{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7651.5","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7651.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3.5. Licenses and Certificates of Authority [7651. - 7653.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12/article-3.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19.   (AB 180)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>The bureau shall investigate the qualifications of the applicants. Except as otherwise prescribed in this article, it may issue the license applied for to an applicant on a showing satisfactory to it that the following facts exist:</p><p>(a) The applicant is properly qualified to perform the duties of a cemetery broker or salesperson.</p><p>(b) Granting the license will not be against public interest.</p><p>(c) The applicant intends actively and in good faith to carry on the business of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson.</p><p>(d) In the case of a corporate applicant, the articles of incorporation permit it to act as a cemetery broker.</p><p>(e) In the case of an association or copartnership applying for such a license, its articles of association or agreement of partnership authorize it to act as a cemetery broker.</p><p>(f) The license is not being secured for the purpose of permitting the applicant to advertise as a cemetery broker or salesperson without actually engaging in such business.</p><p>(g) The applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section <a href=\"/bpc/480\">480</a>.</p>","text":"The bureau shall investigate the qualifications of the applicants. Except as otherwise prescribed in this article, it may issue the license applied for to an applicant on a showing satisfactory to it that the following facts exist: (a) The applicant is properly qualified to perform the duties of a cemetery broker or salesperson. (b) Granting the license will not be against public interest. (c) The applicant intends actively and in good faith to carry on the business of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson. (d) In the case of a corporate applicant, the articles of incorporation permit it to act as a cemetery broker. (e) In the case of an association or copartnership applying for such a license, its articles of association or agreement of partnership authorize it to act as a cemetery broker. (f) The license is not being secured for the purpose of permitting the applicant to advertise as a cemetery broker or salesperson without actually engaging in such business. (g) The applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/licenses-and-certificates-of-authority-7651-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}