CHAPTER 3. Licensing
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.
§§ 12200–12225 · 23 sections
- § 12200 No person shall engage in the business, for compensation, of selling checks, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose, or of…
- § 12200.2 A license as a business agent or special prorater may be issued to an individual.
- § 12200.5 The commissioner shall classify and license applicants for a proraters license in accordance with the nature of their existing or proposed business and the…
- § 12201 (a) An application for a license shall be in writing, under oath, and in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain the name, and the address both…
- § 12202 If the business is to be conducted at a specific address or addresses, the address or addresses at which the business is to be conducted shall be included in…
- § 12203 If the business is to be conducted from a mobile unit, the California state registration number or other identification of such mobile unit and the area in…
- § 12204 The application shall specify the type of business for which a license is requested and shall also contain such other information as the commissioner may…
- § 12205 (a) A licensed bill payer, general prorater, or special prorater who does not qualify to make use of agencies in the conduct of its business at all times shall…
- § 12206 (a) If the applicant is to engage in the business of receiving money for the purpose of paying bills, invoices or accounts of an obligor, the applicant shall…
- § 12207 The bond shall be approved by the commissioner. The bond shall run to the state for the use of the state and of any person who has a cause of action against…
- § 12208 The bond shall be conditioned that the obligor will faithfully conform to and abide by the provisions of this division and of all rules and regulations made by…
- § 12209 The bond shall remain in force and effect until the surety is released from liability by the commissioner, or until the bond is canceled by the surety.
- § 12212 No action may be brought on the bond by any person after the expiration of two years from the time when the act or default complained of occurred.
- § 12213 When an action is commenced on the bond of a licensee the commissioner may require the filing of a new bond, and immediately upon the recovery of any action on…
- § 12214 (a) An applicant at the time of filing an application for a license under this division shall pay to the commissioner the sum of fifty dollars ($50) as a fee…
- § 12216 (a) Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fees and the approval of the bond, the commissioner shall investigate and examine the following:…
- § 12217 Each license shall state the following: (a) The name of the licensee, and if the licensee is a partnership or association the names of the members, or if the…
- § 12218 The license shall be kept conspicuously posted in the principal place of business of the licensee.
- § 12219 The license is not transferable or assignable.
- § 12220 The commissioner may by regulation require licensees to file at such times as he may specify such information as the commissioner may reasonably require…
- § 12221 Upon reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard, the commissioner may deny the application for the license for any of the following reasons: (a) A false…
- § 12223 The commissioner may require a licensee, in addition to the bond provided in Section 12206, to obtain an adequate fidelity bond for each officer, employee,…
- § 12225 The commissioner may issue a duplicate of a license that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed, or for a certificate which the licensee desires to replace, upon…