California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 4 - REAL ESTATE

PART 1 - LICENSING OF PERSONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 10000. - 10000. This part may be cited as the Real Estate...

Section 10001. - 10001. Except as otherwise specified, the definitions in this chapter...

Section 10003. - 10003. “Commissioner” means the Real Estate Commissioner. (Amended by Stats....

Section 10004. - 10004. (a) “Department” means the Department of Real Estate in...

Section 10005. - 10005. (a) Whenever the terms “bureau,” “division,” “Bureau of Real...

Section 10006. - 10006. “Person” includes corporation, company and firm. (Amended by Stats....

Section 10007. - 10007. “Provisions of this part relating to real estate” means...

Section 10008. - 10008. “Provisions of this part relating to business opportunity regulation”...

Section 10008.5. - 10008.5. Solely with regard to any transaction involving the sale,...

Section 10009.5. - 10009.5. “Provisions of this part relating to mineral, oil, and...

Section 10010. - 10010. “Provisions of this part relating to hearings” means the...

Section 10010.5. - 10010.5. (a) Nothing in Assembly Bill 1289 of the 2017–18...

Section 10011. - 10011. “Licensee,” when used without modification, means a person, whether...

Section 10012. - 10012. “Broker,” when used without modification, means a person licensed...

Section 10013. - 10013. “Salesperson,” when used without modification, means a person licensed...

Section 10014. - 10014. “Real estate licensee” means a person, whether broker or...

Section 10015. - 10015. “Real estate broker” means a person licensed as a...

Section 10015.1. - 10015.1. “Responsible broker” means the real estate broker responsible for...

Section 10015.2. - 10015.2. “Manager” means a real estate licensee authorized to perform...

Section 10015.3. - 10015.3. “Broker associate” means a broker retained by a responsible...

Section 10015.4. - 10015.4. “Responsible broker’s identity” means the name under which the...

Section 10015.5. - 10015.5. “Professional identity” includes “responsible broker’s identity” and the identity...

Section 10016. - 10016. “Real estate salesperson” means a natural person licensed as...

Section 10018.01. - 10018.01. “Retained” means the relationship between a broker and a...

Section 10018.02. - 10018.02. “Seller” means a transferor in a real property transaction,...

Section 10018.03. - 10018.03. “Listing agent” means a licensee who provides services requiring...

Section 10018.04. - 10018.04. “Seller’s agent” means a licensee who provides services requiring...

Section 10018.05. - 10018.05. “Buyer” means a transferee in a real property transaction,...

Section 10018.06. - 10018.06. “Buyer’s agent” means a licensee who provides services requiring...

Section 10018.07. - 10018.07. “Real property” means any estate specified in (1) or...

Section 10018.08. - 10018.08. “Single-family residential property” or “Single-family residential real property” means:...

Section 10018.09. - 10018.09. “Commercial real property” means all real property except (a)...

Section 10018.10. - 10018.10. Except as provided in Section 10239.2, “sell,” “sale,” or...

Section 10018.11. - 10018.11. “Dual agent” means an agent acting, either directly or...

Section 10018.13. - 10018.13. “Appraiser” means a person licensed or certified under Part...

Section 10018.14. - 10018.14. “Listing agreement” means a written contract between a seller...

Section 10018.15. - 10018.15. “Exclusive right to sell listing agreement” means a listing...

Section 10018.16. - 10018.16. “Seller reserved listing agreement” means a listing agreement whereby...

Section 10018.17. - 10018.17. “Open listing agreement” means a listing agreement which grants...

Section 10023. - 10023. “Mineral, oil, and gas licensee” means a person licensed...

Section 10024. - 10024. “Mineral, oil, and gas broker” means a person licensed...

Section 10026. - 10026. (a) The term “advance fee,” as used in this...

Section 10027. - 10027. The term “listing” as used in this part includes,...

Section 10028. - 10028. “Trust deed” or “deed of trust” as used in...

Section 10029. - 10029. “Real property sales contract” as used in this part...

Section 10030. - 10030. As used in this part, the words “business opportunity”...

Section 10032. - 10032. (a) All obligations created under Section 10000, and following,...

Section 10035. - 10035. Neither Section 10185 nor any other provision of this...

CHAPTER 2 - Administration

ARTICLE 1 - The Real Estate Commissioner

Section 10050. - 10050. (a) (1) There is in the Business, Consumer Services,...

Section 10050.1. - 10050.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 10051. - 10051. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor. (Repealed...

Section 10052. - 10052. The commissioner shall have been for five years a...

Section 10053. - 10053. The commissioner shall receive an annual salary as provided...

Section 10071. - 10071. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this part...

Section 10073. - 10073. The commissioner shall employ such deputies, clerks and employees...

Section 10074. - 10074. After qualifying as such neither the commissioner nor any...

Section 10075. - 10075. Deputies, clerks and employees shall perform such duties as...

Section 10076. - 10076. Each deputy shall, after his appointment, take and subscribe...

Section 10077. - 10077. The commissioner shall have his principal office in the...

Section 10078. - 10078. The commissioner shall adopt a seal with the words...

Section 10079. - 10079. (a) The Attorney General shall render to the commissioner...

Section 10080. - 10080. The commissioner may adopt, amend, or repeal rules and...

Section 10080.5. - 10080.5. In the event the commissioner employs the services of...

Section 10080.9. - 10080.9. (a) If, upon inspection, examination, or investigation, the commissioner...

Section 10081. - 10081. (a) Whenever the commissioner believes from evidence satisfactory to...

Section 10081.5. - 10081.5. Whenever the commissioner believes from evidence satisfactory to him...

Section 10082. - 10082. The commissioner may publish or cause to be published...

Section 10083. - 10083. The commissioner may periodically issue a bulletin containing matter...

Section 10083.2. - 10083.2. (a) (1) The commissioner shall provide information on the...

Section 10084. - 10084. The commissioner may prepare a pamphlet or brochure dealing...

Section 10084.1. - 10084.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10450.6, on or before January 1,...

Section 10085. - 10085. The commissioner may require that any or all materials...

Section 10085.5. - 10085.5. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to...

Section 10085.6. - 10085.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall...

Section 10086. - 10086. (a) If the commissioner determines through an investigation that...

Section 10087. - 10087. (a) In addition to acting pursuant to the authority...

Section 10088. - 10088. After the filing of a desist and refrain order...

ARTICLE 3 - Hearings

Section 10100. - 10100. (a) Before suspending or revoking a license or license...

Section 10100.2. - 10100.2. A licensee against whom an investigation is pending or...

Section 10100.4. - 10100.4. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11415.60 of the Government Code, the...

Section 10101. - 10101. The accusation provided for by Section 11503 of the...

Section 10103. - 10103. The lapsing or suspension of a license by operation...

Section 10106. - 10106. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, in any...

CHAPTER 3 - Real Estate Regulations

ARTICLE 1 - Scope of Regulation

Section 10130. - 10130. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

Section 10131. - 10131. A real estate broker within the meaning of this...

Section 10131.01. - 10131.01. (a) Subdivision (b) of Section 10131 does not apply...

Section 10131.1. - 10131.1. (a) A real estate broker within the meaning of...

Section 10131.2. - 10131.2. A real estate broker within the meaning of this...

Section 10131.3. - 10131.3. A real estate broker within the meaning of this...

Section 10131.4. - 10131.4. A real estate broker within the meaning of this...

Section 10131.45. - 10131.45. A real estate broker within the meaning of this...

Section 10131.5. - 10131.5. A nonresident of California may become a real estate...

Section 10131.6. - 10131.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person...

Section 10131.7. - 10131.7. It is unlawful for any real estate licensee acting...

Section 10133. - 10133. (a) The acts described in Section 10131 are not...

Section 10133.1. - 10133.1. (a) Subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10131, Section...

Section 10133.15. - 10133.15. The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230)...

Section 10133.2. - 10133.2. The provisions of Sections 10016, 10131, 10131.1, and 10132...

Section 10133.3. - 10133.3. The provisions of Sections 10131 and 10131.2 relating to...

Section 10133.35. - 10133.35. A real estate broker’s license shall not be required...

Section 10133.4. - 10133.4. (a) The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 10131...

Section 10133.45. - 10133.45. (a) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 10131 do...

Section 10133.5. - 10133.5. The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230)...

Section 10135. - 10135. When a lease or leasing is referred to in...

Section 10136. - 10136. No person engaged in the business or acting in...

Section 10137. - 10137. It is unlawful for any licensed real estate broker...

Section 10137.1. - 10137.1. Nothing contained in this division shall preclude a partnership...

Section 10138. - 10138. It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of...

Section 10139. - 10139. Any person acting as a real estate broker, real...

Section 10140. - 10140. Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and...

Section 10140.5. - 10140.5. Each advertisement or other statement which is published by...

Section 10140.6. - 10140.6. (a) A real estate licensee shall not publish, circulate,...

Section 10141. - 10141. Within one month after the closing of a transaction...

Section 10141.5. - 10141.5. Within one week after the closing of a transaction...

Section 10141.6. - 10141.6. (a) A real estate broker who engages in escrow...

Section 10142. - 10142. When a licensee prepares or has prepared an agreement...

Section 10143.5. - 10143.5. Any real estate broker who assists another or others,...

Section 10144. - 10144. The commissioner may prescribe by regulation the information which...

Section 10145. - 10145. (a) (1) A real estate broker who accepts funds...

Section 10146. - 10146. Any real estate broker who contracts for or collects...

Section 10147. - 10147. (a) On or before January 1, 1993, the Alfred...

Section 10147.5. - 10147.5. (a) Any printed or form agreement which initially establishes,...

Section 10147.6. - 10147.6. (a) Any licensee who negotiates, attempts to negotiate, arranges,...

Section 10148. - 10148. (a) A licensed real estate broker shall retain for...

Section 10149. - 10149. (a) The Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Licenses

Section 10150. - 10150. (a) Application for the real estate broker license examination...

Section 10150.6. - 10150.6. (a) In addition to satisfying the other requirements of...

Section 10151. - 10151. (a) Application for the real estate salesperson license examination...

Section 10151.2. - 10151.2. (a) For purposes of this section, “member of the...

Section 10151.3. - 10151.3. (a) The Department of Real Estate shall compile information...

Section 10151.5. - 10151.5. (a) An applicant who is not a resident of...

Section 10152. - 10152. (a) The commissioner may require any other proof he...

Section 10153. - 10153. In addition to the proof of honesty and truthfulness...

Section 10153.01. - 10153.01. (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt...

Section 10153.1. - 10153.1. It is unlawful for any person with respect to...

Section 10153.2. - 10153.2. (a) An applicant to take the examination for an...

Section 10153.2. - 10153.2. (a) An applicant to take the examination for an...

Section 10153.3. - 10153.3. (a) This section shall apply to an application for...

Section 10153.4. - 10153.4. (a) This section shall apply to an application for...

Section 10153.5. - 10153.5. As used in Sections 10151, 10153.2, 10153.3, and 10153.4,...

Section 10153.6. - 10153.6. All real estate broker licenses issued by the commissioner...

Section 10153.7. - 10153.7. All real estate salesperson licenses issued by the commissioner...

Section 10153.8. - 10153.8. When an applicant for a real estate license fails...

Section 10156.2. - 10156.2. An application on the form prescribed by the commissioner...

Section 10156.5. - 10156.5. The commissioner may issue a restricted license to a...

Section 10156.6. - 10156.6. A restricted license issued pursuant to Section 10156.5 as...

Section 10156.7. - 10156.7. (a) A restricted license issued pursuant to Section 10156.5...

Section 10156.8. - 10156.8. As one of the conditions to the issuance of...

Section 10157. - 10157. No real estate license gives authority to do any...

Section 10158. - 10158. When a real estate license is issued to a...

Section 10159. - 10159. Each officer of a corporation through whom it is...

Section 10159.2. - 10159.2. (a) The officer designated by a corporate broker licensee...

Section 10159.5. - 10159.5. (a) (1) Every person applying for a license under...

Section 10159.6. - 10159.6. All of the following apply to use of a...

Section 10159.7. - 10159.7. (a) For the purposes of this article, the following...

Section 10161.5. - 10161.5. When the holder of a real estate broker’s or...

Section 10161.8. - 10161.8. (a) The commissioner shall specify the manner in which...

Section 10162. - 10162. (a) Every licensed real estate broker shall have and...

Section 10163. - 10163. If the applicant for a real estate broker’s license...

Section 10164. - 10164. (a) A responsible broker or corporate designated broker officer...

Section 10165. - 10165. For a violation of Section 10161.8, 10162, 10163, or...

Section 10165.1. - 10165.1. This article does not require the department to post...

ARTICLE 2.1 - Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licenses

Section 10166.01. - 10166.01. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 10166.02. - 10166.02. (a) A real estate broker who acts pursuant to...

Section 10166.03. - 10166.03. (a) A loan processor or underwriter who does not...

Section 10166.04. - 10166.04. (a) In connection with an application to the commissioner...

Section 10166.05. - 10166.05. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall...

Section 10166.051. - 10166.051. In addition to any penalties authorized by regulations adopted...

Section 10166.06. - 10166.06. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10153,...

Section 10166.07. - 10166.07. (a) A real estate broker who acts pursuant to...

Section 10166.08. - 10166.08. Each mortgage loan originator shall submit reports of condition...

Section 10166.09. - 10166.09. The minimum standards for renewal of an endorsement as...

Section 10166.10. - 10166.10. (a) A mortgage loan originator shall complete at least...

Section 10166.11. - 10166.11. (a) A real estate broker who acts pursuant to...

Section 10166.12. - 10166.12. (a) As often as the commissioner deems necessary and...

Section 10166.13. - 10166.13. A real estate broker who acts pursuant to Section...

Section 10166.14. - 10166.14. A real estate broker shall notify the department when...

Section 10166.15. - 10166.15. (a) The commissioner shall regularly report violations of this...

Section 10166.16. - 10166.16. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1512 of...

Section 10166.17. - 10166.17. In addition to any other duties imposed upon the...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Prepaid Rental Listing Service

Section 10167. - 10167. The definitions used in this section shall govern the...

Section 10167.1. - 10167.1. This article shall not apply to a newspaper of...

Section 10167.2. - 10167.2. (a) It is unlawful for any person to engage...

Section 10167.3. - 10167.3. (a) A separate application for a license as a...

Section 10167.4. - 10167.4. The commissioner may require such proof as he or...

Section 10167.5. - 10167.5. The business at a location licensed pursuant to subdivision...

Section 10167.6. - 10167.6. Every applicant for a prepaid rental listing service license...

Section 10167.7. - 10167.7. Except as provided in Section 10167.8, each licensee shall...

Section 10167.8. - 10167.8. The requirement of Section 10167.7 shall not apply to...

Section 10167.9. - 10167.9. (a) Prior to the acceptance of a fee, a...

Section 10167.95. - 10167.95. Prior to the acceptance of a fee, and in...

Section 10167.10. - 10167.10. (a) (1) A licensee shall refund in full the...

Section 10167.11. - 10167.11. It shall be a violation of this article for...

Section 10167.12. - 10167.12. (a) The commissioner may suspend, deny, or revoke the...

Section 10167.13. - 10167.13. A prepaid rental listing service license issued by the...

Section 10167.14. - 10167.14. Whenever any person has engaged or threatens to engage...

Section 10167.15. - 10167.15. Any person, including an officer, director, or employee of...

Section 10167.16. - 10167.16. A person or corporation licensed pursuant to this article...

Section 10167.17. - 10167.17. The commissioner shall, by regulation, make prepaid rental listing...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Continuing Education

Section 10170. - 10170. The Legislature has determined that it is in the...

Section 10170.2. - 10170.2. The commissioner may appoint a committee comprised of licensees...

Section 10170.4. - 10170.4. The commissioner shall adopt regulations pursuant to Section 10080,...

Section 10170.5. - 10170.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 10153.4 and...

Section 10170.6. - 10170.6. The commissioner may amend or repeal any regulation adopted...

Section 10170.8. - 10170.8. (a) This article shall not apply to a real...

Section 10171.2. - 10171.2. If an applicant for a license has submitted, in...

Section 10171.3. - 10171.3. On and after January 1, 1981, a real estate...

Section 10171.4. - 10171.4. Any licensee who applies for renewal of his or...

Section 10171.5. - 10171.5. A person who is licensed as a real estate...

ARTICLE 3 - Disciplinary Action

Section 10175. - 10175. Upon grounds provided in this article and the other...

Section 10175.2. - 10175.2. (a) If the Real Estate Commissioner determines that the...

Section 10176. - 10176. The commissioner may, upon his or her own motion,...

Section 10176.1. - 10176.1. (a) (1) Whenever the commissioner takes any enforcement or...

Section 10176.5. - 10176.5. (a) The commissioner may, upon his or her own...

Section 10177. - 10177. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of...

Section 10177.1. - 10177.1. The commissioner may, without a hearing, suspend the license...

Section 10177.2. - 10177.2. The commissioner may, upon his or her own motion,...

Section 10177.3. - 10177.3. (a) No licensee shall knowingly or intentionally misrepresent the...

Section 10177.4. - 10177.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner...

Section 10177.5. - 10177.5. When a final judgment is obtained in a civil...

Section 10177.6. - 10177.6. When an agent undertakes to arrange financing in connection...

Section 10178. - 10178. When any real estate salesperson is discharged by his...

Section 10179. - 10179. No violation of any of the provisions of this...

Section 10180. - 10180. The commissioner may deny, suspend or revoke the real...

Section 10182. - 10182. As a condition to the reinstatement of a revoked...

Section 10185. - 10185. Any person, including officers, directors, agents or employees of...

Section 10186. - 10186. (a) Following an administrative proceeding, or in connection with...

Section 10186.1. - 10186.1. (a) A license or an endorsement of the department...

Section 10186.2. - 10186.2. (a) (1) A licensee shall report any of the...

Section 10186.9. - 10186.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after...

ARTICLE 4 - Fees

Section 10200. - 10200. All real estate license fees shall be payable in...

Section 10201. - 10201. The holder of a license who fails to renew...

Section 10201.6. - 10201.6. Any person who has qualified in an examination for...

Section 10202. - 10202. The definitions contained in this article are solely for...

Section 10207. - 10207. The amount of the real estate fees prescribed for...

Section 10208.5. - 10208.5. The real estate broker license examination fee is ninety-five...

Section 10209. - 10209. (a) The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish fees for...

Section 10209.2. - 10209.2. The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish fees for applications...

Section 10209.5. - 10209.5. The fee for a restricted broker license shall be...

Section 10210. - 10210. (a) The fee for a real estate broker license...

Section 10211. - 10211. If the licensee is a corporation, the license issued...

Section 10213.5. - 10213.5. The real estate salesperson license examination fee is sixty...

Section 10213.6. - 10213.6. If an applicant for any examination fails to take...

Section 10214.5. - 10214.5. The fee for a restricted salesperson license shall be...

Section 10215. - 10215. (a) The fee for a real estate salesperson license...

Section 10222. - 10222. For any examination required under any order issued pursuant...

Section 10225. - 10225. An application for a permit to sell real property...

Section 10226. - 10226. (a) The commissioner may periodically by regulation prescribe fees...

Section 10226.5. - 10226.5. (a) If at any time funds are transferred or...

ARTICLE 5 - Transactions in Trust Deeds and Real Property Sales Contracts

Section 10230. - 10230. (a) The provisions of this article do not apply...

Section 10231. - 10231. Except as authorized by permit issued pursuant to the...

Section 10231.1. - 10231.1. No person in doing any of the acts set...

Section 10231.2. - 10231.2. (a) A real estate broker who, through express or...

Section 10232. - 10232. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, Sections 10232.2, 10232.25,...

Section 10232.1. - 10232.1. (a) A real estate broker, prior to the use...

Section 10232.2. - 10232.2. A real estate broker who meets the criteria of...

Section 10232.25. - 10232.25. (a) A real estate broker who meets the criteria...

Section 10232.3. - 10232.3. (a) Any transaction that involves the sale of or...

Section 10232.4. - 10232.4. (a) In making a solicitation to a particular person...

Section 10232.45. - 10232.45. (a) Any broker subject to the provisions of Section...

Section 10232.5. - 10232.5. (a) If the real estate broker is performing acts...

Section 10232.6. - 10232.6. (a) A real estate broker, acting within the course...

Section 10233. - 10233. A real estate licensee who undertakes to service a...

Section 10233.1. - 10233.1. If a real estate broker in servicing a real...

Section 10233.2. - 10233.2. For the purposes of Division 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 10234. - 10234. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), every real...

Section 10234.5. - 10234.5. In addition to the requirements of Section 10234, in...

Section 10235. - 10235. No real estate licensee shall knowingly advertise, print, display,...

Section 10235.5. - 10235.5. (a) A real estate licensee or mortgage loan originator...

Section 10236. - 10236. The commissioner in his or her discretion may honor...

Section 10236.1. - 10236.1. No real estate licensee shall advertise to give or...

Section 10236.2. - 10236.2. (a) A real estate broker who satisfies the criteria...

Section 10236.4. - 10236.4. (a) In compliance with Section 10235.5, every licensed real...

Section 10236.5. - 10236.5. A real estate broker shall notify the department when...

Section 10236.6. - 10236.6. (a) The commissioner, in his or her discretion, may...

Section 10236.7. - 10236.7. (a) A real estate broker, when engaging in acts...

ARTICLE 6 - Claim of Exemption From Securities Qualification

Section 10237. - 10237. This article applies only to the exemption from securities...

Section 10238. - 10238. (a) A notice in the following form and containing...

Section 10239. - 10239. The jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and...

Section 10239.1. - 10239.1. Nothing in this article shall be construed to change...

Section 10239.2. - 10239.2. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 10239.3. - 10239.3. (a) If any person other than a real estate...

ARTICLE 7 - Real Property Loans

Section 10240. - 10240. (a) Every real estate broker, upon acting within the...

Section 10240.1. - 10240.1. The provisions of this article, exclusive of the provisions...

Section 10240.2. - 10240.2. As used in this article, “ dwelling” means any...

Section 10240.3. - 10240.3. (a) The commissioner shall apply the guidance on nontraditional...

Section 10241. - 10241. The statement required by Section 10240, the form of...

Section 10241.1. - 10241.1. (a) The purchase of credit life insurance on the...

Section 10241.2. - 10241.2. If the broker elects to make a loan subject...

Section 10241.3. - 10241.3. In any loan transaction in which a fee is...

Section 10241.4. - 10241.4. (a) Prior to a borrower becoming obligated on any...

Section 10242. - 10242. The maximum amount of expenses, charges and interest to...

Section 10242.5. - 10242.5. (a) A charge imposed for late payment of an...

Section 10242.6. - 10242.6. (a) The principal and accrued interest on any loan...

Section 10243. - 10243. If the loan is not consummated due to the...

Section 10244. - 10244. Any loan made by any person and secured directly...

Section 10244.1. - 10244.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10244, on a loan...

Section 10245. - 10245. The provisions of this article, exclusive of the provisions...

Section 10246. - 10246. If any amount: (a) In excess of the charges...

Section 10247. - 10247. The provisions of this article pertaining to maximum costs...

Section 10248. - 10248. Every person who, for compensation to be received directly...

Section 10248.1. - 10248.1. No real estate licensee shall charge, receive, or negotiate...

Section 10248.2. - 10248.2. (a) A borrower may not waive any right or...

Section 10248.3. - 10248.3. The provisions of this article shall apply only to...

ARTICLE 8 - Out-of-State Land Promotions

Section 10249. - 10249. (a) A person acting as a principal or agent...

Section 10249.1. - 10249.1. “Subdivision,” as used in Section 10249, includes all of...

Section 10249.3. - 10249.3. (a) The commissioner may by regulation prescribe filing fees...

Section 10249.8. - 10249.8. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section...

Section 10249.9. - 10249.9. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section...

Section 10249.91. - 10249.91. The term of a registration issued pursuant to this...

Section 10249.92. - 10249.92. A registration application pursuant to the provisions of this...

Section 10249.93. - 10249.93. (a) If the commissioner finds, based on available evidence,...

CHAPTER 6 - Revenue

ARTICLE 1 - Real Estate Fund

Section 10450. - 10450. All fees charged and collected under this part and...

Section 10450.6. - 10450.6. There shall be separate accounts in the Real Estate...

Section 10451. - 10451. All money paid into the State Treasury and credited...

Section 10451.5. - 10451.5. (a) All money paid into the State Treasury and...

Section 10452. - 10452. The Controller shall draw his warrant on the respective...

Section 10453. - 10453. All of the expenditures of the commissioner, including his...

Section 10454. - 10454. The commissioner may, with the consent of the Department...

ARTICLE 2 - Exemption from Fees

Section 10460. - 10460. As used in this article: (a) “Military licensee” refers...

Section 10461. - 10461. A military licensee shall not be required to renew...

Section 10462. - 10462. A military licensee shall not be entitled to the...

Section 10463. - 10463. A person who would qualify as a military licensee...

Section 10464. - 10464. Section 114 of this code does not apply to...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Real Estate Recovery Program

Section 10470. - 10470. If, on June 30 of any year, the balance...

Section 10470.1. - 10470.1. (a) In addition to the amount paid into the...

Section 10471. - 10471. (a) When an aggrieved person obtains (1) a final...

Section 10471.1. - 10471.1. (a) The claimant shall serve a copy of the...

Section 10471.2. - 10471.2. (a) If the commissioner determines that the application as...

Section 10471.3. - 10471.3. (a) The commissioner shall render a final written decision...

Section 10471.4. - 10471.4. In its consideration and investigation of an application, the...

Section 10471.5. - 10471.5. (a) The commissioner shall give notice of a decision...

Section 10471.6. - 10471.6. If, at any time prior to the rendering of...

Section 10472. - 10472. (a) A claimant against whom the commissioner has rendered...

Section 10472.1. - 10472.1. (a) The commissioner and the judgment debtor shall each...

Section 10473. - 10473. Whenever the court proceeds upon an application under Section...

Section 10473.1. - 10473.1. The judgment debtor may defend an action against the...

Section 10474. - 10474. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and regardless...

Section 10474.5. - 10474.5. If the amount of liability of the Consumer Recovery...

Section 10475. - 10475. Should the commissioner pay from the Consumer Recovery Account...

Section 10476. - 10476. If, at any time, the money deposited in the...

Section 10477. - 10477. Any sums received by the commissioner pursuant to any...

Section 10478. - 10478. It shall be unlawful for any person or the...

Section 10479. - 10479. When, the commissioner has paid from the Consumer Recovery...

Section 10480. - 10480. The failure of an aggrieved person to comply with...

Section 10481. - 10481. Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the...

CHAPTER 7 - Mineral, Oil and Gas Brokerage

ARTICLE 1 - Scope of Regulation

Section 10500. - 10500. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10131.4 and this...

Section 10500.5. - 10500.5. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10131.45 and in...

Section 10501. - 10501. (a) The Real Estate Commissioner may file a complaint...

Section 10502. - 10502. A mineral, oil and gas broker license shall not...

Section 10503. - 10503. Mineral, oil or gas property refers to land used...

Section 10508. - 10508. No person engaged in the business or acting in...

Section 10509. - 10509. (a) It is unlawful for a mineral, oil, and...

Section 10512. - 10512. Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and...

Section 10513. - 10513. In performing acts within the scope and under the...

ARTICLE 2 - Licenses

Section 10515. - 10515. (a) Mineral, oil, and gas brokers in performing acts...

Section 10519. - 10519. (a) The commissioner may issue a restricted mineral, oil,...

Section 10519.1. - 10519.1. There is no property right and no right to...

ARTICLE 4 - Disciplinary Action

Section 10560. - 10560. Upon grounds provided in this article and the other...

Section 10561. - 10561. The commissioner may, upon his or her own motion,...

Section 10562. - 10562. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of...

Section 10562.5. - 10562.5. When a final judgment is obtained in a civil...

Section 10564. - 10564. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the mineral, oil,...

ARTICLE 5 - Fees

Section 10580. - 10580. Mineral, oil, and gas brokers are subject to the...

PART 2 - REGULATION OF TRANSACTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Subdivided Lands

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11000. - 11000. (a) “Subdivided lands” and “subdivision” refer to improved or...

Section 11000.1. - 11000.1. (a) “Subdivided lands” and “subdivision,” as defined by Sections...

Section 11000.2. - 11000.2. (a) A person who has made an offer to...

Section 11001. - 11001. The Real Estate Commissioner (hereafter referred to in this...

Section 11003. - 11003. “Planned development” has the same meaning as specified in...

Section 11003.2. - 11003.2. “Stock cooperative” has the same meaning as specified in...

Section 11003.4. - 11003.4. (a) A “limited-equity housing cooperative” or a “workforce housing...

Section 11004. - 11004. “Community apartment project” has the same meaning as specified...

Section 11004.5. - 11004.5. In addition to the provisions of Section 11000, the...

Section 11007. - 11007. Every nonresident subdivider shall file with the questionnaire an...

Section 11008. - 11008. No provision of this part which makes a violation...

ARTICLE 2 - Investigation, Regulation and Report

Section 11010. - 11010. (a) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subdivision (c)...

Section 11010.05. - 11010.05. (a) A person who proposes to create a senior...

Section 11010.1. - 11010.1. Prior to the issuance of promissory notes secured by...

Section 11010.2. - 11010.2. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Quantitative” means...

Section 11010.3. - 11010.3. (a) (1) This chapter shall not apply to the...

Section 11010.35. - 11010.35. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply...

Section 11010.4. - 11010.4. The notice of intention specified in Section 11010 is...

Section 11010.5. - 11010.5. The filing of a second notice of intention to...

Section 11010.6. - 11010.6. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable...

Section 11010.7. - 11010.7. The notice of intention specified in Section 11010 shall...

Section 11010.8. - 11010.8. (a) The requirement that a notice of intention be...

Section 11010.85. - 11010.85. (a) The requirement that a notice of intention be...

Section 11010.9. - 11010.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the subdivider...

Section 11010.10. - 11010.10. A person who plans to offer for sale or...

Section 11010.11. - 11010.11. Notwithstanding any provision in the purchase contract to the...

Section 11011. - 11011. (a) The commissioner may by regulation prescribe filing fees...

Section 11012. - 11012. It is unlawful for the owner, their agent, or...

Section 11013. - 11013. For the purposes of this part, a blanket encumbrance...

Section 11013.1. - 11013.1. It shall be unlawful, except as provided in Section...

Section 11013.2. - 11013.2. Should there not exist in the blanket encumbrance or...

Section 11013.3. - 11013.3. Taxes and assessments levied by public authority shall not...

Section 11013.4. - 11013.4. If a subdivision is not subject to a blanket...

Section 11013.5. - 11013.5. The public report of the commissioner, when issued, shall...

Section 11013.6. - 11013.6. Notwithstanding Sections 11013.1 and 11013.2, an individual interest in...

Section 11014. - 11014. The commissioner may investigate any subdivision being offered for...

Section 11018. - 11018. The Real Estate Commissioner shall make an examination of...

Section 11018.1. - 11018.1. (a) A copy of the public report of the...

Section 11018.2. - 11018.2. No person shall sell or lease, or offer for...

Section 11018.3. - 11018.3. Any subdivider objecting to the denial of a public...

Section 11018.5. - 11018.5. With respect to the subdivisions and interests of the...

Section 11018.6. - 11018.6. Any person offering to sell or lease any interest...

Section 11018.7. - 11018.7. (a) No amendment or modification of provisions in the...

Section 11018.12. - 11018.12. (a) The commissioner may issue a conditional public report...

Section 11018.13. - 11018.13. (a) After written notice to the subdivider, or the...

Section 11018.14. - 11018.14. The commissioner shall not be a responsible agency for...

Section 11019. - 11019. (a) Whenever the commissioner determines from available evidence that...

Section 11020. - 11020. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to...

Section 11021. - 11021. For the purpose of calculating the period of any...

Section 11022. - 11022. (a) It is unlawful for an owner, subdivider, agent...

Section 11023. - 11023. Any person who violates Section 11010, 11010.1, 11010.8, 11013.1,...

ARTICLE 3 - Sales Contracts

Section 11200. - 11200. Every sales contract relating to the purchase of real...

CHAPTER 2 - The Vacation Ownership and Time-Share Act of 004

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11210. - 11210. This chapter may be cited as the Vacation Ownership...

Section 11211. - 11211. The purposes of this chapter are to do all...

Section 11211.5. - 11211.5. (a) This chapter applies to all of the following:...

Section 11211.7. - 11211.7. (a) Any time-share plan registered pursuant to this chapter...

Section 11212. - 11212. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 11213. - 11213. Each time-share estate, as specified in paragraph (1) of...

Section 11214. - 11214. (a) The developer shall supervise, manage, and control all...

Section 11215. - 11215. (a) The time-share instrument shall prohibit a person from...

Section 11216. - 11216. (a) An exchange program is not a part of...

Section 11217. - 11217. (a) The following communications shall not be deemed an...

Section 11218. - 11218. A time-share interest in a time-share plan shall be...

Section 11219. - 11219. (a) Time-share plans registered as Qualified Resort Vacation Club...

ARTICLE 2 - Registration, Sale Requirements, and Fees

Section 11225. - 11225. A person shall not be required to register a...

Section 11226. - 11226. (a) Any person who, to any individual located in...

Section 11226.1. - 11226.1. Any person offering to sell or lease any interest...

Section 11227. - 11227. (a) Subject to subdivision (h), the commissioner shall issue...

Section 11228. - 11228. The term of a final public report shall be...

Section 11229. - 11229. (a) In connection with its review of the registration...

Section 11230. - 11230. If the time-share plan, including any accommodations, or amenities...

Section 11231. - 11231. Every registration required to be filed with the commissioner...

Section 11232. - 11232. (a) The commissioner may by regulation prescribe filing fees...

Section 11233. - 11233. An applicant for a public report for a time-share...

Section 11234. - 11234. A developer shall prepare, for issuance by the commissioner,...

Section 11235. - 11235. (a) A person who has entered into a contract...

Section 11236. - 11236. (a) A receipt on the form specified herein shall...

Section 11237. - 11237. (a) If a purchaser of a time-share interest in...

Section 11238. - 11238. (a) The purchase contract entered into by any person...

Section 11239. - 11239. (a) To inform a purchaser of his or her...

Section 11240. - 11240. An estimated operating budget for the time-share plan shall...

Section 11241. - 11241. (a) The developer is obligated for the expenses associated...

Section 11242. - 11242. (a) In any time-share plan, the developer may undertake...

Section 11242.1. - 11242.1. (a) The assurance specified in Section 11241 and, if...

Section 11243. - 11243. The developer shall comply with the following escrow requirements:...

Section 11244. - 11244. (a) Excluding any encumbrance placed against the purchaser’s time-share...

Section 11245. - 11245. (a) No person subject to this chapter shall do...

Section 11246. - 11246. With each application for an amendment or renewal of...

ARTICLE 3 - Time-Share Plan Requirements

Section 11250. - 11250. A time-share plan may be created in any accommodation...

Section 11251. - 11251. (a) The developer of a single site time-share plan...

Section 11252. - 11252. In a time-share plan offering time-share use interests, the...

Section 11253. - 11253. For single site time-share plans and component sites of...

Section 11254. - 11254. (a) In a time-share plan in which the fee...

Section 11255. - 11255. (a) The department shall require that each of the...

Section 11256. - 11256. (a) The contract proposed to be used by a...

ARTICLE 4 - Management and Governance

Section 11265. - 11265. (a) For single site time-share plans and component sites...

Section 11265.1. - 11265.1. (a) Regular and special assessments levied pursuant to the...

Section 11266. - 11266. (a) An amendment of a provision of the declaration...

Section 11267. - 11267. (a) The time-share instruments shall require the use of...

Section 11268. - 11268. (a) Unless impracticable because of the number of members...

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