California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 5 - Licensing

• Section 7065.
  (a) Under rules and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the director, the registrar shall investigate, classify, and qualify applicants for contractors’ licenses by...
• Section 7065.01.
  Notwithstanding Section 7065, no trade examination shall be required of an applicant for the limited specialty license classification.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 311,...
• Section 7065.05.
  The board shall periodically review and, if needed, revise the contents of qualifying examinations to insure that the examination questions are timely and relevant to...
• Section 7065.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor’s license under any of the following circumstances:(a) The qualifying individual has, for five of...
• Section 7065.2.
  Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor’s license if the applicant has previously held a valid contractor’s license in this...
• Section 7065.3.
  Notwithstanding Section 7065, upon a conclusive showing by a licensee that he or she possesses experience satisfactory to the registrar in the classification applied for,...
• Section 7065.4.
  The registrar may accept the qualifications of an applicant who is licensed as a contractor in a similar classification in another state if that state...
• Section 7065.5.
  No license shall be issued to a minor, nor to any partnership a partner of which is a minor, nor to any corporation any officer,...
• Section 7066.
  To obtain an original license, an applicant shall submit to the registrar an application in writing containing the statement that the applicant desires the issuance...
• Section 7066.5.
  Any person may obtain blank license application forms from the board or may cause to be printed forms used by or approved by the Registrar...
• Section 7067.6.
  (a) Every application form for an original license, for renewal thereof, for reinstatement or for reissuance, including both active and inactive licenses, shall be signed by...
• Section 7068.
  (a) The board shall require an applicant to show the degree of knowledge and experience in the classification applied for, and the general knowledge of the...
• Section 7068.1.
  (a) The person qualifying on behalf of an individual or firm under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 7068 shall be...
• Section 7068.2.
  (a) If the responsible managing officer, responsible managing employee, responsible managing member, or responsible managing manager disassociates from the licensed entity, the licensee or the qualifier...
• Section 7068.5.
  It is a misdemeanor for any person other than the examinee named in the application to take the qualifying examination on behalf of an applicant...
• Section 7068.7.
  Any person who obtains and provides for another the qualifying examination, or any part thereof, when not authorized to do so, is guilty of a...
• Section 7069.
  (a) An applicant, and each officer, director, partner, manager, associate, and responsible managing employee thereof, shall not have committed acts or crimes that are grounds for...
• Section 7069.1.
  (a) Upon notification of an arrest of a member of the personnel of a licensee or a home improvement salesperson, the registrar, by first-class mail to...
• Section 7070.
  An applicant shall show that he or she has never been denied a license or had a license revoked for reasons that would preclude the...
• Section 7071.
  No license shall be issued to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other combination or organization if a responsible officer or director of the...
• Section 7071.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a current valid license under this chapter who has entered or enters the armed forces...
• Section 7071.5.
  The contractor’s bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety in favor of the State of California, in a form acceptable...
• Section 7071.6.
  (a) The board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee...
• Section 7071.6.5.
  (a) The board shall require, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reissuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued valid use of a limited liability company license,...
• Section 7071.7.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the registrar shall accept a bond required by Section 7071.6, 7071.6.5, 7071.8, or 7071.9 as of the effective date...
• Section 7071.8.
  (a) This section applies to an application for a license, for renewal or restoration of a license, an application to change officers or members of a...
• Section 7071.9.
  (a) If the qualifying individual, as referred to in Sections 7068 and 7068.1, is neither the proprietor, a general partner, nor a joint licensee, he or...
• Section 7071.10.
  The qualifying individual’s bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety insurer in favor of the State of California, in a...
• Section 7071.11.
  (a) The aggregate liability of a surety on a claim for wages and fringe benefits brought against a bond required by this article, other than a...
• Section 7071.12.
  (a) Instead of the bond provided by this article a deposit may be given pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 995.710) of Chapter 2 of...
• Section 7071.13.
  Any reference by a contractor in his advertising, soliciting, or other presentments to the public to any bond required to be filed pursuant to this...
• Section 7071.14.
  No licensee or applicant for a license under this chapter shall be denied a contractor’s license bond solely because of his race, religious creed, color,...
• Section 7071.15.
  If a licensee fails to maintain a sufficient bond required by this article, the license is subject to suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 996.020...
• Section 7071.17.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall require, as a condition precedent to accepting an application for licensure, renewal, reinstatement, or to change...
• Section 7071.18.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensee shall report to the registrar in writing the occurrence of any of the following within 90 days after the...
• Section 7071.19.
  (a) As a condition of the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued valid use of a license under this chapter, in addition to any bond required under...
• Section 7072.
  Following receipt of the application fee and an application furnishing complete information in the manner required by the registrar, and after such examination and investigation...
• Section 7072.5.
  (a) Upon the issuance of a license, a plasticized pocket card of a size, design, and content as may be determined by the registrar shall be...
• Section 7073.
  (a) The registrar may deny any application for a license or supplemental classification where the applicant has failed to comply with any rule or regulation adopted...
• Section 7074.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an application for an original license, for an additional classification, or for a change of qualifier shall become...
• Section 7075.
  The license shall be displayed in the licensee’s main office or chief place of business. Satisfactory evidence of the possession of a license and the...
• Section 7075.1.
  (a) No license, regardless of type or classification, shall be transferable to any other person or entity under any circumstances.(b) A license number may be reissued after...
• Section 7076.
  (a) An individual license shall be canceled upon the death of a person licensed as an individual. An immediate member of the family of the deceased...
• Section 7076.1.
  Upon the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee, the registrar shall order the license canceled. Cancellation will be effected upon receipt of the...
• Section 7076.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the failure of a contractor licensed to do business as a corporation or limited liability company in this state...
• Section 7076.5.
  (a) A contractor may inactivate his or her license by submitting a form prescribed by the registrar accompanied by the current active license certificate. When the...
• Section 7077.
  Every original license, except an additional classification issued pursuant to Section 7059, shall be a probationary license until such time as the license is renewed....

Last modified: October 22, 2018