This chapter constitutes the chapter on automotive repair dealers. It may be cited as the Automotive Repair Act....

The following terms as used in this chapter have the meaning expressed in this section. (a) Automotive repair dealer means a person who, for compensation, engages in the business of...

The following persons are exempt from the requirement of registration: (a) An employee of an automotive repair dealer if the employee repairs motor vehicles only as an employee. (b) A...

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

There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Automotive Repair under the supervision and control of the director. The duty of enforcing and administering this chapter is...

The director in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may appoint and fix the compensation...

The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a chief of the bureau at a salary to be fixed and determined by the director with the approval of the Director of Finance....

Every power granted to or duty imposed upon the director under this chapter may be exercised or performed in the name of the director by a deputy or assistant director or by the chief,...

The director shall keep a complete record of all registered automotive repair dealers showing the names and addresses of all such dealers. A copy of the roster shall be made available...

The director shall on his or her own initiative or in response to complaints, investigate on a continuous basis and gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any...

(a) The bureau shall cooperate with the Office of Traffic Safety and adopt standards for the installation of and designate stations for the installation of ignition interlock devices. (b)...

(a) An automotive repair dealer shall pay the fee required by this chapter for each place of business operated by the dealer in this state and shall register with the director upon...

Any business maintaining more than one automotive repair facility shall be permitted to file a single application annually, which along with the other information required by this...

Upon receipt of the form properly filled out and receipt of the required fee, the director shall validate the registration and send a proof of such validation to the automotive repair dealer....

Every registration shall cease to be valid one year from the last day of the month in which registration was issued unless the automotive repair dealer has paid the renewal fee required...

A registration shall cease to be valid when the director finds that any of the information provided by the form specified in Section 9884, which the director by regulation deems material,...

A registration that is not renewed within three years following its expiration shall not be renewed, restored, or reinstated thereafter, and the delinquent registration shall be canceled...

(a) It is unlawful for any person to be an automotive repair dealer unless that person has registered in accordance with this chapter and unless that registration is currently valid. (b)...

(a) The director, where the automotive repair dealer cannot show there was a bona fide error, may refuse to validate, or may invalidate temporarily or permanently, the registration...

All work done by an automotive repair dealer, including all warranty work, shall be recorded on an invoice and shall describe all service work done and parts supplied. Service work...

(a) The automotive repair dealer shall give to the customer a written estimated price for labor and parts necessary for a specific job. No work shall be done and no charges shall...

I acknowledge notice and oral approval of an increase in the original estimated price. __________________________________ ...

Upon request of the customer at the time the work order is taken, the automotive repair dealer shall return replaced parts to the customer at the time of the completion of the work...

Each automotive repair dealer shall maintain any records that are required by regulations adopted to carry out this chapter. Those records shall be open for reasonable inspection by the...

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

The expiration of a valid registration shall not deprive the director or chief of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation or disciplinary proceeding against an automotive repair dealer or...

The superior court in and for the county wherein any person carries on, or attempts to carry on, a business as an automotive repair dealer or as a mechanic in violation of the provisions of...

The director may file charges with the district attorney or city attorney against any automotive repair dealer who violates the provisions of this chapter or any regulation made pursuant...

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...

The bureau shall design and approve of a sign which shall be placed in all automotive repair dealer locations in a place and manner conspicuous to the public. That sign shall give...

Nothing in the provisions of this chapter shall prohibit the bringing of a civil action against an automotive repair dealer by an individual....

The bureau may adopt, amend or repeal in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code such regulations as...

All fees and revenues collected pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code shall be paid into the State...

The director shall report to the Controller at the beginning of each month, for the month preceding, the amount and source of all fees and revenues received by the department pursuant to this...

The money in the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund necessary for the administration of this chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and...

The fees prescribed by this chapter shall be set by the director in an amount estimated to provide for the administration of this chapter within the limits of the following schedule: (a)...

All salaries, expenses, or costs incurred or sustained pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code shall be...

The director shall have the authority to issue licenses for official lamp and brake adjusting stations and shall license lamp and brake adjusters. The licenses shall be issued in...

Each application for a new or renewal license shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a new license or five dollars ($5) for a renewal license. The application shall be made upon...

(a) Licenses issued by the director shall not be transferable. (b) In the event of a change of name of a licensee, not involving a change of ownership, or of a change of address of...

It is unlawful to violate any regulation adopted by the director pursuant to Articles 5, 6, and 7 of this chapter....

As used in this chapter: (a) Station means a lamp adjusting station or a brake adjusting station. (b) Licensed station means a station licensed by the bureau pursuant to this chapter. ...

The director shall adopt regulations which prescribe the equipment and other qualifications of any station as a condition to licensing the station as an official station for adjusting...

No person shall operate an official lamp or brake adjusting station unless a license therefor has been issued by the director. No person shall issue, or cause or permit to be...

An owner of a fleet of three or more vehicles who is not an interstate carrier may be licensed by the director as a licensed station, if the owner complies with the rules and regulations...

Any license issued pursuant to Articles 5 and 6, may be suspended or revoked by the director. The director may refuse to issue a license to any applicant for the reasons set forth...

The director may deny a license if the applicant or any partner, officer, or director thereof: (a) Fails to meet the qualifications established by the bureau pursuant to Articles 5 and 6...

The director may suspend, revoke, or take other disciplinary action against a license as provided in this article if the licensee or any partner, officer, or director thereof: (a) Violates...

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

The director may take disciplinary action against any licensee after a hearing as provided in this article by any of the following: (a) Imposing probation upon terms and conditions to be...

Upon the effective date of any order of suspension or revocation of any license governed by this chapter, the licensee shall surrender the license to the director....

The expiration or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the director or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee shall not...

All accusations against licensees shall be filed within three years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action, except that with respect to an accusation alleging...

When any license has been revoked or suspended following a hearing under the provisions of this article, any additional license issued under Articles 5 and 6 of this chapter in the name...

After suspension of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this article, the director may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the applicant with all provisions...

As used in this article, station, licensed station, and licensed adjuster have the same meaning as defined in Article 6 (commencing with Section 9888.1)....

Whenever a licensed adjuster in a licensed station upon an inspection or after an adjustment, made in comformity with the instructions of the bureau, determines that the lamps or the...

The director may charge a fee for lamp and brake adjustment certificates furnished to licensed stations. The fee charged shall be established by regulation and shall not produce a total...

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9889.21 and 9889.48, any person who fails to comply in any respect with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a...

Any person who violates any provision of Articles 5, 6, and 7 of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and punishable as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code....

The willful making of any false statement or entry with regard to a material matter in any oath, affidavit, certificate of compliance or noncompliance, or application form which is...

The Legislature finds the following: (1) Thousands of California automobile owners each year require repair of their vehicles as a result of collision or other damage. (2)...

Auto body repair shop means a place of business operated by an automotive repair dealer where automotive collision repair or reconstruction of automobile or truck bodies is performed....

An application for registration pursuant to Section 9884 shall designate that the applicant is registering as an auto body repair shop if the applicant intends to perform auto body repair....

A check or draft issued to a repairer pursuant to Section 560 of the Insurance Code shall include the repairer's registration number or taxpayer identification number....

The director shall direct the Bureau of Automotive Repair to create with existing bureau resources a voluntary advisory committee on auto body repair, comprised of...

The director shall report findings and recommendations to the Legislature by July 1, 1994, at which time the voluntary advisory committee shall cease to exist....

For purposes of the study specified in Section 9889.60, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Auto body repair shop means a place of business wholly or partially engaged in...

The form for registration pursuant to Section 9884 shall contain sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Automotive Repair to identify all registrants performing automotive...

Any auto insurance company check or draft issued to a repairer pursuant to Insurance Code Section 560 shall include the repairer's registration number or Tax Payer Identification Number....