California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers

• Section 19235.
  A household mover shall not engage in the business of transportation of used household goods and personal effects for compensation by motor vehicle over any...
• Section 19236.
  (a) Each household mover shall display on each vehicle operated by it an identification symbol in the form and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed...
• Section 19237.
  (a) A household mover shall not engage, or attempt to engage, in the business of the transportation of used household goods and personal effects by motor...
• Section 19238.
  (a) To obtain an original permit, an applicant shall submit to the bureau an application in writing, on a form containing information prescribed by the bureau,...
• Section 19239.
  (a) Before a permit is issued, the bureau shall require the applicant to establish ability and reasonable financial responsibility to initiate the proposed operations. The bureau...
• Section 19239.1.
  (a) Except as provided for in subdivision (b), every household mover, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a...
• Section 19239.2.
  (a) The bureau shall accept a certificate required by Section 19239.1 as of the effective date shown on the certificate, if the certificate is received by...
• Section 19239.3.
  The bureau shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any permit under this chapter to any person or corporation against whom a final judgment...
• Section 19239.4.
  (a) The failure of a permitholder to obtain or maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage, if required under this chapter, shall result in the suspension of the...
• Section 19240.
  (a) Each original application for issuance of a permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500). The holder of...
• Section 19241.
  (a) A household mover, under its permit, may also transport used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures. The bureau shall not regulate the service, routes,...
• Section 19242.
  The bureau shall establish rules and regulations governing the notification to shippers of any delay in the delivery of goods beyond the date agreed to...
• Section 19243.
  (a) The bureau may establish rules for the performance of any service of the character furnished or supplied by household movers. Every household mover shall observe...
• Section 19244.
  It is unlawful for the owner of a household mover motor vehicle employing or otherwise directing the driver of the vehicle to permit the operation...
• Section 19245.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 19237, a household mover in compliance with this chapter has a carrier’s lien on used household goods and personal effects...
• Section 19246.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Consignor” means the person named in the bill of lading as the person from...
• Section 19247.
  Every household mover shall add a prominent link to its Internet Web site that immediately directs all consumers to the bureau’s Internet Web site.(Added by...

Last modified: October 22, 2018