Sections
36 entriesSection 10150Requires applications for the real estate broker examination to be written, include valid contact information, and include the examination fee, and allows…Section 10150.6Requires a broker applicant to have held a salesperson license, qualified for renewal, and actively worked as a salesperson for at least…Section 10151Requires applications for the real estate salesperson examination to be written, include valid contact information, and include the examination fee, and allows…Section 10151.2Requires the commissioner to ask every licensure applicant about current or former service in the listed United States armed services and intended…Section 10151.3Requires the Department of Real Estate to submit an annual legislative report on military, veteran, and spouse licensure, including expedited-license applications, annual…Section 10151.5Allows a nonresident to qualify for a license if otherwise qualified and the home jurisdiction reciprocally permits California residents to qualify, but…Section 10152Allows the commissioner to require additional proof of honesty and truthfulness from real-estate license or examination applicants and specified corporate principals, including…Section 10152.5Requires the department to send the Department of Justice fingerprints and required information for original salesperson and broker applicants, prospective designated corporate…Section 10153Requires the commissioner, by written examination and in addition to honesty and truthfulness proof, to determine that each applicant and each acting…Section 10153.01Prohibits cheating on, subverting, or attempting to subvert a department licensing examination, including unauthorized communication, copying, impersonation, removing materials, using unauthorized aids,…Section 10153.1Prohibits deception or fraud concerning a person’s identity in connection with any examination, examination application, or request to be examined under this…Section 10153.2Requires an original real estate broker examination applicant to show specified accredited coursework, including three-unit semester courses or quarter equivalents covering real…Section 10153.3Establishes that licenses still suspended because of former law as it read on December 31, 2025, are deemed expired four years after…Section 10153.5Defines an “equivalent course of study” for the referenced provisions as private-vocational-school courses the commissioner approves as equal in quality to real-estate…Section 10153.6Sets every real estate broker license issued by the commissioner at a four-year term. Requires applicants to pass the appropriate examination and…Section 10153.7Sets every real estate salesperson license issued by the commissioner to a four-year term and requires applicants to pass the appropriate examination…Section 10153.8Allows a real estate license applicant who fails the qualifying examination to seek reexamination by filing the appropriate application and fee. Requires…Section 10156.2Allows a licensee who files a complete renewal application, fee, and good-faith continuing-education evidence before the prior license expires to keep operating…Section 10156.5Allows the commissioner to issue a restricted license after a hearing to a current or former licensee whose Division 4 violation would…Section 10156.6Allows the commissioner, when issuing a restricted license under the referenced provision and finding restrictions advisable in the public interest, to limit…Section 10156.7Limits a restricted license by providing that it creates no property right in its privileges and gives the holder no right to…Section 10156.8Allows the commissioner, as a condition of issuing a restricted license under the referenced provision, to require the restricted licensee to file…Section 10157Limits authority under a real estate license to the person to whom the license was issued. The license does not authorize any…Section 10158Requires a licensed corporation to obtain an additional license for each officer, other than its designated officer, who will act as a…Section 10159Allows an officer through whom a corporation is licensed as a real estate broker to serve without an individual broker license, but…Section 10159.2Requires the designated officer of a corporate broker licensee to supervise and control corporate activities, officers, employees, and licensed salespersons as necessary…Section 10159.5Requires real estate license applicants using a fictitious business name to file a certified county statement, while allowing a responsible broker to…Section 10159.6Requires advertising using a team name to conspicuously display the team name plus at least one licensed team member’s name and license…Section 10159.7Defines fictitious business name, ownership of that name, and team name for real estate licensing. A team name needs at least two…Section 10161.5Allows a real estate broker or salesperson who relinquished a license to assume local, state, or federal office to obtain reinstatement within…Section 10161.8Requires the commissioner to specify how responsible brokers report licensee affiliations and how licensees report address or affiliation changes. Requires a responsible…Section 10162Requires licensed real estate brokers to maintain a definite California business office and licensees to operate from their licensed location, while applicants…Section 10163Requires a real estate broker applicant who maintains more than one place of business in California to obtain an additional license for…Section 10164Allows a responsible broker or designated corporate broker officer to appoint a branch or division manager by written contract and notice to…Section 10165Allows the commissioner to temporarily suspend or permanently revoke a real estate license for violations of the specified office-location, branch-office, or managerial-supervision…Section 10165.1Exempts the department from any requirement to post or publish email addresses or telephone numbers collected under the cited provisions. If the…