ARTICLE 2. Licenses

Article 2 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 127.

§§ 10150–10165.1 · 36 sections

§ 10150 (a) Application for the real estate broker license examination shall be made in writing to the commissioner. The commissioner may prescribe the format and…
§ 10150.6 (a) In addition to satisfying the other requirements of this article, and except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an applicant for an original real…
§ 10151 (a) Application for the real estate salesperson license examination shall be made in writing to the commissioner. The commissioner may prescribe the format and…
§ 10151.2 (a) For purposes of this section, “member of the Armed Forces of the United States” includes the following persons and no others: all members of the United…
§ 10151.3 The Department of Real Estate shall compile information on military, veteran, and spouse licensure into an annual report for the Legislature, which shall be…
§ 10151.5 (a) An applicant who is not a resident of this state shall be eligible for a real estate license provided (1) the applicant qualifies for licensure under this…
§ 10152 (a) The commissioner may require any other proof he or she may deem advisable concerning the honesty and truthfulness of an applicant for a real estate license…
§ 10152.5 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related…
§ 10153 In addition to the proof of honesty and truthfulness required of any applicant for a real estate license, the commissioner shall ascertain by written…
§ 10153.01 (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt to subvert a licensing examination given by the department. Cheating on, subverting, or attempting to subvert…
§ 10153.1 It is unlawful for any person with respect to any examination under this part to practice any deception or fraud with regard to his or her identity in…
§ 10153.2 (a) An applicant to take the examination for an original real estate broker license shall also submit evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, of successful…
§ 10153.3 (a) Licenses that were suspended pursuant to former Section 10153.4, as it read on December 31, 2025, and for which the current license status remains…
§ 10153.5 As used in Sections 10151 and 10153.2, “an equivalent course of study” consists of courses at a private vocational school that have been found by the…
§ 10153.6 All real estate broker licenses issued by the commissioner shall be for a period of four years. Applicants shall qualify in the appropriate examination and…
§ 10153.7 All real estate salesperson licenses issued by the commissioner shall be for a period of four years. Applicants must qualify in the appropriate examination and…
§ 10153.8 When an applicant for a real estate license fails the qualifying examination, the applicant may apply for reexamination by filing the appropriate application…
§ 10156.2 An application on the form prescribed by the commissioner for the renewal of a license, filed before midnight of the last day of the period for which a…
§ 10156.5 The commissioner may issue a restricted license to a person: (a) Who is or has been licensed under this chapter and who has been found by the commissioner…
§ 10156.6 A restricted license issued pursuant to Section 10156.5 as the commissioner in their discretion finds advisable in the public interest may be restricted: (a)…
§ 10156.7 (a) A restricted license issued pursuant to Section 10156.5 does not confer any property right in the privileges to be exercised thereunder, and the holder of…
§ 10156.8 As one of the conditions to the issuance of a restricted license authorized by Section 10156.5 the commissioner may require the filing of surety bonds in such…
§ 10157 No real estate license gives authority to do any act specified in this chapter to any person, other than the person to whom the license is issued.
§ 10158 When a real estate license is issued to a corporation, if it desires any of its officers other than the officer designated by it pursuant to Section 10211, to…
§ 10159 Each officer of a corporation through whom it is licensed to act as a real estate broker need not be a licensed real estate broker, but if not, is authorized…
§ 10159.2 (a) The officer designated by a corporate broker licensee pursuant to Section 10211 shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the activities…
§ 10159.5 (a) (1) Every person applying for a license under this chapter who desires to have the license issued under a fictitious business name shall file with the…
§ 10159.6 All of the following apply to use of a team name, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 10159.7: (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of…
§ 10159.7 (a) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Fictitious business name” means a professional identity or brand name under…
§ 10161.5 When the holder of a real estate broker’s or salesperson’s license is required to relinquish his or her license to assume an office in local, state, or federal…
§ 10161.8 (a) The commissioner shall specify the manner in which a responsible broker shall provide notice to the commissioner of an affiliation with a real estate…
§ 10162 (a) Every licensed real estate broker shall have and maintain a definite place of business in the State of California that serves as the broker’s office for…
§ 10163 If the applicant for a real estate broker’s license maintains more than one place of business within the State he shall apply for and procure an additional…
§ 10164 (a) A responsible broker or corporate designated broker officer may appoint a licensee as a manager of a branch office or division of the responsible broker’s…
§ 10165 For a violation of Section 10161.8, 10162, 10163, or subdivision (b) of Section 10164, the commissioner may temporarily suspend or permanently revoke the…
§ 10165.1 This article does not require the department to post or publish electronic mail addresses or telephone numbers collected pursuant to Section 10150, 10151, or…