TITLE 6. SERVICE [2019. - 2082.]
Title 6 enacted 1872.
§§ 2019–2082 · 56 sections
CHAPTER 2. Particular Employments §§ 2019–2030 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 2. Agents §§ 2019–2022 · 4 sections
- § 2019 An agent must not exceed the limits of his actual authority, as defined by the Title on Agency.
- § 2020 An agent must use ordinary diligence to keep his principal informed of his acts in the course of the agency.
- § 2021 An agent employed to collect a negotiable instrument must collect it promptly, and take all measures necessary to charge the parties thereto, in case of its…
- § 2022 A mere agent of an agent is not responsible as such to the principal of the latter.
ARTICLE 3. Factors §§ 2026–2030 · 5 sections
- § 2026 A factor is an agent who, in the pursuit of an independent calling, is employed by another to sell property for him, and is vested by the latter with the…
- § 2027 A factor must obey the instructions of his principal to the same extent as any other employé, notwithstanding any advances he may have made to his principal…
- § 2028 A factor may sell property consigned to him on such credit as is usual; but, having once agreed with the purchaser upon the term of credit, may not extend it.
- § 2029 A factor who charges his principal with a guaranty commission upon a sale, thereby assumes absolutely to pay the price when it falls due, as if it were a debt…
- § 2030 A factor who receives property for sale, under a general agreement or usage to guarantee the sales or the remittance of the proceeds, cannot relieve himself…
CHAPTER 3. Service Without Employment §§ 2078–2079.26 · 29 sections
ARTICLE 1. Voluntary Interference with Property § 2078 · 1 section
- § 2078 One who officiously, and without the consent of the real or apparent owner of a thing, takes it into his possession for the purpose of rendering a service…
ARTICLE 2. Duty to Prospective Purchaser of Real Property §§ 2079–2079.25 · 27 sections
- § 2079 (a) It is the duty of a real estate broker or salesperson, licensed under Division 4 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Business and Professions Code, to a…
- § 2079.1 The provisions of this article relating sale transactions of residential real property comprising one to four dwelling units apply with equal force to leases…
- § 2079.2 The standard of care owed by a broker under this article is the degree of care that a reasonably prudent real estate licensee would exercise and is measured by…
- § 2079.3 The inspection to be performed pursuant to this article does not include or involve an inspection of areas that are reasonably and normally inaccessible to…
- § 2079.4 In no event shall the time for commencement of legal action for breach of duty imposed by this article exceed two years from the date of possession, which…
- § 2079.5 Nothing in this article relieves a buyer or prospective buyer of the duty to exercise reasonable care to protect himself or herself, including those facts…
- § 2079.6 This article does not apply to sales which are required to be preceded by the furnishing, to a prospective buyer, of a copy of a public report pursuant to…
- § 2079.7 (a) If a consumer information booklet described in Section 10084.1 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in connection with the sale of…
- § 2079.8 (a) If a Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety described in Section 10149 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in connection with the…
- § 2079.9 (a) If a Commercial Property Owner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety described in Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in…
- § 2079.10 (a) If the informational booklet published pursuant to Section 25402.9 of the Public Resources Code, concerning the statewide home energy rating program…
- § 2079.10.5 (a) Every contract for the sale of single-family residential real property entered into on or after July 1, 2013, shall contain, in not less than 8-point type,…
- § 2079.10a (a) Every lease or rental agreement for single-family residential real property entered into on or after July 1, 1999, any leasehold interest in real property…
- § 2079.11 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), to the extent permitted by law, the consumer information publications referred to in this article, including, but…
- § 2079.12 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the imprecision of terms in the opinion rendered in Easton v. Strassburger, 152…
- § 2079.13 As used in this section and Sections 2079.7 and 2079.14 to 2079.24, inclusive, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agent” means a person…
- § 2079.14 (a) A copy of the disclosure form specified in Section 2079.16 shall be provided in a real property transaction as follows: (1) The seller’s agent, if any,…
- § 2079.15 In any circumstance in which the seller or buyer refuses to sign an acknowledgment of receipt pursuant to Section 2079.14, the agent shall set forth, sign, and…
- § 2079.16 The disclosure form required by Section 2079.14 shall have Sections 2079.13 to 2079.24, inclusive, excluding this section, printed on the back, and on the…
- § 2079.17 (a) As soon as practicable, the buyer’s agent shall disclose to the buyer and seller whether the agent is acting in the real property transaction as the…
- § 2079.19 The payment of compensation or the obligation to pay compensation to an agent by the seller or buyer is not necessarily determinative of a particular agency…
- § 2079.20 Nothing in this article prevents an agent from selecting, as a condition of the agent’s employment, a specific form of agency relationship not specifically…
- § 2079.21 (a) A dual agent may not, without the express permission of the seller, disclose to the buyer any confidential information obtained from the seller. (b) A dual…
- § 2079.22 Nothing in this article precludes a seller’s agent from also being a buyer’s agent. If a seller or buyer in a transaction chooses to not be represented by an…
- § 2079.23 (a) A contract between the principal and agent may be modified or altered to change the agency relationship at any time before the performance of the act which…
- § 2079.24 Nothing in this article shall be construed to either diminish the duty of disclosure owed buyers and sellers by agents and their associate licensees,…
- § 2079.25 The provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 1102.1 shall apply to this article.
ARTICLE 3. Unsolicited Offers to Purchase Real Property Affected by January 2025 Fires in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura § 2079.26 · 1 section
- § 2079.26 (a) A person shall not make an unsolicited offer to purchase residential real property in the 90049, 90263, 90265, 90272, 90290, 90402, 91001, 91024, 91103,…
CHAPTER 4. Lost and Unclaimed Property §§ 2080–2082 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Lost Money and Goods §§ 2080–2080.10 · 10 sections
- § 2080 Any person who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it, unless the person is otherwise required to do so by contract or law, but when the person…
- § 2080.1 (a) If the owner is unknown or has not claimed the property, the person saving or finding the property shall, if the property is of the value of one hundred…
- § 2080.2 If the owner appears within 90 days, after receipt of the property by the police department or sheriff’s department, proves his ownership of the property, and…
- § 2080.3 (a) If the reported value of the property is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more and no owner appears and proves his or her ownership of the property…
- § 2080.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2080.3 or Section 2080.6, the legislative body of any city, city and county, or county may provide by ordinance for…
- § 2080.5 The police department or sheriff’s department may sell such property by public auction, in the manner and upon the notice of sale of personal property under…
- § 2080.6 (a) Any public agency may elect to be governed by the provisions of this article with respect to disposition of personal property found or saved on property…
- § 2080.7 The provisions of this article have no application to things which have been intentionally abandoned by their owner.
- § 2080.8 (a) The Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, may provide by resolution or regulation for…
- § 2080.10 (a) When a public agency obtains possession of personal property from a person for temporary safekeeping, the public agency shall do all of the following: (1)…
ARTICLE 2. Unclaimed Property §§ 2081–2081.6 · 7 sections
- § 2081 When any goods, merchandise, or other property has been received by any railroad or express company, other common carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or…
- § 2081.1 If within 60 days after its receipt no person calls for the property and pays the freight and charges upon it, the carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or…
- § 2081.2 If any surplus remains after paying the freight, storage, expenses of sale, and other reasonable charges, the sum remaining shall be paid over to the owner of…
- § 2081.3 If the owner or his agent fails to demand the surplus within 60 days after the sale, it shall be paid into the county treasury, subject to the order of the…
- § 2081.4 After the storage of the property the responsibility of the carrier, commission merchant, innkeeper, or warehouseman ceases. The person with whom the property…
- § 2081.5 When any commission merchant or warehouseman receives produce, merchandise, or other property on consignment and makes advances upon it, either to the owner or…
- § 2081.6 All proceedings pursuant to this article are governed entirely by its provisions and are not controlled or affected by Article 2, Chapter 3, Title 7, Part 4,…
ARTICLE 3. Fees of Officers § 2082 · 1 section
- § 2082 The fees of officers under this chapter are the same allowed by law for similar services, and shall be paid by the taker up or finder and recovered from the…