{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"489","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 489","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1.5. DENIAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES [475. - 499.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-1.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Denial of Licenses [480. - 489.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-1.5/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 758, Sec. 2.5.   Effective January 1, 1998.","effective":"1998-01-01","html":"<p>Any agency in the department which is authorized by law to deny an application for a license upon the grounds specified in Section <a href=\"/bpc/480\">480</a> or <a href=\"/bpc/496\">496</a>, may without a hearing deny an application upon any of those grounds, if within one year previously, and after proceedings conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/bpc/11500\">11500</a>) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, that agency has denied an application from the same applicant upon the same ground.</p>","text":"Any agency in the department which is authorized by law to deny an application for a license upon the grounds specified in Section 480 or 496, may without a hearing deny an application upon any of those grounds, if within one year previously, and after proceedings conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, that agency has denied an application from the same applicant upon the same ground.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/denial-of-licenses-489","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}