California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 8.5 - Locksmiths

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6980. - 6980. The following terms as used in this chapter have...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 6980.1. - 6980.1. There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the...

Section 6980.2. - 6980.2. The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau...

Section 6980.3. - 6980.3. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 6980.4. - 6980.4. The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this...

Section 6980.5. - 6980.5. It shall be the duty of the chief to...

Section 6980.6. - 6980.6. (a) Every power and duty granted to, or imposed...

Section 6980.7. - 6980.7. (a) The director may adopt and enforce rules and...

Section 6980.8. - 6980.8. The chief or his or her designee may inspect,...

Section 6980.9. - 6980.9. It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 6980.10. - 6980.10. (a) No person shall engage within this state in...

Section 6980.12. - 6980.12. This chapter does not apply to the following persons:...

Section 6980.13. - 6980.13. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this...

Section 6980.14. - 6980.14. (a) The superior court in and for the county...

Section 6980.15. - 6980.15. No person engaged in performing any service requiring a...

ARTICLE 4 - Licenses

Section 6980.17. - 6980.17. (a) An application for a locksmith license shall be...

Section 6980.18. - 6980.18. (a) Each individual applicant, each partner of a partnership,...

Section 6980.19. - 6980.19. If the applicant for a license is an individual,...

Section 6980.20. - 6980.20. If the applicant for a license is a partnership,...

Section 6980.21. - 6980.21. (a) If the applicant for a license is a...

Section 6980.22. - 6980.22. No new or original license shall be issued to...

Section 6980.23. - 6980.23. The chief shall issue a pocket identification card to...

Section 6980.24. - 6980.24. The director shall issue a license, the form and...

Section 6980.25. - 6980.25. If an applicant fails to complete his or her...

Section 6980.26. - 6980.26. (a) Each locksmith license, together with the current renewal...

Section 6980.27. - 6980.27. Every locksmith license shall expire at 12 midnight of...

Section 6980.28. - 6980.28. A locksmith license not renewed within three years following...

Section 6980.29. - 6980.29. A suspended locksmith license is subject to expiration and...

Section 6980.30. - 6980.30. A locksmith whose license has been canceled pursuant to...

Section 6980.31. - 6980.31. No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 6980.32. - 6980.32. Every licensee shall notify the bureau, in writing, within...

Section 6980.33. - 6980.33. A licensee, or a partner or officer of a...

ARTICLE 5 - Licensed and Registered Locations

Section 6980.34. - 6980.34. (a) Every application for a locksmith license in which...

Section 6980.35. - 6980.35. A licensee desiring to operate a locksmith business at...

Section 6980.37. - 6980.37. A licensee who maintains or proposes to maintain a...

Section 6980.38. - 6980.38. An application for a branch office registration under this...

Section 6980.39. - 6980.39. An application for a branch office registration shall include:...

Section 6980.40. - 6980.40. Upon receipt of the application for a branch office...

Section 6980.41. - 6980.41. Every branch office registration issued under this chapter shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Registration of Employees

Section 6980.42. - 6980.42. (a) Within seven days after commencing employment, any employee...

Section 6980.43. - 6980.43. The application for registration under this article shall be...

Section 6980.44. - 6980.44. The application shall be verified and shall include the...

Section 6980.45. - 6980.45. The bureau, upon receipt of a criminal offense record...

Section 6980.46. - 6980.46. (a) If the chief determines that an applicant’s criminal...

Section 6980.47. - 6980.47. If the director determines that continued employment of an...

Section 6980.48. - 6980.48. (a) Upon determining that the applicant is qualified for...

Section 6980.49. - 6980.49. A licensee shall at all times be responsible for...

Section 6980.50. - 6980.50. (a) All registrations shall be placed on a cyclical...

ARTICLE 7 - Conduct of Business

Section 6980.53. - 6980.53. A locksmith licensed by the bureau shall be subject...

Section 6980.54. - 6980.54. (a) A locksmith licensed by the bureau shall be...

Section 6980.55. - 6980.55. (a) Any locksmith who knowingly and willfully opens any...

Section 6980.58. - 6980.58. A licensee shall at all times be responsible for...

Section 6980.59. - 6980.59. (a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30...

Section 6980.60. - 6980.60. No licensee or employee shall conduct business from any...

Section 6980.61. - 6980.61. No licensee shall conduct a business as an individual,...

Section 6980.62. - 6980.62. (a) Each licensee shall maintain a file or record...

Section 6980.63. - 6980.63. Within seven days, each licensee shall verify proof of...

Section 6980.64. - 6980.64. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising...

Section 6980.65. - 6980.65. No licensee or person shall aid and abet an...

Section 6980.68. - 6980.68. No licensee shall willfully or deliberately disregard any building...

Section 6980.69. - 6980.69. No licensee shall fail in any material respect to...

ARTICLE 8 - Disciplinary Proceedings and Administrative Citations

Section 6980.71. - 6980.71. (a) The director may deny a license or registration...

Section 6980.72. - 6980.72. (a) When considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of...

Section 6980.73. - 6980.73. (a) The license or registration of a locksmith shall...

Section 6980.74. - 6980.74. (a) The bureau may suspend or revoke a license...

Section 6980.75. - 6980.75. A record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof,...

Section 6980.76. - 6980.76. The proceedings of the bureau to deny a license...

Section 6980.77. - 6980.77. Notwithstanding any other law, the failure of any person...

ARTICLE 9 - Revenue

Section 6980.79. - 6980.79. The fees prescribed by this chapter are those fixed...

Section 6980.80. - 6980.80. The initial application fee is considered an earned fee...

Section 6980.81. - 6980.81. (a) The bureau shall report each month to the...

Section 6980.82. - 6980.82. The director shall furnish one copy of the licensing...

Section 6980.83. - 6980.83. Application or licensee fees shall not be refunded except...

Section 6980.84. - 6980.84. (a) There shall be a separate budget and expenditure...

ARTICLE 10 - Review

Section 6981. - 6981. Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of...