This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on electronic and appliance repair dealers. It may be cited as the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer...

The following terms as used in this chapter have the meaning expressed in this section: (a) Person includes a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. ...

This chapter does not apply to: (a) Any employee of a service dealer while the employee is engaged in activities within the normal scope of the employer's business. (b) The repair,...

No person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of this code shall be required to register under this chapter if such person's activities are...

No person registered under this chapter shall be required to apply for a license pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) if that person's activities consist only of...

(a) An automobile dealer or manufacturer, licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11700) of Division 5 of the Vehicle Code shall not be required to be registered under...

There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, under the supervision and control of the director. The director shall administer and...

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions....

The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act and Section 159.5, may appoint and fix the compensation of such clerical, inspection, investigation, and auditing personnel as...

The director shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any regulation established hereunder, by any service dealer, whether registered or not, and by any...

The director shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any regulation established hereunder by any service contractor, whether registered or not, and by any...

The director shall have the powers granted to the head of a department by, and shall conform to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of Title...

The director may establish and enforce regulations as may be reasonable for the conduct of service dealers and for the general enforcement of the various provisions of this chapter in...

The director may establish and enforce reasonable regulations for the conduct of service contractors, and for the general enforcement of the various provisions of this chapter in the protection...

Each service dealer shall pay the fee required by this chapter for each place of business and each drop-off location, as defined by bureau regulations, operated by him or her in this...

Each service contractor shall pay the fee required by this chapter for each place of business operated by him or her in this state and shall register with the bureau upon forms prescribed...

Upon receipt of the form properly filled out and receipt of the required fee, the director shall, provided the applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial...

(a) Registrations issued under this chapter shall expire no more than 12 months after the issue date. The expiration date of registrations shall be set by the director in a manner...

(a) Registrations issued under this chapter shall expire no more than 12 months after the issue date. The expiration date of registrations shall be set by the director in a manner...

A registrant shall notify the bureau in writing, within 30 days, of any change to the information provided by the form specified in Section 9830. A service dealer shall not be required...

It shall be unlawful to act as a service dealer without first having registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and unless such registration is currently valid....

(a) The director may refuse to validate, or may invalidate temporarily or permanently the registration of a service dealer for any of the following acts or omissions done by himself or...

All work done by a service dealer shall be recorded on an invoice in such detail as is required by regulations issued by the director and shall describe all service work done and...

The service dealer shall return replaced parts to the customer excepting such parts as may be exempted from this requirement by regulations of the director and excepting such parts as the...

An initial written estimate for the cost of repair shall be given to the customer before performing any repairs. The written estimate shall include all costs for parts and labor, and...

The charge for the installation of any equipment subject to the requirements of this chapter shall be given to the customer in writing prior to making the installation. Whenever the...

No lien or other right to maintain possession of the equipment pending payment of charges for repair or installation, including those arising from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3046) of...

A service dealer may not make the compensation of any employee, partner, officer, or member dependent upon the value of parts replaced in any equipment by, or with the consent of,...

The use of guarantee and words of like import shall conform to the regulations adopted by the director....

Each service dealer shall maintain all records that are required by the regulations adopted to carry out the provisions of this chapter for a period of at least three years. These...

Each service contractor shall maintain those records as are required by the regulations adopted to carry out the provisions of this chapter for a period of at least three years....

All proceedings to refuse to validate and temporarily or permanently to invalidate a registration shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of...

The expiration of a valid registration shall not deprive the director of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation or hearing on a cease and desist order against a service dealer...

The expiration of a valid registration shall not deprive the director of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation or hearing on a cease and desist order against a service dealer or to...

Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations made pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding...

The superior court in and for the county wherein any person carries on, or attempts to carry on, business as a service dealer or service contractor in violation of the provisions of this...

The superior court in and for the county wherein any person carries on, or attempts to carry on, business as a service dealer in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or...

No person required to have a valid registration under the provisions of this chapter shall have the benefit of any lien for labor or materials or the right to sue on a contract for...

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a service dealer...

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a service dealer is...

The definitions used in this section shall govern the construction and terms as used in this chapter: (a) (1) Service contract means a contract in writing to perform, over a fixed period...

On and after January 1, 2000, for the purposes of this chapter, service contract also includes a service contract as described in subdivision (e) of Section 12741 of the Insurance Code....

It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a service contractor in this state unless that person first registers with the bureau in accordance with the provisions of this chapter...

(a) A service contract seller shall not issue, sell, or offer for sale a service contract unless he or she complies with one of the following requirements: (1) Files with the director one of...

(a) The service contract form to be issued by the service contractor shall be filed with the director by the service contractor prior to its use. (b) Every service contract administrator...

(a) The service contract reimbursement insurance policy shall cover the obligations of the service contract seller under the service contracts sold during the period of time that the...

A service contractor shall comply with the provisions of Sections 1794.4 and 1794.41 of the Civil Code....

Where a service contract holder cancels a service contract in accordance with the provisions of Section 1794.41 of the Civil Code and the refund due is not paid to the service contract...

The director may refuse to validate, or may temporarily or permanently invalidate the registration of a service contractor for any act, omission, or crime that is committed by...

(a) The director may issue a citation to the service contractor for any of the following reasons: (1) Violation of subdivision (a) of Section 9855.3 or Section 9855.5, or any regulation...

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or...

The director shall establish procedures for accepting complaints from the public against any service dealer or service contractor. This section shall remain in effect only until January...

The director shall establish procedures for accepting complaints from the public against any service dealer. This section shall become operative on January 1, 2008....

If the complaint does not appear to state any violations of this chapter or of the regulations made pursuant to this chapter, the director shall so advise the complainant and take no...

If a complaint indicates a possible violation of this chapter or of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, the director may advise the service dealer of the contents of the...

If a complaint indicates a possible violation of this chapter or of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, the director may advise the service contractor of the contents...

If, upon summary investigation, it appears probable to the director that a violation of this chapter, or the regulations thereunder, has occurred, the director, in his or her...

If, upon summary investigation, it appears probable to the director that a violation of this chapter, or the regulations thereunder, has occurred, the director, in his or her...

All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Electronic and Appliance Repair Fund, which fund is hereby created....

The director shall report to the State Controller at the beginning of each month, for the month preceding, the amount and source of all revenue received by the bureau pursuant to this chapter,...

The money in the Electronic and Appliance Repair Fund necessary for the administration of this chapter is hereby continuously appropriated for such purposes. Money in excess of a year and a...

The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the director by regulation, according to the following schedule: (a) (1) The initial registration fee for an electronic...

The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the director by regulation, according to the following schedule: (a) The initial registration fee for an electronic repair...

All salaries, expenses, or costs incurred or sustained pursuant to this chapter shall be payable only out of the Electronic and Appliance Repair Fund.

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