{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"10139","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10139","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. REAL ESTATE [10000. - 11506.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 1. LICENSING OF PERSONS [10000. - 10580.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-4/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Real Estate Regulations [10130. - 10249.93.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Scope of Regulation [10130. - 10149.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-3/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 287, Sec. 2.   (SB 1137)   Effective January 1, 2011.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises using words indicating that he or she is a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without being so licensed or without having obtained a license endorsement, shall be guilty of a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment; or if a corporation, be punished by a fine not exceeding sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). If a Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund, as described in Section <a href=\"/gov/27388\">27388</a> of the Government Code, exists in the county where a person or corporation is convicted, any fine collected from the person in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or any fine collected from the corporation in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be deposited in that Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund.</p>","text":"Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises using words indicating that he or she is a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without being so licensed or without having obtained a license endorsement, shall be guilty of a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment; or if a corporation, be punished by a fine not exceeding sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). If a Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund, as described in Section 27388 of the Government Code, exists in the county where a person or corporation is convicted, any fine collected from the person in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or any fine collected from the corporation in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be deposited in that Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/scope-of-regulation-10139","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}