ARTICLE 5. Licensing

Article 5 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.

§§ 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…