ARTICLE 1. Scope of Regulation

Article 1 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 127.

§§ 10130–10149 · 43 sections

§ 10130 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of, act in the capacity of, advertise as, or assume to act as a real estate broker or a real estate…
§ 10131 A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is a person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, regardless of the form or time of…
§ 10131.01 (a) Subdivision (b) of Section 10131 does not apply to (1) the manager of a hotel, motel, auto and trailer park, to the resident manager of an apartment…
§ 10131.1 (a) A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages as a principal in the business of making loans or buying from, selling…
§ 10131.2 A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages in the business of claiming, demanding, charging, receiving, collecting or…
§ 10131.3 A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who, for another or others, for compensation or in expectation of compensation, issues or…
§ 10131.4 A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who acts for another or others for compensation or in expectation of compensation, to do…
§ 10131.45 A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is also a person who engages in the following businesses as a principal: (a) Except as provided in…
§ 10131.5 A nonresident of California may become a real estate broker by conforming to all of the provisions of this part.
§ 10131.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person licensed as a real estate broker may sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy, solicit prospective…
§ 10131.7 It is unlawful for any real estate licensee acting under authority of Section 10131.6 to do any of the following: (a) To advertise or offer for sale in any…
§ 10133 (a) The acts described in Section 10131 are not acts for which a real estate license is required if performed by: (1) A regular officer of a corporation or a…
§ 10133.1 (a) Subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10131, Section 10131.1, Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230), and Article 7 (commencing with Section 10240) of…
§ 10133.15 The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230) and Article 7 (commencing with Section 10240) do not apply to any person whose business is that of…
§ 10133.2 The provisions of Sections 10016, 10131, 10131.1, and 10132 do not apply to any stenographer, bookkeeper, receptionist, telephone operator, or other clerical…
§ 10133.3 The provisions of Sections 10131 and 10131.2 relating to business opportunities do not apply to any person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity…
§ 10133.35 A real estate broker’s license shall not be required to engage in any of the following activities with respect to a mineral, oil, or gas property: (a) To act…
§ 10133.4 (a) The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 10131 do not apply to persons acting in the capacity of a film location representative in connection with a…
§ 10133.45 (a) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 10131 do not apply to persons acting in the capacity of an outdoor advertising representative in connection with a…
§ 10133.5 The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 10230) do not apply to any person who is an approved lender, mortgagee, seller, or servicer for the…
§ 10135 When a lease or leasing is referred to in this article, it includes any lease, whether such lease is the sole transaction involved, or the principal or an…
§ 10136 No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson within this state shall bring or maintain any…
§ 10137 It is unlawful for any licensed real estate broker to retain, compensate, directly or indirectly, any person for performing any of the acts within the scope of…
§ 10137.1 Nothing contained in this division shall preclude a partnership from performing acts for which a real estate broker license is required, provided every partner…
§ 10138 It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, for any person, whether obligor, escrowholder or…
§ 10139 Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises…
§ 10140 Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs or aids in the publication, advertisement,…
§ 10140.5 Each advertisement or other statement which is published by a real estate broker or salesperson offering to assist persons to file applications for the…
§ 10140.6 (a) A real estate licensee shall not publish, circulate, distribute, or cause to be published, circulated, or distributed in any newspaper or periodical, or by…
§ 10140.8 (a) (1) A real estate broker or salesperson, or person acting on their behalf, who includes a digitally altered image in an advertisement or other promotional…
§ 10141 Within one month after the closing of a transaction in which title to real property or in the sale of a business when real or personal property is conveyed…
§ 10141.5 Within one week after the closing of a transaction negotiated by a real estate broker in which title to real property is conveyed from a seller to a purchaser…
§ 10141.6 (a) A real estate broker who engages in escrow activities for five or more transactions in a calendar year pursuant to the exemption from the Escrow Law…
§ 10142 When a licensee prepares or has prepared an agreement authorizing or retaining that licensee to perform any of the acts for which he or she is required to hold…
§ 10143.5 Any real estate broker who assists another or others, or whose real estate salespersons assist another or others, for a compensation, in filing an application…
§ 10144 The commissioner may prescribe by regulation the information which shall be contained in contracts or other agreements by a real estate licensee to assist…
§ 10145 (a) (1) A real estate broker who accepts funds belonging to others in connection with a transaction subject to this part shall deposit all those funds that are…
§ 10146 Any real estate broker who contracts for or collects an advance fee from any other person, hereinafter referred to as the “principal,” shall deposit any such…
§ 10147 (a) On or before January 1, 1993, the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission shall develop, adopt, and publish a Commercial Property Owner’s Guide to…
§ 10147.5 (a) Any printed or form agreement that initially establishes, or is intended to establish, or alters the terms of any agreement that previously established a…
§ 10147.6 (a) Any licensee who negotiates, attempts to negotiate, arranges, attempts to arrange, or otherwise offers to perform a mortgage loan modification or other…
§ 10148 (a) A licensed real estate broker shall retain for three years copies of all listings, deposit receipts, canceled checks, trust records, and other documents…
§ 10149 (a) The Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission shall develop, adopt, and publish a Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety for distribution to licensees…