CHAPTER 9. Contractors [7000. - 7191.]
Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.
§§ 7000–7191 · 330 sections
ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 7000–7021 · 31 sections
- § 7000 This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the Contractors State License Law.
- § 7000.2 Nothing in this code shall be interpreted to prohibit cities, counties, and cities and counties from requiring contractors to show proof that they are in…
- § 7000.5 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Contractors State License Board, which consists of 15 members. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of…
- § 7000.6 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Contractors State License Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
- § 7001 All members of the board, except the public members, shall be contractors actively engaged in the contracting business, have been so engaged for a period of…
- § 7002 (a) One member of the board shall be a general engineering contractor, two members shall be general building contractors, two members shall be specialty…
- § 7003 Except as otherwise provided, an appointment to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office shall be for a term of four years and shall be…
- § 7005 The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty.
- § 7006 The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter for the purpose of transacting business as may properly come before it. The board shall make every…
- § 7007 Eight members constitute a quorum at a board meeting. Due notice of each meeting and the time and place thereof shall be given each member in the manner…
- § 7008 The board may appoint such committees and make such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such rules…
- § 7009 Any member or committee of the board may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the board.
- § 7010 The board is vested with all functions and duties relating to the administration of this chapter, except those functions and duties vested in the director…
- § 7011 (a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, shall appoint a registrar of contractors and fix the registrar’s compensation. (b) The registrar shall…
- § 7011.3 The registrar shall not assess a civil penalty against a licensed contractor who has been assessed a specified civil penalty by the Labor Commissioner under…
- § 7011.4 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7011, there is in the Contractors State License Board, a separate enforcement division that shall rigorously enforce this chapter…
- § 7011.5 Persons employed as investigators of the Special Investigations Unit of the Contractors State License Board and designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs…
- § 7011.7 (a) The registrar shall review and investigate complaints filed in a manner consistent with this chapter and the Budget Act. It is the intent of the…
- § 7011.8 (a) Any person subject to licensure under this chapter who reports to, or causes a complaint to be filed with, the Contractors State License Board that a…
- § 7012 The registrar, with the approval of the board and the director, may, when funds are available, cooperate in the enforcement of governmental legislation…
- § 7013 The board may in its discretion review and sustain or reverse by a majority vote any action or decision of the registrar. This section shall apply to any…
- § 7013.5 In all application, citation, or disciplinary proceedings pursuant to this chapter and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing…
- § 7014 The board may procure equipment and records necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 7015 The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. The seal shall have the words “Contractors State License Board, State of California, Department of Consumer…
- § 7016 Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
- § 7017.3 The Contractors State License Board shall report annually to the Legislature, not later than October 1 of each year, the following statistical information for…
- § 7017.5 By the close of the first business day of each week, the board shall post the following home improvement salesperson registration information on its Web site:…
- § 7018 The board shall maintain the current contractor license check search function on their internet website that permits consumers to search for a licensed…
- § 7019 (a) If funding is made available for that purpose, the board may contract with licensed professionals, as appropriate, for the site investigation of consumer…
- § 7020 The board shall maintain a computerized enforcement tracking system for consumer complaints.
- § 7021 The board may enter into an interagency agreement with any other state or local agency the board deems to be in possession of any information relevant to its…
ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter §§ 7025–7036 · 46 sections
- § 7025 (a) “Members of the personnel of record” as used in this chapter means every person listed in the records of the registrar as then associated with a licensee.…
- § 7025.1 (a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Federally recognized tribe” means a tribe located in this state and included on the list…
- § 7026 “Contractor,” for the purposes of this chapter, is synonymous with “builder” and, within the meaning of this chapter, a contractor is any person who undertakes…
- § 7026.1 (a) The term “contractor” includes all of the following: (1) Any person not exempt under Section 7053 who maintains or services air-conditioning, heating, or…
- § 7026.2 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “contractor” includes any person engaged in the business of the construction, installation, alteration, repair, or…
- § 7026.3 For the purpose of this chapter, “contractor” includes any person who installs or contracts for the installation of carpet wherein the carpet is attached to…
- § 7026.11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the permissible scope of work for the General Manufactured Housing Contractor (C-47) license classification set…
- § 7026.12 Except as provided in Section 7026.13, the installation of a fire protection system, excluding an electrical alarm system, shall be performed only by either of…
- § 7027 Any person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device that would indicate to the public that he or she is a contractor, or who causes his or…
- § 7027.1 (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to advertise for construction or work of improvement covered by this chapter unless that person holds a valid license…
- § 7027.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter may advertise for construction work or a work of…
- § 7027.3 Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who willfully and intentionally uses, with intent to defraud, a contractor’s license number that does not correspond to the…
- § 7027.4 (a) It is a cause for discipline for any contractor to advertise that he or she is “insured” or has insurance without identifying in the advertisement the type…
- § 7027.5 (a) A landscape contractor working within the classification for which the license is issued may design systems or facilities for work to be performed and…
- § 7028 (a) Unless exempted from this chapter, it is a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business of, or act in the capacity of, a contractor within this state…
- § 7028.1 It is a misdemeanor for any contractor, whether licensed or unlicensed, to perform or engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the…
- § 7028.2 A criminal complaint pursuant to this chapter may be brought by the Attorney General or by the district attorney or prosecuting attorney of any city, in any…
- § 7028.3 In addition to all other remedies, when it appears to the registrar, either upon complaint or otherwise, that a licensee has engaged in, or is engaging in, any…
- § 7028.4 In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 7028.3, on proper showing by (1) a licensed contractor, or an association of contractors, (2) a consumer…
- § 7028.5 It is unlawful for a person who is or has been a partner, officer, director, manager, responsible managing employee, responsible managing member, responsible…
- § 7028.6 The Registrar of Contractors is hereby empowered to issue citations containing orders of abatement and civil penalties against persons acting in the capacity…
- § 7028.7 (a) If upon inspection or investigation, either upon complaint or otherwise, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a person is acting in the…
- § 7028.8 Service of a citation issued under Section 7028.7 may be made by certified mail at the last known business address or residence address of the person cited.
- § 7028.9 A citation under Section 7028.7 shall be issued by the registrar within four years after the act or omission that is the basis for the citation or within 18…
- § 7028.10 Any person served with a citation under Section 7028.7 may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days after service of the citation with respect to…
- § 7028.11 If within 15 working days after service of the citation, the person cited fails to notify the registrar that he or she intends to appeal the citation, the…
- § 7028.12 If the person cited under Section 7028.7 timely notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest the citation, the registrar shall afford an…
- § 7028.13 (a) After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Sections 7028.10 to 7028.12, inclusive, the registrar may apply to the appropriate superior…
- § 7028.14 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the registrar may waive part of the civil penalty if the person against whom the civil penalty is assessed…
- § 7028.15 (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to submit a bid to a public agency in order to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor within this…
- § 7028.16 A person who engages in the business or acts in the capacity of a contractor, without having a license therefor, in connection with the offer or performance of…
- § 7028.17 (a) The failure of an unlicensed individual to comply with a citation after it is final is a misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding Section 1462.5 or 1463 of the…
- § 7029 A joint venture license is a license issued to any combination of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, or other joint…
- § 7029.1 (a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful for any two or more licensees, each of whom has been issued a license to act separately in the capacity…
- § 7029.5 Every C-36 plumbing contractor, C-45 sign contractor, and C-57 well-drilling contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed on each side of each…
- § 7029.6 Except for contractors identified in Section 7029.5, every contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed, in or on each motor vehicle used in his…
- § 7030 (a) Except for contractors writing home improvement contracts pursuant to Section 7151.2 and contractors writing service and repair contracts pursuant to…
- § 7030.1 (a) A contractor, who has his or her license suspended or revoked two or more times within an eight-year period, shall disclose either in capital letters in…
- § 7030.5 Every person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include his license number in: (a) all construction contracts; (b) subcontracts and calls for bid; and (c)…
- § 7031 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), no person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor, may bring or maintain any action, or…
- § 7031.5 Each county or city which requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition or repair of any…
- § 7032 Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of a city or county to regulate the quality and character of installations made by contractors through a system…
- § 7033 Every city or city and county which requires the issuance of a business license as a condition precedent to engaging, within the city or city and county, in a…
- § 7034 (a) No contractor that is required to be licensed under this chapter shall insert in any contract, or be a party, with a subcontractor that is licensed under…
- § 7035 (a) A specialty contractor shall not enter into a contract for the performance of work on the same single project or undertaking with more than one…
- § 7036 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Attorney General may bring a civil action to impose discipline upon, to deny an application for,…
ARTICLE 3. Exemptions §§ 7040–7054.5 · 20 sections
- § 7040 (a) This chapter does not apply to an authorized representative of the United States government, the State of California, any federally recognized tribe or…
- § 7041 This chapter does not apply to officers of a court when they are acting within the scope of their office.
- § 7042 This chapter does not apply to public utilities operating under the regulation of the State Railroad Commission on construction, maintenance and development…
- § 7042.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, gas, heat, or electrical corporations and their subsidiaries that are regulated as public utilities…
- § 7042.5 This chapter does not apply to public utilities operating under the regulation of the Public Utilities Commission on construction, maintenance, and development…
- § 7043 This chapter does not apply to any construction, repair or operation incidental to the discovering or producing of petroleum or gas, or the drilling, testing,…
- § 7044 (a) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) An owner who builds or improves a structure on his or her property, provided that both of the…
- § 7044.01 In addition to all other remedies, any licensed contractor or association of contractors, labor organization, consumer affected by the violation, district…
- § 7044.1 This chapter does not apply to a real estate licensee acting within the course and scope of his or her license pursuant to the Real Estate Law (Part 1…
- § 7044.2 This chapter does not apply to an admitted surety insurer whenever that surety insurer engages a contractor to undertake the completion of a contract on which…
- § 7045 This chapter does not apply to the sale or installation of any finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that do not become a fixed part of the…
- § 7046 This chapter does not apply to any construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of personal property. The term “personal property” shall not include…
- § 7048 (a) This chapter does not apply to a work or operation on one undertaking or project by one or more contracts if the aggregate contract price for labor,…
- § 7049 This chapter does not apply to any construction or operation incidental to the construction and repair of irrigation and drainage ditches of regularly…
- § 7050 (a) This chapter does not apply to an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural pursuant to an agreement with a person who…
- § 7051 This chapter does not apply to a licensed architect or a registered civil or professional engineer acting solely in his or her professional capacity or to a…
- § 7052 This chapter does not apply to any person who only furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the…
- § 7053 Except as provided in Article 10 (commencing with Section 7150), this chapter does not apply to any person who engages in the activities herein regulated as an…
- § 7054 This chapter does not apply to any person who performs work in the installation, maintenance, monitoring, selling, alteration, or servicing of alarm systems,…
- § 7054.5 The licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to any person registered under Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 9800) if that person’s activities…
ARTICLE 4. Classifications §§ 7055–7059.1 · 11 sections
- § 7055 For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes any or all of the following branches: (a) General engineering contracting. (b) (1) General…
- § 7056 A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering…
- § 7057 (a) Except as provided in this section, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure…
- § 7057.5 (a) A residential remodeling contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any project to make improvements to, on, or…
- § 7058 (a) A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations involve the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal…
- § 7058.5 (a) A contractor shall not engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, that involves 100 square feet or more of surface…
- § 7058.6 (a) The board shall not issue an asbestos certification, as required by Section 7058.5, unless the contractor is registered with the Division of Occupational…
- § 7058.7 (a) No contractor may engage in a removal or remedial action, as defined in subdivision (d), unless the qualifier for the license has passed an approved…
- § 7058.8 The board shall make available to the public upon request information about contracting for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos-containing materials in a…
- § 7059 (a) The board may adopt reasonably necessary rules and regulations to effect the classification of contractors in a manner consistent with established usage…
- § 7059.1 (a) A licensee shall not use any business name that indicates the licensee is qualified to perform work in classifications other than those issued for that…
ARTICLE 5. Licensing §§ 7065–7077 · 51 sections
- § 7065 (a) Under rules and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the director, the registrar shall investigate, classify, and qualify applicants for…
- § 7065.01 Notwithstanding Section 7065, no trade examination shall be required of an applicant for the limited specialty license classification.
- § 7065.05 The board shall periodically review and, if needed, revise the contents of qualifying examinations to insure that the examination questions are timely and…
- § 7065.06 (a) Before the board revises the examination for a landscaping contractor (C-27), the board shall confer with the Department of Water Resources and the…
- § 7065.1 Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor’s license under any of the following circumstances: (a) The qualifying…
- § 7065.2 Notwithstanding Section 7065, the registrar may waive the examination for a contractor’s license if the applicant has previously held a valid contractor’s…
- § 7065.3 Notwithstanding Section 7065, upon a conclusive showing by a licensee that he or she possesses experience satisfactory to the registrar in the classification…
- § 7065.4 The registrar may accept the qualifications of an applicant who is licensed as a contractor in a similar classification in another state if that state accepts…
- § 7065.5 No license shall be issued to a minor, nor to any partnership a partner of which is a minor, nor to any corporation any officer, director or responsible…
- § 7066 To obtain an original license, an applicant shall submit to the registrar an application in writing containing the statement that the applicant desires the…
- § 7066.5 Any person may obtain blank license application forms from the board or may cause to be printed forms used by or approved by the Registrar of Contractors.
- § 7067.6 (a) Every application form for an original license, for renewal thereof, for reinstatement or for reissuance, including both active and inactive licenses,…
- § 7068 (a) The board shall require an applicant to show the degree of knowledge and experience in the classification applied for, and the general knowledge of the…
- § 7068.1 (a) The person qualifying on behalf of an individual or firm under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 7068 shall be responsible for…
- § 7068.2 (a) If the responsible managing officer, responsible managing employee, responsible managing member, or responsible managing manager disassociates from the…
- § 7068.5 It is a misdemeanor for any person other than the examinee named in the application to take the qualifying examination on behalf of an applicant for a…
- § 7068.7 Any person who obtains and provides for another the qualifying examination, or any part thereof, when not authorized to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 7069 (a) An applicant, and each officer, director, partner, manager, associate, and responsible managing employee thereof, shall not have committed acts or crimes…
- § 7069.1 (a) Upon notification of an arrest of a member of the personnel of a licensee or a home improvement salesperson, the registrar, by first-class mail to the last…
- § 7070 An applicant shall show that he or she has never been denied a license or had a license revoked for reasons that would preclude the granting of the license…
- § 7071 No license shall be issued to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other combination or organization if a responsible officer or director…
- § 7071.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a current valid license under this chapter who has entered or enters the armed forces of the…
- § 7071.4 (a) Each person licensed under the provisions of this chapter and subject to any of the bonding provisions of this article shall maintain the requisite bond as…
- § 7071.5 The contractor’s bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety in favor of the State of California, in a form acceptable to the…
- § 7071.6 (a) The board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the…
- § 7071.6.5 (a) The board shall require, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reissuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued valid use of a limited…
- § 7071.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the registrar shall accept a bond required by Section 7071.6, 7071.6.5, 7071.8, or 7071.9 as of the effective date…
- § 7071.8 (a) This section applies to an application for a license, for renewal or restoration of a license, an application to change officers or members of a…
- § 7071.9 (a) (1) If the qualifying individual, as referred to in Sections 7068 and 7068.1, is neither the proprietor, a general partner, nor a joint licensee, the…
- § 7071.10 The qualifying individual’s bond required by this article shall be executed by an admitted surety insurer in favor of the State of California, in a form…
- § 7071.11 (a) The aggregate liability of a surety on a claim for wages and fringe benefits brought against a bond required by this article, other than a bond required by…
- § 7071.13 Any reference by a contractor in his advertising, soliciting, or other presentments to the public to any bond required to be filed pursuant to this chapter is…
- § 7071.14 No licensee or applicant for a license under this chapter shall be denied a contractor’s license bond solely because of his race, religious creed, color,…
- § 7071.15 If a licensee fails to maintain a sufficient bond required by this article, the license is subject to suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 996.020 of…
- § 7071.17 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall require, as a condition precedent to accepting an application for licensure, renewal,…
- § 7071.18 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensee shall report to the registrar in writing the occurrence of any of the following within 90 days after the licensee…
- § 7071.19 (a) As a condition of the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued valid use of a license under this chapter, in addition to any bond required under…
- § 7071.20 (a) A licensee shall report to the registrar in writing within 90 days after the licensee has knowledge of any civil action resulting in a final judgment,…
- § 7071.21 (a) An insurer providing a licensee commercial general liability insurance, construction defect insurance, or professional liability insurance shall report to…
- § 7071.22 (a) Sections 7071.20 and 7071.21 shall apply if a party to the civil action, judgment, settlement payment, or arbitration award is or was a licensee, as…
- § 7072 Following receipt of the application fee and an application furnishing complete information in the manner required by the registrar, and after such examination…
- § 7072.5 (a) Upon the issuance of a license, a plasticized pocket card of a size, design, and content as may be determined by the registrar shall be issued at no cost…
- § 7073 (a) The registrar may deny any application for a license or supplemental classification where the applicant has failed to comply with any rule or regulation…
- § 7074 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an application for an original license, for an additional classification, or for a change of qualifier shall…
- § 7075 The license shall be displayed in the licensee’s main office or chief place of business. Satisfactory evidence of the possession of a license and the current…
- § 7075.1 (a) No license, regardless of type or classification, shall be transferable to any other person or entity under any circumstances. (b) A license number may be…
- § 7076 (a) An individual license shall be canceled upon the death of a person licensed as an individual. An immediate member of the family of the deceased licensee…
- § 7076.1 Upon the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee, the registrar shall order the license canceled. Cancellation will be effected upon receipt of the…
- § 7076.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the failure of a contractor licensed to do business as a corporation or limited liability company in this state…
- § 7076.5 (a) A contractor may inactivate their license by submitting a form prescribed by the registrar accompanied by the current active license certificate. When the…
- § 7077 Every original license, except an additional classification issued pursuant to Section 7059, shall be a probationary license until such time as the license is…
ARTICLE 6. Records §§ 7080.5–7084 · 7 sections
- § 7080.5 When an application has been accepted by the registrar, the name and address of the applicant, every classification for which the applicant has applied, and…
- § 7081 Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar shall publish a list of the names and addresses of contractors, registered under this chapter and…
- § 7082 Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar may publish and disseminate to licentiates of the board, and public officials or other persons…
- § 7083 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, licensees shall notify the registrar, on a form prescribed by the registrar, in writing within 90 days of any change to…
- § 7083.1 A licensee whose license is expired or suspended, and is renewable under Section 7141, or whose license is canceled, shall notify the registrar in writing of a…
- § 7083.2 (a) An applicant for licensure or registration that has a valid email address shall report to the board that email address at the time of application. (b) A…
- § 7084 The registrar, with the approval of the director may adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this…
ARTICLE 6.2. Arbitration §§ 7085–7085.9 · 8 sections
- § 7085 (a) After investigating any verified complaint alleging a violation of Section 7107, 7109, 7110, 7113, 7119, or 7120, and any complaint arising from a contract…
- § 7085.2 An arbitrator may render an award and that award shall be deemed to be an order of the registrar.
- § 7085.3 Once the registrar determines that arbitration pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7085 would be a suitable means of resolving the dispute, the registrar…
- § 7085.4 (a) For cases that the registrar determines to refer to arbitration under subdivision (a) of Section 7085, once the complainant and the licensee authorize the…
- § 7085.5 Arbitrations of disputes arising out of cases filed with or by the board shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules: (a) All “agreements to…
- § 7085.6 (a) (1) The failure of a licensee to comply with an arbitration award rendered under this article shall result in the automatic suspension of a license by…
- § 7085.7 A complainant may enforce an arbitrator’s award in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1285) of Title 9 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
- § 7085.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a complaint referred to arbitration pursuant to Section 7085 is not subject to disclosure to the public until such…
ARTICLE 7. Disciplinary Proceedings §§ 7090–7124.6 · 71 sections
- § 7090 The registrar may upon his or her own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any applicant,…
- § 7090.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the failure to pay a civil penalty, or to comply with an order of correction or an order to pay a…
- § 7090.5 In the event a licensee commits a fraudulent act which is a ground for disciplinary action under Section 7116 of this article, the correction of any condition…
- § 7091 (a) (1) A complaint against a licensee alleging commission of any patent acts or omissions that may be grounds for legal action shall be filed in writing with…
- § 7095 (a) The decision may: (1) Provide for the immediate complete suspension by the licensee of all operations as a contractor during the period fixed by the…
- § 7096 For the purposes of this chapter, the term “licensee” shall include an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, or any…
- § 7097 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been suspended by a decision of the registrar pursuant to an accusation or…
- § 7098 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been revoked under the provisions of this chapter, any additional license issued…
- § 7099 If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, or an applicant for a license under this chapter, has committed any acts…
- § 7099.1 The board shall promulgate regulations covering the formulation of an order of correction which gives due consideration to the time required to correct and the…
- § 7099.2 (a) The board shall promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article that give due consideration to the appropriateness of…
- § 7099.3 Any licensee or applicant for licensure served with a citation pursuant to Section 7099, may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days from service of the…
- § 7099.4 If within 15 working days from service of the citation issued by the registrar, the licensee or applicant for licensure fails to notify the registrar that he…
- § 7099.5 If a licensee or applicant for licensure notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest a citation issued under Section 7099, the registrar shall…
- § 7099.6 (a) The failure of a licensee to comply with a citation after it is final is a ground for suspension or revocation of license. (b) The failure of an applicant…
- § 7099.7 No order for payment of a civil penalty shall be made against any bond required pursuant to Sections 7071.5 to 7071.8.
- § 7099.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a person cited pursuant to Section 7028.7 or 7099 wishes to contest the citation, that person shall, within 15 days after…
- § 7099.9 (a) If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, registrant, or applicant has committed acts or omissions that are…
- § 7099.10 (a) If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, an applicant for a license, or an unlicensed individual acting in the…
- § 7099.11 (a) No person shall advertise, as that term is defined in Section 7027.1, to promote his or her services for the removal of asbestos unless he or she is…
- § 7100 In any proceeding for review by a court, the court may in its discretion, upon the filing of a proper bond by the licensee in an amount to be fixed by the…
- § 7102 After suspension of a license upon any of the grounds set forth in this chapter, the registrar may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the…
- § 7103 The revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action of a license to act as a contractor by another state shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action…
- § 7104 When the board resolves a complaint, the board shall notify the complainant in writing of its action and the reasons for taking that action. The board shall…
- § 7106 The suspension or revocation of license as in this chapter provided may also be embraced in any action otherwise proper in any court involving the licensee’s…
- § 7106.5 The expiration, cancellation, forfeiture, revocation, or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the registrar or a court of…
- § 7107 Abandonment without legal excuse of any construction project or operation engaged in or undertaken by the licensee as a contractor constitutes a cause for…
- § 7108 Diversion of funds or property received for prosecution or completion of a specific construction project or operation, or for a specified purpose in the…
- § 7108.5 (a) A prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of each progress payment, unless otherwise…
- § 7108.6 A licensed contractor is required to pay all transportation charges submitted by a duly authorized motor carrier of property in dump truck equipment by the…
- § 7109 (a) A willful departure in any material respect from accepted trade standards for good and workmanlike construction constitutes a cause for disciplinary…
- § 7109.5 (a) Violation of any safety provision in, or authorized by, Article 12 (commencing with Section 3420) of Group 3 of Subchapter 7 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of…
- § 7110 Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references…
- § 7110.1 The requiring of an execution of release of any claim or the causing of the execution of any such release in violation of Section 206.5 of the Labor Code is a…
- § 7110.5 Upon receipt of a certified copy of the Labor Commissioner’s finding of a willful or deliberate violation of the Labor Code by a licensee, pursuant to Section…
- § 7111 (a) Failure to make and keep records showing all contracts, documents, records, receipts, and disbursements by a licensee of all of his or her transactions as…
- § 7111.1 The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee to respond to a written request of the registrar to cooperate in the investigation of a complaint against that…
- § 7112 Omission or misrepresentation of a material fact by an applicant or a licensee in obtaining, or renewing a license, or in adding a classification to an…
- § 7112.1 Any classification that has been added to an existing license record as a result of an applicant or licensee omitting or misrepresenting a material fact shall…
- § 7113 Failure in a material respect on the part of a licensee to complete any construction project or operation for the price stated in the contract for such…
- § 7113.5 The avoidance or settlement by a licensee for less than the full amount of the lawful obligations of the licensee incurred as a contractor, whether by (a)…
- § 7114 (a) Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to evade the provisions of this chapter or combining or conspiring with an unlicensed person, or allowing one’s…
- § 7114.1 Any licensee whose signature appears on a falsified certificate in support of an examinee’s experience qualifications, or otherwise certifying to false or…
- § 7114.2 Any licensed or unlicensed person who commits any act prohibited by Section 119 is subject to the administrative remedies authorized by this chapter. Unless…
- § 7115 Failure in any material respect to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or to comply with…
- § 7116 The doing of any wilful or fraudulent act by the licensee as a contractor in consequence of which another is substantially injured constitutes a cause for…
- § 7116.5 It is a cause for discipline for a licensee to do any of the following: (a) Engage in any conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert an investigation of the…
- § 7117 Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license issued hereunder except: (a) in the name of the licensee as set forth upon the license, or (b) in…
- § 7117.5 (a) Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license which has been made inactive, as provided in Section 7076.5, constitutes a cause for disciplinary…
- § 7117.6 Acting in the capacity of a contractor in a classification other than that currently held by the licensee constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.
- § 7118 Entering into a contract with a contractor while such contractor is not licensed as provided in this chapter constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.
- § 7118.4 (a) If a contractor has made an inspection for the purpose of determining the presence of asbestos or the need for related remedial action with knowledge that…
- § 7118.5 Any contractor, applicant for licensure, or person required to be licensed, who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters…
- § 7118.6 Any contractor who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters into a contract with another person who is required to be,…
- § 7119 Wilful failure or refusal without legal excuse on the part of a licensee as a contractor to prosecute a construction project or operation with reasonable…
- § 7120 Wilful or deliberate failure by any licensee or agent or officer thereof, to pay any moneys, when due for any materials or services rendered in connection with…
- § 7121 A person who has been denied a license for a reason other than failure to document sufficient satisfactory experience for a supplemental classification for an…
- § 7121.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of a partner, officer, director, manager, or associate from the license of a…
- § 7121.5 A person who was the qualifying individual on a revoked license, or of a license under suspension, or of a license that was not renewed while it was under…
- § 7121.6 (a) An individual who meets all of the following criteria shall not perform any act regulated under this chapter for or on behalf of a licensee, other than as…
- § 7121.65 Prior to becoming employed in any capacity by an entity that is subject to licensure under this chapter, an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or…
- § 7121.7 (a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a)…
- § 7121.8 For purposes of this article, “bona fide nonsupervising employee” means a person who is exempt from the provisions of this chapter under Section 7053, and who…
- § 7122 The performance by an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, or association of an act or omission constituting a cause for…
- § 7122.1 Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of a qualifying individual from a license after the act or omission…
- § 7122.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provisions of this chapter, the disassociation of a qualifying individual from a license that has been referred…
- § 7122.5 The performance by an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, or association of an act or omission constituting a cause for…
- § 7123 A conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary action. The…
- § 7123.5 If a contractor is convicted of violating Section 396 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar local ordinance in connection with the sale, or offer for…
- § 7124 A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may…
- § 7124.6 (a) The registrar shall make available to members of the public the date, nature, and status of all complaints on file against a licensee that do either of the…
ARTICLE 7.5. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Reports §§ 7125–7127 · 10 sections
- § 7125 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued…
- § 7125.1 (a) The registrar shall accept a certificate required by Section 7125 as of the effective date shown on the certificate, if the certificate is received by the…
- § 7125.2 The failure of a licensee to obtain or maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage, if required under this chapter, shall result in the automatic…
- § 7125.3 A contractor shall be considered duly licensed during all periods in which the registrar is required to accept the certificate prescribed by Section 7125,…
- § 7125.4 (a) The filing of the exemption certificate prescribed by this article that is false, or the employment of a person subject to coverage under the workers’…
- § 7125.5 (a) At the time of renewal, all active licensees with an exemption for workers’ compensation insurance on file with the board, submitted pursuant to…
- § 7125.6 (a) (1) At the time of renewal, all active licensees who have on file a current and valid Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance or Certification of…
- § 7125.7 (a) By no later than January 1, 2027, the board shall establish a process and procedure, which shall include an audit, proof, or other means to obtain evidence…
- § 7126 (a) Any licensee or agent or officer thereof, who violates, or omits to comply with, any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any…
- § 7127 (a) (1) If an employer subject to licensure under this chapter has failed to secure the payment of compensation as required by Section 3700 of the Labor Code,…
ARTICLE 8. Revenue §§ 7135–7138.1 · 7 sections
- § 7135 (a) The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter shall be deposited in the Contractors License Fund. All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated…
- § 7135.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year the board shall designate, if appropriated in the Budget Act and to the extent that it does not…
- § 7136 The director shall designate a sum not to exceed 10 percent of the total income of the Contractors State License Board for each fiscal year to be transferred…
- § 7137 (a) The board may set fees by regulation. These fees shall be set according to the following schedule: (1) Application fees shall be set as follows: (A) The…
- § 7137.5 The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be transferred from the Contractors License Fund to the Controller for the exclusive use of the California…
- § 7138 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a fee paid in connection with a service or application covered by Section 7137 shall accrue to the Contractors…
- § 7138.1 Notwithstanding Section 7137, the board shall fix fees to be collected pursuant to that section in order to generate revenues sufficient to maintain the…
ARTICLE 8.5. The Construction Management Education Sponsorship Act of 1991 §§ 7139–7139.10 · 10 sections
- § 7139 This article shall be known as the Construction Management Education Sponsorship Act of 1991.
- § 7139.1 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a demand and increasing need for construction management education programs and…
- § 7139.2 (a) There is hereby created the Construction Management Education Account (CMEA) as a separate account in the Contractors License Fund for the purposes of…
- § 7139.3 (a) The board may award grants to qualified public postsecondary educational institutions for the support of courses of study in construction management. (b)…
- § 7139.4 Qualified public postsecondary educational institutions shall provide postsecondary construction management programs at the baccalaureate or higher level that…
- § 7139.5 Grants shall be made pursuant to this article to public postsecondary educational institutions that meet the qualifications specified in Section 7139.4 in the…
- § 7139.6 (a) The grants issued pursuant to Sections 7139.3 and 7139.5 may be used for all of the following: (1) Instructional materials and support, equipment,…
- § 7139.8 The president of each public postsecondary educational institution receiving a grant under this article shall submit, with its respective request for a grant…
- § 7139.9 The board may allocate up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per year from the Construction Management Education Account for the administration of this…
- § 7139.10 It is the intent of the Legislature that state funding for the grants authorized to be awarded under this section be provided only from the Contractors’…
ARTICLE 9. Renewal of Licenses §§ 7140–7145.5 · 8 sections
- § 7140 All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire two years from the last day of the month in which the license is issued, or two years…
- § 7141 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an…
- § 7141.5 The registrar shall grant the retroactive renewal of a license if, within 90 days of the expiration of the license, the otherwise eligible licensee submits a…
- § 7143 A license that is suspended for any reason which constitutes a basis for suspension under this chapter, is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as…
- § 7143.5 A person who, by reason of the provisions of Section 7141, is not entitled to renew his license, may apply for and obtain a new license only if he pays all of…
- § 7144 A revoked license shall be considered as having expired as of the date of revocation and shall not be renewed. To reinstate a revoked license a licensee may…
- § 7145 The registrar may refuse to renew a license for the failure or refusal by the licensee to complete the renewal application prescribed by the registrar. If a…
- § 7145.5 (a) The registrar may refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license or may suspend a license for the failure of a licensee to resolve all…
ARTICLE 10. Home Improvement Business §§ 7150–7170 · 36 sections
- § 7150 (a) “Person” as used in this article is limited to natural persons, notwithstanding the definition of person in Section 7025. (b) “Senior citizen” means an…
- § 7150.1 A home improvement contractor, including a swimming pool contractor, is a contractor as defined and licensed under this chapter who is engaged in the business…
- § 7151 (a) “Home improvement” means the repairing, remodeling, altering, converting, or modernizing of, or adding to, residential property, as well as the…
- § 7151.2 “Home improvement contract” means an agreement, whether oral or written, or contained in one or more documents, between a contractor and an owner or between a…
- § 7152 (a) “Home improvement salesperson” is a person who is registered under this chapter and engaged in the business of soliciting, selling, negotiating, or…
- § 7153 (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage in the occupation of salesperson for one or more home improvement contractors within this state without…
- § 7153.1 (a) The home improvement salesperson shall submit to the registrar an application in writing containing the statement that he or she desires the issuance of a…
- § 7153.2 All home improvement salesperson registrations issued under the provisions of this article shall expire two years from the last day of the month in which the…
- § 7153.3 (a) To renew a home improvement salesperson registration, which has not expired, the registrant shall before the time at which the registration would otherwise…
- § 7154 (a) A home improvement contractor licensed under this chapter shall notify the registrar in writing, on a form prescribed by the registrar, about the…
- § 7155 Violation of any provision of this chapter by a home improvement salesperson constitutes cause for disciplinary action. The registrar may suspend or revoke the…
- § 7155.5 Violations of any provisions of this chapter by a home improvement salesperson likewise constitute cause for disciplinary action against the contractor by whom…
- § 7156 It shall be a misdemeanor and a cause for disciplinary action to commit any of the following acts: (a) For any home improvement salesperson to fail to account…
- § 7156.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may implement a system that provides for the electronic transmission of an initial application or renewal…
- § 7157 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), as a part of or in connection with the inducement to enter into any home improvement contract or other…
- § 7158 (a) Any person who shall accept or receive a completion certificate or other evidence that performance of a contract for a work of improvement, including, but…
- § 7159 (a) (1) This section identifies the projects for which a home improvement contract is required, outlines the contract requirements, and lists the items that…
- § 7159.1 (a) In any contract for the sale of home improvement goods or services offered by door-to-door sale that contains or is secured by a lien on real property, the…
- § 7159.2 (a) No home improvement goods or services contract of a value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less shall provide for a security interest in real property,…
- § 7159.5 This section applies to all home improvement contracts, as defined in Section 7151.2, between an owner or tenant and a contractor, whether a general contractor…
- § 7159.6 (a) An extra work or change order is not enforceable against a buyer unless the change order sets forth all of the following: (1) The scope of work encompassed…
- § 7159.9 (a) Section 7159 does not apply to the sale, installation, and servicing of a fire alarm sold in conjunction with an alarm system, as defined in Section 7590.1…
- § 7159.10 (a) (1) “Service and repair contract” means an agreement between a contractor or salesperson for a contractor, whether a general contractor or a specialty…
- § 7159.11 A violation of any provision of Section 7159.10 by a licensee, or a person subject to be licensed under this chapter, or by his or her agent or salesperson, is…
- § 7159.14 (a) This section applies to a service and repair contract as defined in Section 7159.10. A violation of this section by a licensee or a person subject to be…
- § 7160 Any person who is induced to contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home improvement, in reliance on false or fraudulent…
- § 7161 It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage in any of the following acts, the commission of which is cause for disciplinary action against any licensee or…
- § 7162 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any representation by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter with respect to a trademark or brand name,…
- § 7163 (a) No contract for home improvement shall be enforceable against the buyer if the obtaining of a loan for all or a portion of the contract price is a…
- § 7164 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7044, every contract and any changes in a contract, between an owner and a contractor, for the construction of a single-family…
- § 7165 The requirements of this section may be substituted for the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 7163 if a swimming pool…
- § 7166 The provisions of Article 10 shall not apply to contracts for the construction of swimming pools to be built for the use and enjoyment of other than a…
- § 7167 (a) Any contract, the primary purpose of which is the construction of a swimming pool, that does not substantially comply with paragraph (4) or (5) of…
- § 7168 In any action between a person contracting for construction of a swimming pool and a swimming pool contractor arising out of a contract for swimming pool…
- § 7169 (a) The board, in collaboration with the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop and make available a “solar energy system disclosure document” or documents…
- § 7170 (a) The Contractors State License Board shall receive and review complaints and consumer questions regarding solar energy systems companies and solar…
ARTICLE 11. Asbestos Consultants §§ 7180–7189.7 · 12 sections
- § 7180 (a) No person shall, on or after July 1, 1992, engage in the practice of an asbestos consultant as defined in Section 7181, or as a site surveillance…
- § 7180.5 When a building owner or operator engages the services of a person to perform asbestos consulting or site surveillance technician activities as defined in…
- § 7181 An “asbestos consultant,” as used in this chapter, means any person who contracts to provide professional health and safety services relating to…
- § 7182 A “site surveillance technician” means any person who acts as an independent onsite representative of an asbestos consultant who monitors the asbestos…
- § 7183 (a) Within 15 days of receipt of an application for certification pursuant to this article, the division shall inform the applicant in writing either (1) that…
- § 7183.5 The division shall enforce this article. In the event the division determines that a certified asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician obtained…
- § 7184 A person shall qualify as a certified asbestos consultant by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having any one of the following: (1) One year of…
- § 7185 A person shall qualify as a certified site surveillance technician by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having six months of asbestos-related…
- § 7187 When a building owner or operator contracts with an asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician for performance of the activities described in Sections…
- § 7189 Any person who engages in the practices of an asbestos consultant or a site surveillance technician, who is not certified pursuant to this article, or who…
- § 7189.5 This article shall apply to asbestos abatement projects within the meaning of asbestos-related work as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, and which…
- § 7189.7 (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require agencies of the state to contract with asbestos consultants or site surveillance technicians who are…
ARTICLE 12. Prohibitions §§ 7190–7191 · 2 sections
- § 7190 (a) The name or position of a public official may not be used in an advertisement or any promotional material by a person licensed under this chapter, without…
- § 7191 (a) If a contract for work on residential property with four or fewer units contains a provision for arbitration of a dispute between the principals in the…