California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - Scope of Regulation

• Section 10130.
  It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of, act in the capacity of, advertise as, or assume to act as a...
• Section 10131.
  A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is a person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, regardless of...
• Section 10131.01.
  (a) Subdivision (b) of Section 10131 does not apply to (1) the manager of a hotel, motel, auto and trailer park, to the resident manager of...
• Section 10131.1.
  (a) A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages as a principal in the business of making loans...
• Section 10131.2.
  A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages in the business of claiming, demanding, charging, receiving, collecting...
• Section 10131.3.
  A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who, for another or others, for compensation or in expectation of...
• Section 10131.4.
  A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who acts for another or others for compensation or in expectation...
• Section 10131.45.
  A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages in the following businesses as a principal:(a) Except as provided...
• Section 10131.5.
  A nonresident of California may become a real estate broker by conforming to all of the provisions of this part.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 455.)
• Section 10131.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person licensed as a real estate broker may sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy,...
• Section 10131.7.
  It is unlawful for any real estate licensee acting under authority of Section 10131.6 to do any of the following:(a) To advertise or offer for sale...
• Section 10132.
  A real estate salesperson within the meaning of this part is a natural person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, is...
• Section 10133.
  (a) The acts described in Section 10131 are not acts for which a real estate license is required if performed by:(1) A regular officer of a corporation...
• Section 10133.1.
  (a) Subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10131, Section 10131.1, Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230), and Article 7 (commencing with Section 10240) of this code...
• Section 10133.1.a.
  (a) Subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10131, Section 10131.1, Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230), and Article 7 (commencing with Section 10240) of this code...
• Section 10133.15.
  The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230) and Article 7 (commencing with Section 10240) do not apply to any person whose business is...
• Section 10133.2.
  The provisions of Sections 10131, 10131.1, 10131.2, and 10132 do not apply to any stenographer, bookkeeper, receptionist, telephone operator, or other clerical help in carrying...
• Section 10133.3.
  The provisions of Sections 10131 and 10131.2 relating to business opportunities do not apply to any person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity which for...
• Section 10133.35.
  A real estate broker’s license shall not be required to engage in any of the following activities with respect to a mineral, oil, or gas...
• Section 10133.4.
  (a) The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 10131 do not apply to persons acting in the capacity of a film location representative in connection with...
• Section 10133.45.
  (a) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 10131 do not apply to persons acting in the capacity of an outdoor advertising representative in connection with a...
• Section 10133.5.
  The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230) do not apply to any person who is an approved lender, mortgagee, seller, or servicer for...
• Section 10135.
  When a lease or leasing is referred to in this article, it includes any lease, whether such lease is the sole transaction involved, or the...
• Section 10136.
  No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson within this state shall...
• Section 10137.
  It is unlawful for any licensed real estate broker to employ or compensate, directly or indirectly, any person for performing any of the acts within...
• Section 10137.1.
  Nothing contained in this division shall preclude a partnership from performing acts for which a real estate broker license is required, provided every partner through...
• Section 10138.
  It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, for any person, whether obligor, escrowholder or...
• Section 10139.
  Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises using...
• Section 10140.
  Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution or circularization...
• Section 10140.5.
  Each advertisement or other statement which is published by a real estate broker or salesperson offering to assist persons to file applications for the purchase...
• Section 10140.6.
  (a) A real estate licensee shall not publish, circulate, distribute, or cause to be published, circulated, or distributed in any newspaper or periodical, or by mail,...
• Section 10141.
  Within one month after the closing of a transaction in which title to real property or in the sale of a business when real or...
• Section 10141.5.
  Within one week after the closing of a transaction negotiated by a real estate broker in which title to real property is conveyed from a...
• Section 10141.6.
  (a) A real estate broker who engages in escrow activities for five or more transactions in a calendar year pursuant to the exemption from the Escrow...
• Section 10142.
  When a licensee prepares or has prepared an agreement authorizing or employing such licensee to perform any of the acts for which he is required...
• Section 10143.5.
  Any real estate broker who assists another or others, or whose real estate salespersons assist another or others, for a compensation, in filing an application...
• Section 10144.
  The commissioner may prescribe by regulation the information which shall be contained in contracts or other agreements by a real estate broker, or a real...
• Section 10145.
  (a) (1) A real estate broker who accepts funds belonging to others in connection with a transaction subject to this part shall deposit all those funds that...
• Section 10146.
  Any real estate broker who contracts for or collects an advance fee from any other person, hereinafter referred to as the “principal,” shall deposit any...
• Section 10147.
  (a) On or before January 1, 1993, the Seismic Safety Commission shall develop, adopt, and publish a Commercial Property Owner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety for distribution...
• Section 10147.5.
  (a) Any printed or form agreement which initially establishes, or is intended to establish, or alters the terms of any agreement which previously established a right...
• Section 10147.6.
  (a) Any licensee who negotiates, attempts to negotiate, arranges, attempts to arrange, or otherwise offers to perform a mortgage loan modification or other form of mortgage...
• Section 10148.
  (a) A licensed real estate broker shall retain for three years copies of all listings, deposit receipts, canceled checks, trust records, and other documents executed by...
• Section 10149.
  (a) On or before July 1, 1992, the Seismic Safety Commission shall develop, adopt, and publish a Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety for distribution to licensees...

Last modified: October 22, 2018