California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 14 — Structural Pest Control Operators, Article 3 — Application of the Chapter, Section 8554
No individual engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an operator may bring or maintain an action in any court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any act or contract without alleging and proving that he or she was a duly licensed operator at all times during the performance of such act or contract.
No firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization or combination thereof engaged in the practice of structural pest control may bring or maintain an action in any court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any act or contract without alleging and proving that it was a duly registered company at all times during the performance of the act or contract.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the bringing or maintaining an action for the collection of compensation in the event of a suspension or revocation of a license or company registration by the board, if the order of suspension or revocation authorized the performance of the act or work, compensation for which the action is brought or maintained.
Notes
Bars an operator from suing in any court of this state for compensation without alleging and proving continuous licensure during the work, and similarly bars a structural pest-control organization without continuous company registration. Exempts work performed under a suspension or revocation order that expressly authorized the work for which compensation is sought.
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