilling contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed on each side of each motor vehicle...
• Section 7029.6.
  Except for contractors identified in Section 7029.5, every contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed, in or on each motor vehicle used in his...
• Section 7030.
  (a) Except for contractors writing home improvement contracts pursuant to Section 7151.2 and contractors writing service and repair contracts pursuant to Section 7159.10, every person licensed...
• Section 7030.1.
  (a) A contractor, who has his or her license suspended or revoked two or more times within an eight-year period, shall disclose either in capital letters...
• Section 7030.5.
  Every person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include his license number in: (a) all construction contracts; (b) subcontracts and calls for bid; and (c) all forms of...
• Section 7031.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), no person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor, may bring or maintain any...
• Section 7031.5.
  Each county or city which requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition or repair of any...
• Section 7032.
  Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of a city or county to regulate the quality and character of installations made by contractors through...
• Section 7033.
  Every city or city and county which requires the issuance of a business license as a condition precedent to engaging, within the city or city...
• Section 7034.
  (a) No contractor that is required to be licensed under this chapter shall insert in any contract, or be a party, with a subcontractor that is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018