10474. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and regardless of the number of persons aggrieved or parcels of real estate involved in a transaction or the number of judgments against a licensee, the liability of the Consumer Recovery Account shall not exceed the following amounts:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), causes of action which occurred on or after January 1, 1980, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for any one transaction and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for any one licensee.
(b) For applications for payment from the Consumer Recovery Account filed on or after January 1, 2009, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for any one transaction and two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for any one licensee.
(c) When multiple licensed real estate personnel are involved in a transaction and the individual conduct of two or more of the licensees results in a judgment meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 10471, the claimant may seek recovery from the Consumer Recovery Account based on the judgment against any of the licensed real estate personnel, subject to the limitations of this section and subparagraph (E) of paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 10471.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 712, Sec. 26. (SB 706) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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