California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 4 - Licenses

• Section 56181.
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 55610, any person engaged in the business of buying, receiving on consignment, soliciting for sale on commission, or negotiating...
• Section 56182.
  Any person required by Section 56181 to be licensed shall file an application with the director for a license to transact business before engaging in...
• Section 56182.5.
  (a) It is unlawful for a licensee that has changed its legal entity to do any of the following: (1) Continue to operate after the change. (2) Purchase...
• Section 56182.6.
  (a) If the Secretary of State suspends the corporate status of any licensee or if the corporate status is forfeited, the license is revoked by operation...
• Section 56183.
  The application shall in each case state all of the following:(a) Every class of farm products which the applicant proposes to handle.(b) The full name of the...
• Section 56183.5.
  (a) An initial application, at a minimum, shall include the following:(1) A release authorizing the department, during consideration of the application and for the duration of licensure,...
• Section 56184.
  In addition to the general requirements which are applicable to all applications as set forth in this article, the following requirements shall apply to each...
• Section 56185.
  The department shall accept or deny an application within 90 calendar days of receipt of a completed application. The department may deny, condition, suspend, or...
• Section 56185.5.
  (a) The Legislature finds there to be a substantial nexus between the conduct specified in Section 56185 and an applicant’s or holder’s fitness for licensure.(b) The department...
• Section 56185.75.
  (a) If an application for a license indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant was issued a license that was...
• Section 56186.
  The department shall require the applicant to make a showing of character, responsibility, and good faith in seeking to carry on the business that is...
• Section 56186.5.
  A license is forfeited by operation of law prior to its expiration date when one of the following occurs:(a) The holder surrenders the license to the...
• Section 56186.75.
  (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the department does not deprive the department of its authority to...
• Section 56189.
  Any person who is adjudicated liable for payment of a claim for farm products that arose out of the conduct of a business licensed or...
• Section 56189.2.
  In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, each application for a license, except for a cash buyer’s license, shall include an affidavit in...
• Section 56189.5.
  (a)  Licensees or applicants for a license shall be required to furnish and maintain a surety bond in a form and amount satisfactory to the...
• Section 56190.
  (a) The department shall notify the applicant or holder in writing of the department’s decision to bring charges to deny, suspend, or revoke a license.(1) The notice...
• Section 56193.
  Each licensee shall post his license or a copy of it in his office or salesroom in plain view of the public.(Amended by Stats. 1971,...
• Section 56194.
  The director shall issue to any individual or member of a partnership, a card which specifies that he or his firm is licensed. The licensee...
• Section 56195.
  The director may also issue to each agent a separate card for each principal which the agent represents, which shall bear the signature of the...
• Section 56196.
  All indicia of the possession of a license are at all times the property of this state. Each licensee is entitled to the possession of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018