This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the Contractors' State License Law....

Nothing in this code shall be interpreted to prohibit cities, counties, and cities and counties from requiring contractors to show proof that they are in compliance with local...

(a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Contractors' State License Board, which consists of 15 members. (b) The repeal of this section renders the board subject to...

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Contractors' State License Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection...

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Contractors' State License Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection...

All members of the board, except the public members, shall be contractors actively engaged in the contracting business, have been so engaged for a period of not less than five years...

(a) One member of the board shall be a general engineering contractor, two members shall be general building contractors, two members shall be specialty contractors, one member shall be...

Except as otherwise provided, an appointment to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office shall be for a term of four years and shall be filled, except for a vacancy...

The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty....

The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty....

The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter for the purpose of transacting business as may properly come before it. Special meetings of the board may be held at times as...

Eight members constitute a quorum at a board meeting. Due notice of each meeting and the time and place thereof shall be given each member in the manner provided by the bylaws....

The board may appoint such committees and make such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall be...

Any member or committee of the board may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the board....

The board is vested with all functions and duties relating to the administration of this chapter, except those functions and duties vested in the director under the provisions of Division...

The board by and with the approval of the director shall appoint a registrar of contractors and fix his or her compensation. The registrar shall be the executive officer and secretary of...

The registrar shall not assess a civil penalty against a licensed contractor who has been assessed a specified civil penalty by the Labor Commissioner under Section 1020 or 1022 of the...

(a) Notwithstanding Section 7011, there is in the Contractors' State License Board, a separate enforcement unit which shall rigorously enforce this chapter prohibiting all forms...

Persons employed as investigators of the Special Investigations Unit of the Contractors' State License Board and designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs have the authority of peace...

(a) The registrar shall review and investigate complaints filed in a manner consistent with this chapter and the Budget Act. It is the intent of the Legislature that complaints be...

(a) Any person who reports to, or causes a complaint to be filed with, the Contractors' State License Board that a person licensed by that entity has engaged in professional...

The registrar, with the approval of the board and the director, may, when funds are available, cooperate in the enforcement of governmental legislation relating to the construction...

The board may in its discretion review and sustain or reverse by a majority vote any action or decision of the registrar. This section shall apply to any action, decision, order,...

In all application, citation, or disciplinary proceedings pursuant to this chapter and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part...

The board may procure equipment and records necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter....

The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. The seal shall have the words Contractors' State License Board, State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, and the care...

Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....

The Contractors' State License Board shall report annually to the Legislature, not later than October 1 of each year, the following statistical information for the prior fiscal year....

(n) Case aging data, including data for each major stage of the enforcement process, including the following: (1) The average number of days from the filing of a complaint to its closure by...

(4) The average number of days from the referral of a completed investigation to the Attorney General to the filing of an accusation by the Attorney General. (5) The average number of days...

By the close of the first business day of each week, the board shall post the following home improvement salesperson registration information on its Web site: (a) The earliest enrolled date...

By the close of the first business day of each week, the board shall post the following home improvement salesperson registration information on its Web site: (a) The earliest enrolled date of...

(a) The board shall prescribe a form entitled Notice to Owner which shall state: Under the California Mechanics' Lien Law, any contractor, subcontractor, laborer, supplier, or other...

(a) If funding is made available for that purpose, the board may contract with licensed professionals, as appropriate, for the site investigation of consumer complaints. (b) The board...

The board shall contract for a feasibility study relating to the development of a system for joint enforcement actions with respect to contractors by the board, the Department...

The board shall maintain a computerized enforcement tracking system for consumer complaints....

The board shall conduct the following studies and reviews, and shall report to the department and the Legislature no later than October 1, 2001. (a) The board shall conduct a...

Person as used in this chapter includes an individual, a firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or any combination of any thereof....

Contractor, for the purposes of this chapter, is synonymous with builder and, within the meaning of this chapter, a contractor is any person who undertakes to or offers to undertake...

The term contractor includes: (a) Any person not exempt under Section 7053 who maintains or services air-conditioning, heating, or refrigeration equipment that is a fixed part of...

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, contractor includes any person engaged in the business of the construction, installation, alteration, repair, or preparation for moving of a mobilehome...

For the purpose of this chapter, contractor includes any person who installs or contracts for the installation of carpet wherein the carpet is attached to the structure by...

The installation of a fire protection system, excluding an electrical alarm system, shall be performed only by a contractor holding a fire protection contractor classification as defined...

Any person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device after the effective date of this section which would indicate to the public that he or she is a contractor, or who...

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to advertise for construction or work of improvement covered by this chapter unless that person holds a valid license under this chapter in...

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person not licensed pursuant to this chapter may advertise for construction work or work of improvement covered by this...

Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who willfully and intentionally uses, with intent to defraud, a contractor's license number that does not correspond to the number on a...

(a) It is a cause for discipline for any contractor to advertise that he or she is insured or has insurance without identifying in the advertisement the type of insurance,...

(a) A landscape contractor working within the classification for which the license is issued may design systems or facilities for work to be performed and supervised by that contractor. ...

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor within this state without having a license therefor, unless the person...

It is a misdemeanor for any contractor to perform or engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, without certification pursuant to Section 7058.5 of...

A criminal complaint pursuant to this chapter may be brought by the Attorney General or by the district attorney or prosecuting attorney of any city, in any county in the state...

In addition to all other remedies, when it appears to the registrar, either upon complaint or otherwise, that a licensee has engaged in, or is engaging in, any act, practice, or...

In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 7028.3, on proper showing by (1) a licensed contractor, or an association of contractors, (2) a consumer affected by the violation, (3)...

It is unlawful for any person who is or has been a member, officer, director or responsible managing officer of a licensed copartnership, corporation, firm, association or other...

The Registrar of Contractors is hereby empowered to issue citations containing orders of abatement and civil penalties against persons acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business...

If upon inspection or investigation, either upon complaint or otherwise, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a person is acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business...

Service of a citation issued under Section 7028.7 may be made by certified mail at the last known business address or residence address of the person cited....

A citation under Section 7028.7 shall be issued by the registrar within four years after the act or omission that is the basis for the citation....

Any person served with a citation under Section 7028.7 may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days after service of the citation with respect to violations alleged, scope of the...

If within 15 working days after service of the citation, the person cited fails to notify the registrar that he or she intends to appeal the citation, the citation shall be deemed a final...

If the person cited under Section 7028.7 timely notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest the citation, the registrar shall afford an opportunity for a hearing. The...

(a) After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Sections 7028.10 to 7028.12, inclusive, the registrar may apply to the appropriate superior court for a judgment in the amount of...

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the registrar may waive part of the civil penalty if the person against whom the civil penalty is assessed satisfactorily completes...

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to submit a bid to a public agency in order to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor within this state without having...

Any person who engages in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor, without having a license therefor, in connection with the offer or performance of repairs to a...

(a) The failure of an unlicensed individual to comply with a citation after it is final is a misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding Section 1462.5 or 1463 of the Penal Code or any other provision...

A joint venture license is a license issued to any combination of individuals, corporations, partnerships, or other joint ventures, each of which holds a current, active license in good standing....

(a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful for any two or more licensees, each of whom has been issued a license to act separately in the capacity of a contractor within this...

Every plumbing contractor, electrical sign contractor, and well-drilling contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed on each side of each motor vehicle used in his or...

Except for contractors identified in Section 7029.5, every contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed, in or on each motor vehicle used in his or her construction business,...

(a) Every person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include the following statement in at least 10-point type on all written contracts with respect to which the person is a...

(a) A contractor, who has his or her license suspended or revoked two or more times within an eight-year period, shall disclose either in capital letters in 10-point roman boldface type...

Every person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include his license number in: (a) all construction contracts; (b) subcontracts and calls for bid; and (c) all forms of...

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), no person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor, may bring or maintain any action, or recover in law or equity in any...

Each county or city which requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition or repair of any building or structure...

Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of a city or county to regulate the quality and character of installations made by contractors through a system of permits and inspections...

Every city or city and county which requires the issuance of a business license as a condition precedent to engaging, within the city or city and county, in a business which is subject...

(a) No contractor who is required to be licensed under this chapter shall insert in any contract, or be a party, with a subcontractor who is licensed under this chapter to any...

(a) This chapter does not apply to an authorized representative of the United States government, the State of California, or any incorporated town, city, county, irrigation district,...

This chapter does not apply to officers of a court when they are acting within the scope of their office....

This chapter does not apply to public utilities operating under the regulation of the State Railroad Commission on construction, maintenance and development work incidental to their own business....

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, gas, heat, or electrical corporations and their subsidiaries that are regulated as public utilities by the Public...

This chapter does not apply to public utilities operating under the regulation of the Public Utilities Commission on construction, maintenance, and development work incidental to their own...

This chapter does not apply to any construction, repair or operation incidental to the discovering or producing of petroleum or gas, or the drilling, testing, abandoning or other operation...

This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) An owner of property, building or improving structures thereon, or appurtenances thereto, who does the work himself or herself...

This chapter does not apply to a real estate licensee acting within the course and scope of his or her license pursuant to the Real Estate Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000)...

This chapter does not apply to an admitted surety insurer whenever that surety insurer engages a contractor to undertake the completion of a contract on which a performance or completion...

This chapter does not apply to the sale or installation of any finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that do not become a fixed part of the structure, nor shall it apply...

This chapter does not apply to any construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of personal property. The term personal property shall not include mobilehomes or...

(a) This chapter does not apply to any work or operation on one undertaking or project by one or more contracts, the aggregate contract price which for labor, materials, and all other items,...

This chapter does not apply to any construction or operation incidental to the construction and repair of irrigation and drainage ditches of regularly constituted irrigation...

This chapter does not apply to a licensed architect or a registered civil or professional engineer acting solely in his or her professional capacity or to a licensed structural...

This chapter does not apply to any person who only furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of the contractor....

Except as provided in Article 10 (commencing with Section 7150), this chapter does not apply to any person who engages in the activities herein regulated as an employee who receives wages...

This chapter does not apply to any person who performs work in the installation, maintenance, monitoring, selling, alteration, or servicing of alarm systems, as defined in subdivision (n)...

The licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to any person registered under Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 9800) if that person's activities consist only of...

For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes any or all of the following branches: (a) General engineering contracting. (b) General building contracting. ...

A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including...

(a) Except as provided in this section, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be...

(a) A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations involve the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the...

(a) No contractor shall engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, which involves 100 square feet or more of surface area of asbestos...

(a) The board shall not issue an asbestos certification, as required by Section 7058.5, unless the contractor is registered with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the...

(a) No contractor may engage in a removal or remedial action, as defined in subdivision (d), unless the qualifier for the license has passed an approved hazardous...

The board shall make available to the public upon request information about contracting for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos-containing materials in a building including all...

(a) The board may adopt reasonably necessary rules and regulations to effect the classification of contractors in a manner consistent with established usage and procedure as found...

(a) A licensee shall not use any business name that indicates the licensee is qualified to perform work in classifications other than those issued for that license, or any business name that...

Under rules and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the director, the registrar shall investigate, classify, and qualify applicants for contractors' licenses by...

Notwithstanding Section 7065, no trade examination shall be required of an applicant for the limited specialty license classification....

(a) The board shall periodically review and, if needed, revise the contents of qualifying examinations to insure that the examination questions are timely and relevant to the business...

Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor's license under any of the following circumstances: (a) The qualifying individual has, for five of...

Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor's license if the applicant has previously held a valid contractor's license in this state and has been...

Notwithstanding Section 7065, upon a conclusive showing by a licensee that he or she possesses experience satisfactory to the registrar in the classification applied for,...

The registrar may accept the qualifications of an applicant who is licensed as a contractor in a similar classification in another state if that state accepts the qualifications of...

No license shall be issued to a minor, nor to any copartnership a member of which is a minor, nor to any corporation any officer, director or responsible managing employee of which is a minor,...

To obtain an original license, an applicant shall submit to the registrar an application in writing containing the statement that the applicant desires the issuance of a license under...

Any person may obtain blank license application, renewal, or reinstatement forms from the Department of Consumer Affairs, or may cause to be printed forms used by or approved by the...

Every applicant for an original license, or for the reactivation of an inactive license, or for the reissuance or reinstatement of a revoked license shall possess and every such applicant, other...

Every application form for an original license, for renewal thereof, for reinstatement or for reissuance, including both active and inactive licenses, shall be signed by both the applicant...

(a) The board shall require an applicant to show such degree of knowledge and experience in the classification applied for, and such general knowledge of the building, safety, health, and...

The person qualifying on behalf of an individual or firm under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 7068 shall be responsible for exercising that direct supervision...

If the responsible managing officer or responsible managing employee disassociates from the licensed entity, the licensee, or the qualifier shall notify the registrar in writing, and...

It is a misdemeanor for any person other than the examinee named in the application to take the qualifying examination on behalf of an applicant for a contractor's license....

Any person who obtains and provides for another the qualifying examination, or any part thereof, when not authorized to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor....

(a) An applicant, and each officer, director, partner, associate and responsible managing employee thereof, shall not have committed acts or crimes that are grounds for denial of...

An applicant shall show that he or she has never been denied a license or had a license revoked for reasons that would preclude the granting of the license applied for. Where the board...

No license shall be issued to a corporation, copartnership, or other combination or organization if any responsible officer or director of such corporation, or other combination...

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a current valid license under this chapter who has entered or enters the armed forces of the United States may...

The contractor's bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety in favor of the State of California, in a form acceptable to the registrar and filed with the registrar...

(a) The board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee file or...

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the registrar shall accept a bond required by Section 7071.6, 7071.8, or 7071.9 as of the effective date shown on the bond, if the bond is...

(a) This section applies to an application for a license, for renewal or restoration of a license, an application to change officers of a corporation, or for continued valid use of a...

(a) If the qualifying individual, as referred to in Sections 7068 and 7068.1, is not either the proprietor, a general partner, or joint licensee, he or she shall file or have on file...

(a) The qualifying individual's bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety insurer in favor of the State of California, in a form acceptable to the registrar...

(a) A copy of the complaint in a civil action commenced by a person claiming against a bond required by this article shall be served by registered or certified mail upon the registrar by...

Instead of the bond provided by this article a deposit may be given pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 995.710) of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure....

Any reference by a contractor in his advertising, soliciting, or other presentments to the public to any bond required to be filed pursuant to this chapter is a ground for the suspension of...

No licensee or applicant for a license under this chapter shall be denied a contractor's license bond solely because of his race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, or...

If a licensee fails to maintain a sufficient bond required by this article, the license is subject to suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 996.020 of the Code of Civil Procedure....

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall require, as a condition precedent to accepting an application for licensure, renewal, reinstatement, or to change officers...

Following receipt of the application fee and an application furnishing complete information in the manner required by the registrar, and after such examination and investigation as he...

(a) Upon the issuance of a license, a plasticized pocket card of a size, design, and content as may be determined by the registrar shall be issued at no cost to each licensee, or to...

The registrar may deny any application where the applicant has failed to comply with any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or where there are grounds for denial under...

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an application for an original license, for an additional classification or for a change of qualifier shall become void when: (1) The...

The license shall be displayed in the licensee's main office or chief place of business. Satisfactory evidence of the possession of a license and the current renewal thereof shall be provided...

(a) No license, regardless of type or classification, shall be transferable to any other person or entity under any circumstances. (b) A license number may be reissued...

(a) An individual license shall be canceled upon the death of a person licensed as an individual. An immediate member of the family of the deceased licensee may request a continuance...

Upon the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee, the registrar shall order the license canceled. Cancellation will be effected upon receipt of the request by the registrar....

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the failure of a contractor licensed to do business as a corporation in this state to be registered and in good standing with the Secretary...

(a) A contractor may inactivate his or her license by submitting a form prescribed by the registrar accompanied by the current active license certificate. When the current license certificate...

Every original license, except an additional classification issued pursuant to Section 7059, shall be a probationary license until such time as the license is renewed. If information is...

When an application has been accepted by the registrar, the name and address of the applicant, every classification for which the applicant has applied, and the names and titles of...

Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar shall publish a list of the names and addresses of contractors, registered under this chapter and of the licenses issued,...

Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar may publish and disseminate to licentiates of the board, and public officials or other persons interested in or allied with...

All licensees shall notify the registrar in writing within 90 days of any change to information recorded under this chapter. This notification requirement shall include, but not be...

Any licensee whose license is expired, canceled, or inactive, shall notify the registrar in writing of any change of address of record within 90 days, and shall maintain a current address of...

The registrar, with the approval of the director may adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this article....

(a) After investigating any verified complaint alleging a violation of Section 7107, 7109, 7110, 7113, 7119, or 7120, and any complaint arising from a contract involving works of...

An arbitrator may render an award and that award shall be deemed to be an order of the registrar....

Once the registrar determines that arbitration pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7085 would be a suitable means of resolving the dispute, the registrar shall notify the complainant...

(a) For cases that the registrar determines to refer to arbitration under subdivision (a) of Section 7085, once the complainant and the licensee authorize the registrar to...

Arbitrations of disputes arising out of cases filed with or by the board shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules: (a) All agreements to arbitrate shall include...

(a) (1) The failure of a licensee to comply with an arbitration award rendered under this article shall result in the automatic suspension of a license by operation of law. (2) The...

A complainant may enforce an arbitrator's award in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1285) of Title 9 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure....

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a complaint referred to arbitration pursuant to Section 7085 is not subject to disclosure to the public until such time as an investigation...

The registrar may upon his or her own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any applicant, contractor, or home...

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the failure to pay a civil penalty, or to comply with an order of correction or an order to pay a specified sum to an injured party in lieu...

In the event a licensee commits a fraudulent act which is a ground for disciplinary action under Section 7116 of this article, the correction of any condition resulting from such act shall...

(a) A complaint against a licensee alleging commission of any patent acts or omissions that may be grounds for legal action shall be filed in writing with the registrar within four years...

The decision may: (a) Provide for the immediate complete suspension by the licensee of all operations as a contractor during the period fixed by the decision. (b) Permit the licensee...

For the purposes of this chapter, the term licensee shall include an individual, copartnership, corporation, joint venture, or any combination or organization licensed under this...

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been suspended by a decision of the registrar pursuant to an accusation or pursuant to subdivision (b)...

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been revoked under the provisions of this chapter, any additional license issued under this chapter in the...

If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, or an applicant for a license under this chapter, has committed any acts or omissions which are...

The board shall promulgate regulations covering the formulation of an order of correction which gives due consideration to the time required to correct and the practical feasibility of correction....

(a) The board shall promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article which give due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect...

Any licensee or applicant for licensure served with a citation pursuant to Section 7099, may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days from service of the citation with respect...

If within 15 working days from service of the citation issued by the registrar, the licensee or applicant for licensure fails to notify the registrar that he or she intends to...

If a licensee or applicant for licensure notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest a citation issued under Section 7099, the registrar shall afford an opportunity for a hearing....

(a) The failure of a licensee to comply with a citation after it is final is a ground for suspension or revocation of license. (b) The failure of an applicant for licensure to comply...

No order for payment of a civil penalty shall be made against any bond required pursuant to Sections 7071.5 to 7071.8....

(a) If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, an applicant for a license, or an unlicensed individual acting in the capacity of a contractor who...

(a) No person shall advertise, as that term is defined in Section 7027.1, to promote his or her services for the removal of asbestos unless he or she is certified to engage...

In any proceeding for review by a court, the court may in its discretion, upon the filing of a proper bond by the licensee in an amount to be fixed by the court, but not less than...

After suspension of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this chapter, the registrar may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the contractor with all provisions...

The revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action of a license to act as a contractor by another state shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action in this state if the individual...

When the board resolves a complaint, the board shall notify the complainant in writing of its action and the reasons for taking that action. The board shall provide the same notice in...

The suspension or revocation of license as in this chapter provided may also be embraced in any action otherwise proper in any court involving the licensee's performance of his legal...

The expiration, cancellation, forfeiture, or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the registrar or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by...

Abandonment without legal excuse of any construction project or operation engaged in or undertaken by the licensee as a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary action....

Diversion of funds or property received for prosecution or completion of a specific construction project or operation, or for a specified purpose in the prosecution or completion...

A prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontractor, not later than 10 days of receipt of each progress payment, unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the...

A licensed contractor is required to pay all transportation charges submitted by a duly authorized motor carrier of property in dump truck equipment by the 20th day following the last day...

(a) A willful departure in any material respect from accepted trade standards for good and workmanlike construction constitutes a cause for disciplinary action, unless the departure was...

Violation of any safety provision in, or authorized by, Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of the Labor Code resulting in death or serious injury to an employee constitutes a...

Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of Section 8505 or 8556 of this code, or of Sections 1689.5...

The requiring of an execution of release of any claim or the causing of the execution of any such release in violation of Section 206.5 of the Labor Code is a cause for disciplinary action....

Upon receipt of a certified copy of the Labor Commissioner' s finding of a willful or deliberate violation of the Labor Code by a licensee, pursuant to Section 98.9 of the Labor Code,...

(a) Failure to make and keep records showing all contracts, documents, records, receipts, and disbursements by a licensee of all of his or her transactions as a contractor, and failure to...

The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee to respond to a written request of the registrar to cooperate in the investigation of a complaint against that licensee constitutes a...

Omission or misrepresentation of a material fact by an applicant or a licensee in obtaining, or renewing a license, or in adding a classification to an existing license constitutes a...

Any classification that has been added to an existing license record as a result of an applicant or licensee omitting or misrepresenting a material fact shall be expunged from the...

Failure in a material respect on the part of a licensee to complete any construction project or operation for the price stated in the contract for such construction project or operation or...

The avoidance or settlement by a licensee for less than their full amount of the lawful obligations of such licensee incurred as a contractor, whether by (a) composition,...

Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to evade the provisions of this chapter or combining or conspiring with an unlicensed person, or allowing one's license to be used by an unlicensed person,...

Any licensee whose signature appears on a falsified certificate in support of an examinee's experience qualifications, or otherwise certifying to false or misleading experience claims...

Failure in any material respect to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or to comply with the provisions of Section 7106...

The doing of any wilful or fraudulent act by the licensee as a contractor in consequence of which another is substantially injured constitutes a cause for disciplinary action....

It is a cause for discipline for a licensee to do any of the following: (a) Engage in any conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert an investigation of the board. (b) Threaten or...

Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license issued hereunder except: (a) in the name of the licensee as set forth upon the license, or (b) in accordance with the personnel...

(a) Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license which has been made inactive, as provided in Section 7076.5, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action. (b) Acting in the...

Acting in the capacity of a contractor in a classification other than that currently held by the licensee constitutes a cause for disciplinary action....

Entering into a contract with a contractor while such contractor is not licensed as provided in this chapter constitutes a cause for disciplinary action....

(a) If a contractor has made an inspection for the purpose of determining the presence of asbestos or the need for related remedial action with knowledge that the report has been required...

Any contractor, applicant for licensure, or person required to be licensed, who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters into a contract with...

Any contractor who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters into a contract with another person who is required to be, and is not certified...

Wilful failure or refusal without legal excuse on the part of a licensee as a contractor to prosecute a construction project or operation with reasonable diligence causing material...

Wilful or deliberate failure by any licensee or agent or officer thereof, to pay any moneys, when due for any materials or services rendered in connection with his operations as a...

Any person who has been denied a license for a reason other than failure to document sufficient satisfactory experience for a supplemental classification for an existing license, or who...

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of any member, officer, director, or associate from the license of any partnership, corporation, firm, or...

Any person who was the qualifying individual on a revoked license, or of a license under suspension, or of a license that was not renewed while it was under suspension, shall be...

The performance by any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or association of any act or omission constituting a cause for disciplinary action, likewise constitutes a cause...

Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of any qualifying partner, responsible managing officer, or responsible managing employee from...

Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provisions of this chapter, the disassociation of any qualifying partner, responsible managing officer, or responsible managing employee from...

The performance by any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or association of any act or omission constituting a cause for disciplinary action, likewise constitutes a cause...

A conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary action. The record of the conviction shall...

If a contractor is convicted of violating Section 396 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar local ordinance in connection with the sale, or offer for sale, of repair...

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the license suspended...

The board shall not make public disclosure of complaints against a licensee except pursuant to a uniform policy if adopted by the Department of Consumer Affairs, after public hearings,...

(a) The registrar shall make available to members of the public the date, nature, and status of all complaints on file against a licensee that do either of the following: (1) Have been...

(a) The board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee have on...

(a) The registrar shall accept a certificate required by Section 7125 as of the effective date shown on the certificate, if the certificate is received by the registrar within 90 days...

The failure of a licensee to obtain or maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage, if required under this chapter, shall result in the automatic suspension of the license by...

A contractor shall be considered duly licensed during all periods in which the registrar is required to accept the certificate prescribed by Section 7125, provided the licensee...

A contractor shall be considered duly licensed during all periods in which the registrar is required to accept the certificate prescribed by Section 7125, provided the licensee has...

The filing of statement or exemption certificate prescribed by this article that is false, or the employment of a person subject to coverage under the workers' compensation laws after the...

Any licensee or agent or officer thereof, who violates, or omits to comply with, any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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(a) The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter shall be deposited in the Contractors' License Fund. All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of this...

It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year the board shall designate, if appropriated in the Budget Act and to the extent that it does not conflict with the control language...

The director shall designate a sum not to exceed 10 percent of the total income of the Contractors' State License Board for each fiscal year to be transferred to the Consumer Affairs Fund...

The board shall set fees by regulation. These fees shall not exceed the following schedule: (a) The application fee for an original license in a single classification shall not be more...

The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be transferred from the Contractors' License Fund to the Controller for the exclusive use of the California Uniform Construction...

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any fee paid in connection with any service or application covered by Section 7137 shall accrete to the Contractors' License Fund as an earned...

Notwithstanding Section 7137, the board shall fix fees to be collected pursuant to that section in order to generate revenues sufficient to maintain the board's reserve fund at a level not...

This article shall be known as the Construction Management Education Sponsorship Act of 1991....

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a demand and increasing need for construction management education programs and resources within...

(a) There is hereby created the Construction Management Education Account (CMEA) as a separate account in the Contractors' License Fund for the purposes of construction management...

(a) The board may award grants to qualified public postsecondary educational institutions for the support of courses of study in construction management. (b) Any organization of contractors,...

Qualified public postsecondary educational institutions shall provide postsecondary construction management programs at the baccalaureate or higher level that either award or provide one...

Grants shall be made pursuant to this article to public postsecondary educational institutions that meet the qualifications specified in Section 7139. 4 in the following amounts: (a)...

(a) The grants issued pursuant to Sections 7139.3 and 7139.5 may be used for all of the following: (1) Instructional materials and support, equipment, curriculum development, and delivery. ...

The board shall report to the Legislature annually on the condition of the grant program and shall include in the report the names of the public postsecondary educational institutions...

The president of each public postsecondary educational institution receiving a grant under this article shall submit, with its respective request for a grant each year following the initial year...

The board may allocate up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per year from the Construction Management Education Account for the administration of this article....

It is the intent of the Legislature that state funding for the grants authorized to be awarded under this section be provided only from the Contractors' License Fund to the extent that...

All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire two years from the last day of the month in which the license is issued, or two years from the date on which...

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an application for renewal on a...

The registrar may grant the retroactive renewal of a license if the licensee requests the retroactive renewal in a petition to the registrar, files an application for renewal on a...

A license that is suspended for any reason which constitutes a basis for suspension under this chapter, is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter, but...

A person who, by reason of the provisions of Section 7141, is not entitled to renew his license, may apply for and obtain a new license only if he pays all of the fees and meets all...

A revoked license shall be considered as having expired as of the date of revocation and shall not be renewed. To reinstate a revoked license a licensee may apply for reinstatement of...

The registrar may refuse to renew a license for the failure or refusal by the licensee to complete the renewal application prescribed by the registrar. If a licensee fails to...

(a) The registrar may refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license or may suspend a license for the failure of a licensee to resolve all outstanding final liabilities, which...

Person as used in this article is limited to natural persons, notwithstanding the definition of person in Section 7025....

A home improvement contractor, including a swimming pool contractor, is a contractor as defined and licensed under this chapter who is engaged in the business of home improvement either full...

Home improvement means the repairing, remodeling, altering, converting, or modernizing of, or adding to, residential property and shall include, but not be limited to, the...

Home improvement contract means an agreement, whether oral or written, or contained in one or more documents, between a contractor and an owner or between a contractor and a...

(a) Home improvement salesperson is a person employed by a home improvement contractor licensed under this chapter to solicit, sell, negotiate, or execute contracts for home improvements,...

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage in the occupation of salesperson for one or more home improvement contractors within this state without having a registration issued...

(a) The home improvement salesperson shall submit to the registrar an application in writing containing the statement that he or she desires the issuance of a registration under the terms...

All registrations issued under the provisions of this article shall expire on a date established pursuant to Section 152.6....

(a) To renew a registration, the registrant shall before the time at which the registration would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the registrar and pay a...

A home improvement contractor who employs a person to sell home improvement contracts while such person is not registered by the registrar as a home improvement salesman as provided...

Violation of any provision of this chapter by a home improvement salesman constitutes cause for disciplinary action. The registrar may suspend or revoke the registration of the...

Violations of any provisions of this chapter by a home improvement salesperson, likewise constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against the contractor, whether or not he or she had...

It shall be a misdemeanor and a cause for disciplinary action to commit any of the following acts: (a) For any salesperson to fail to account for or to remit to his or her employing...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), as a part of or in connection with the inducement to enter into any home improvement contract or other contract, which may be performed...

(a) Any person who shall accept or receive a completion certificate or other evidence that performance of a contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home...

This section applies only to home improvement contracts, as defined in Section 7151.2, between a contractor, whether a general contractor or a specialty contractor, who is licensed or...

In any contract for the sale of home improvement goods or services offered by door-to-door sale that contains or is secured by a lien on real property, the contract shall be accompanied...

(a) No home improvement goods or services contract of a value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less shall provide for a security interest in real property, except for a mechanic's lien...

(a) A home improvement contract and an estimate for home improvement work shall be accompanied by and include all of the following: (1) A statement prepared by the board through...

Any person who is induced to contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home improvement, in reliance on false or fraudulent representations or false...

It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage in any of the following acts, the commission of which shall be cause for disciplinary action against any licensee or applicant: (a) Using...

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any representation by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter with respect to a trademark or brand name, quality, or size of any...

(a) No contract for home improvement shall be enforceable against the buyer if the obtaining of a loan for all or a portion of the contract price is a condition precedent to the contract or...

(a) Notwithstanding Section 7044, every contract and any changes in a contract, between an owner and a contractor, for the construction of a single-family dwelling to be retained by the...

The requirements of this section may be substituted for the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 7163 if a swimming pool contract is to be financed...

Under the law, this contract is not enforceable until: (1) A third party agrees to make a loan to finance the construction cost of the swimming pool; (2) You agree to accept the loan; and ...

I/we request that the contractor immediately start construction of the swimming pool. ________Date ______________ Buyer(s) (f) The contractor shall provide the buyer a copy of...

The provisions of Article 10 shall not apply to contracts for the construction of swimming pools to be built for the use and enjoyment of other than a single-family unit upon or...

Any contract the primary purpose of which is the construction of a swimming pool which does not substantially comply with the applicable provisions of subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),...

In any action between a person contracting for construction of a swimming pool and a swimming pool contractor arising out of a contract for swimming pool construction, the court...

(a) No person shall, on or after July 1, 1992, engage in the practice of an asbestos consultant as defined in Section 7181, or as a site surveillance technician as defined in Section 7182,...

When a building owner or operator engages the services of a person to perform asbestos consulting or site surveillance technician activities as defined in Sections 7181 and 7182 after...

An asbestos consultant, as used in this chapter, means any person who contracts to provide professional health and safety services relating to asbestos-containing material, as...

A site surveillance technician means any person who acts as an independent onsite representative of an asbestos consultant who monitors the asbestos abatement activities of...

(a) Within 15 days of receipt of an application for certification pursuant to this article, the division shall inform the applicant in writing either (1) that the application is...

The division shall enforce this article. In the event the division determines that a certified asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician obtained certification under false...

A person shall qualify as a certified asbestos consultant by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having any one of the following: (1) One year of asbestos-related experience, and...

(4) Four years of asbestos-related experience and a high school diploma or its equivalent. (b) Possession of a valid federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (Subchapter II (commencing...

A person shall qualify as a certified site surveillance technician by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having six months of asbestos-related experience under the supervision of...

When a building owner or operator contracts with an asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician for performance of the activities described in Sections 7181 and 7182,...

Any person who engages in the practices of an asbestos consultant or a site surveillance technician, who is not certified pursuant to this article, or who violates Section 7187, is subject to one...

This article shall apply to asbestos abatement projects within the meaning of asbestos-related work as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, and which involves 100 square feet or...

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require agencies of the state to contract with asbestos consultants or site surveillance technicians who are not employees of the state as...

(a) The name or position of a public official may not be used in an advertisement or any promotional material by a person licensed under this chapter, without the written authorization of...

(a) If a contract for work on residential property with four or fewer units contains a provision for arbitration of a dispute between the principals in the transaction, the provision...

If the above provision is included in a printed contract, it shall be set out either in at least 10-point roman boldface type or in contrasting red print in at least 8-point roman boldface type,...