California Code
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 19225. - 19225. This chapter may be cited as the “Household Movers...

Section 19225.5. - 19225.5. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise...

Section 19225.7. - 19225.7. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter...

Section 19225.9. - 19225.9. Every power granted to or duty imposed upon the...

Section 19226. - 19226. The regulation of the transportation of used household goods...

Section 19227. - 19227. The transportation of used household goods and personal effects...

Section 19228. - 19228. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and until the time...

Section 19229. - 19229. (a) The Household Movers Fund is hereby established within...

Section 19229.1. - 19229.1. (a) The use of the public highways for the...

Section 19233. - 19233. This chapter shall not be construed as a regulation...

Section 19234. - 19234. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 19234.1. - 19234.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers

Section 19235. - 19235. A household mover shall not engage in the business...

Section 19236. - 19236. (a) Each household mover shall display on each vehicle...

Section 19237. - 19237. (a) A household mover shall not engage, or attempt...

Section 19238. - 19238. (a) To obtain an original permit, an applicant shall...

Section 19239. - 19239. (a) Before a permit is issued, the bureau shall...

Section 19239.1. - 19239.1. (a) Except as provided for in subdivision (b), every...

Section 19239.2. - 19239.2. (a) The bureau shall accept a certificate required by...

Section 19239.3. - 19239.3. The bureau shall not issue or authorize the transfer...

Section 19239.4. - 19239.4. (a) The failure of a permitholder to obtain or...

Section 19240. - 19240. (a) Each original application for issuance of a permit...

Section 19241. - 19241. (a) A household mover, under its permit, may also...

Section 19242. - 19242. The bureau shall establish rules and regulations governing the...

Section 19243. - 19243. (a) The bureau may establish rules for the performance...

Section 19244. - 19244. It is unlawful for the owner of a household...

Section 19245. - 19245. (a) Except as provided in Section 19237, a household...

Section 19246. - 19246. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 19247. - 19247. Every household mover shall add a prominent link to...

ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection

Section 19248. - 19248. (a) The bureau, in granting permits pursuant to this...

Section 19249. - 19249. The protection required under this article shall be evidenced...

Section 19250. - 19250. With the consent of the bureau, a copy of...

Section 19251. - 19251. The protection against liability shall be continued in effect...

Section 19252. - 19252. The bureau may establish such rules and regulations as...

ARTICLE 4 - Rates

Section 19253. - 19253. (a) The bureau shall establish or approve maximum or...

Section 19253.1. - 19253.1. A household mover shall not advertise, quote, or charge...

Section 19253.2. - 19253.2. The bureau may establish procedures by which any household...

Section 19253.3. - 19253.3. The bureau shall make any rules that are necessary...

Section 19254. - 19254. A household mover shall not directly or indirectly pay...

Section 19255. - 19255. No household mover, no officer or agent of a...

Section 19256. - 19256. No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or...

Section 19257. - 19257. No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or...

ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections

Section 19258. - 19258. (a) Each household mover maintaining an office or place...

Section 19259. - 19259. The bureau may require any household mover to file...

Section 19260. - 19260. The bureau may prescribe the forms of any accounts,...

Section 19260.1. - 19260.1. If the bureau has prescribed the forms of accounts,...

Section 19260.2. - 19260.2. The bureau and its authorized employees, representatives, and inspectors...

Section 19260.3. - 19260.3. The employees, representatives, and inspectors of the bureau may...

Section 19261. - 19261. Sections 19258 to 19260.3, inclusive, shall, to the extent...

Section 19262. - 19262. (a) Every household mover shall furnish to the bureau...

ARTICLE 5.3 - Delivery and Claims

Section 19265. - 19265. A claim against a household mover for loss or...

ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements

Section 19266. - 19266. A household mover shall not transport household goods under...

Section 19266.1. - 19266.1. The bureau shall adopt any rules and regulations it...

Section 19266.2. - 19266.2. This article does not apply to a subhauling agreement...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Estimates

Section 19267. - 19267. The bureau shall establish rules and regulations controlling the...

ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings

Section 19268. - 19268. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all...

Section 19269. - 19269. Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or...

Section 19269.1. - 19269.1. (a) Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover...

Section 19270. - 19270. Upon the filing of such a petition, the court...

ARTICLE 7 - Suspension and Revocation of Permits

Section 19271. - 19271. The bureau may, at the request of any household...

Section 19272. - 19272. Upon the suspension of a permit, the bureau shall...

Section 19273. - 19273. Upon the termination of the period of suspension, the...

Section 19274. - 19274. A permit shall remain in effect until suspended or...

Section 19274.1. - 19274.1. (a) The bureau shall only authorize a sale, lease,...

Section 19275. - 19275. (a) The bureau may suspend the permit of any...

Section 19275.1. - 19275.1. (a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by...

Section 19275.2. - 19275.2. (a) (1) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from...

Section 19276. - 19276. After the cancellation or revocation of a permit or...

ARTICLE 8 - Fines and Penalties

Section 19277. - 19277. (a) Every household mover and every officer, director, agent,...

Section 19277.1. - 19277.1. Every household mover, and every officer, director, agent, or...

Section 19278. - 19278. Every corporation or person other than a household mover,...

Section 19279. - 19279. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every household...

Section 19279.1. - 19279.1. Whenever the bureau finds that any person or corporation...

Section 19279.2. - 19279.2. Every corporation or person other than a household mover...

Section 19279.3. - 19279.3. Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues,...

Section 19280. - 19280. Every household mover that falsifies permit status, membership in...

Section 19281. - 19281. Every violation of the provisions of this chapter or...

Section 19282. - 19282. All remedies and penalties accruing under this chapter are...

Section 19283. - 19283. Fines not paid to the bureau within the specified...

Section 19283.1. - 19283.1. (a) The bureau shall ensure that this chapter is...

Section 19283.2. - 19283.2. All fines recovered by the bureau pursuant to this...

Section 19284. - 19284. (a) Whenever a written notice to appear has been...

ARTICLE 9 - Household Movers Uniform Business Permit Fee Act

Section 19285. - 19285. This article may be cited as the Household Movers...

Section 19286. - 19286. An adequate transportation system is essential to the welfare...

Section 19287. - 19287. On and after the effective date of this article,...

Section 19288. - 19288. (a) On and after the effective date of this...

Section 19288.1. - 19288.1. Until the adoption of fees by the bureau pursuant...

Section 19288.2. - 19288.2. (a) If a household mover is in default on...

Section 19289. - 19289. (a) Any person who submits to the bureau a...

Section 19290. - 19290. (a) Permits issued under this chapter expire two years...

Section 19292. - 19292. The employees, representatives, auditors, and inspectors of the bureau...

Section 19293. - 19293. (a) The bureau may establish rules and regulations as...

ARTICLE 10 - Operative Date

Section 19294. - 19294. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2018....