CHAPTER 7. Occupational Licenses
Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 975, Sec. 3.
§§ 18045–18066.5 · 48 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Requirements §§ 18045–18046.1 · 6 sections
- § 18045 It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a licensee within this state without having first procured a license or temporary permit issued by the department…
- § 18045.5 (a) The department shall not issue a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer license to any applicant therefor who does not have an established place of business.…
- § 18045.6 (a) (1) If the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer changes the site or location of his or her established place of business, the manufacturer, distributor, or…
- § 18045.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18045.5, for an office at a dealer’s established place of business, the department may issue a temporary permit as provided in…
- § 18046 (a) An “agent” for purposes of this section and Section 18025, means a dealer or salesperson licensed pursuant to this part, or a real estate broker or…
- § 18046.1 The standard of care owed by a dealer to a purchaser under this part is the degree of care that a reasonably prudent dealer would exercise and is measured by…
ARTICLE 2. Applications and Renewals §§ 18050–18055 · 13 sections
- § 18050 (a) Every applicant for an occupational license shall make application to the department for a license containing a general distinguishing number. (b) The…
- § 18050.5 The department may, for a reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue a license to an applicant when it determines any of the following: (a) The applicant was…
- § 18050.7 In addition to any other requirements imposed by this part or regulations of the department, the department shall not grant an initial manufactured home or…
- § 18051 (a) Except where the provisions of this part require the refusal to issue a license, the department may issue a probationary license subject to conditions to…
- § 18052 (a) Pending the satisfaction of the department that the applicant meets the requirements under this article, it may issue a temporary permit to any person…
- § 18052.5 The department may issue a certificate of convenience to the executor, executrix, administrator, or administratrix of the estate of a deceased holder of a…
- § 18052.6 (a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, the department may, on a one-time-only basis, issue a 90-day certificate to an applicant for an…
- § 18052.7 No dealer shall employ more than three salespersons licensed pursuant to a 90-day certificate at his or her established place of business at any one time. In…
- § 18053 A person whose license has been revoked or whose application for a license has been denied shall not reapply for a license for a period of at least one year…
- § 18053.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every applicant for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer’s or salesperson’s license…
- § 18054 (a) The department, upon granting a license, shall issue to the applicant a license with a size and format established by the department containing at least…
- § 18054.7 (a) Every occupational license issued to a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or salesperson shall expire on the last day of the 24th month following the date…
- § 18055 (a) The department may require that fees shall be paid to the department for the issuance or renewal of a license to do business as a licensee. The fees shall…
ARTICLE 2.5. Continuing Education §§ 18056–18056.5 · 6 sections
- § 18056 (a) The Legislature has determined that it is in the public interest for consumer protection and service that all manufactured housing dealers and salespersons…
- § 18056.1 In carrying out its duties under this article, the department shall take reasonable steps to solicit the assistance and advice of persons who are experts in…
- § 18056.2 (a) Any person licensed as a dealer or salesperson to sell manufactured homes or mobilehomes shall have completed approved educational courses, seminars, or…
- § 18056.3 The department may amend or repeal any regulation adopted pursuant to this article in the same manner as provided for adoption of regulations, except that no…
- § 18056.4 On or after January 1, 1987, no dealer’s or salesperson’s license shall be issued or renewed unless the department finds that the applicant has completed the…
- § 18056.5 When the department finds that the evidence submitted in good faith by an applicant for a renewal license does not in fact qualify, it may extend the license…
ARTICLE 3. Infractions and Penalties §§ 18058–18066.5 · 23 sections
- § 18058 It is unlawful, and a violation of this part, if a person to whom a license is issued is any of the following: (a) Not lawfully entitled thereto. (b) Has…
- § 18058.1 (a) Any manufacturer or dealer licensed under this part that has closed its place of business, or any salesperson licensed under this part no longer residing…
- § 18058.5 With respect to applications, it is unlawful to file an application for the license thereafter issued using a false or fictitious name not registered with the…
- § 18059 With respect to taxation, fees, title, and registration, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Use a false or fictitious name, knowingly make any…
- § 18059.5 With respect to escrows and sales practices, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Violate any of the terms or provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing…
- § 18060 With respect to business operations, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Make, or knowingly or negligently permit, any illegal use of any special…
- § 18060.5 With respect to business practices, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Knowingly purchase, sell, or otherwise acquire or dispose of a stolen…
- § 18061 With respect to advertising, it is unlawful: (a) To make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, in any newspaper…
- § 18061.5 It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Willfully violate any law, or any rule or regulation adopted by the department, relating to manufactured homes,…
- § 18061.6 (a) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subdivision (d) of Section 18061 or any regulation to the contrary, a dealer may, alternatively, post in a prominent…
- § 18062 It is unlawful for a dealer to do any of the following: (a) Enter into a listing agreement that does not include a specified date upon which the agreement is…
- § 18062.2 It is also unlawful for a dealer to do any of the following: (a) Engage in the business for which the dealer is licensed without at all times maintaining an…
- § 18062.5 It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor to coerce or attempt to coerce any dealer in this state to do any of the following: (a) Order or accept…
- § 18062.8 It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor licensed under this part to do any of the following: (a) Refuse or fail to deliver, in reasonable quantities…
- § 18062.9 (a) A manufactured home manufacturer may sell manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007, directly to a licensed California general building contractor,…
- § 18063 It is unlawful for a salesperson to do any of the following: (a) At the time of employment, not deliver to his or her employing dealer his or her salesperson’s…
- § 18064 The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the license issued to a licensee for a period not to exceed 30 days if the director finds that the…
- § 18064.2 (a) If the director determines through an investigation that a person has engaged or is engaging in an activity which is a violation of this part, or which is…
- § 18064.5 (a) The director may, following the filing of an accusation against a licensee under this part and prior to conducting a hearing, exercise an option, with the…
- § 18065 The licenses or permits provided for in this part shall be automatically canceled upon any of the following events: (a) The abandonment of the established…
- § 18065.5 The revocation or suspension of a license may be limited to one or more municipalities or counties or any other defined area, or may be revoked or suspended in…
- § 18066 The suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a license provided for in this part shall not prevent the filing of an accusation for the revocation or…
- § 18066.5 If a purchaser of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach pays to the dealer an amount for transfer of title of the manufactured home, mobilehome,…