Sections
46 entriesSection 7025Defines “members of the personnel of record” as persons currently listed by the registrar as associated with a licensee, “person” to include…Section 7025.1Defines “federally recognized tribe” and “participating tribe,” and requires the board to license a qualifying federally recognized tribe that applies and otherwise…Section 7026Defines “contractor” or “builder” broadly as a person undertaking, offering, bidding, claiming capacity for, or performing specified construction, alteration, repair, demolition, roadway,…Section 7026.1Defines “contractor” to include specified equipment servicers, construction consultants, temporary-labor agencies, tree workers, and well workers. Exempts a temporary-labor agency when a…Section 7026.2Defines “contractor” to include persons constructing, installing, altering, repairing, or preparing mobilehomes or accessories for dwelling use, including manufacturers doing specified onsite…Section 7026.3Defines a carpet installer or person contracting for installed carpet as a contractor when the carpet is conventionally attached to a structure.…Section 7026.11Extends the permissible scope of work for the General Manufactured Housing Contractor (C-47) license classification to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and multifamily manufactured…Section 7026.12Requires installation of a fire-protection system, excluding an electrical alarm system and subject to the stated exception, to be performed by a…Section 7027Establishes that a person advertising, displaying signs or cards, or using a classified or directory listing indicating contractor status is subject to…Section 7027.1Prohibits advertising covered construction or improvement work without a valid license in the advertised classification, except that licensed building or engineering contractors…Section 7027.2Allows a person without a contractor license to advertise for covered construction or improvement work only when the total project or undertaking…Section 7027.3Prohibits any person, licensed or unlicensed, from willfully and intentionally using with intent to defraud a contractor-license number that does not match…Section 7027.4Establishes disciplinary grounds when a contractor advertises being insured without identifying the insurance type, or advertises being bonded when referring to the…Section 7027.5Allows a landscape contractor to prime-contract pools, spas, or hot tubs in a supervised landscape project if subcontracted to one Swimming Pool…Section 7028Sets penalties for nonexempt unlicensed or specified suspended-license contracting: first, up to $5,000 or six months’ jail; later convictions require the greater…Section 7028.1Prohibits contractors from covered asbestos work without certification and from specified removal, remedial, or underground-storage-tank work or bidding without required certification unless…Section 7028.2Allows the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city prosecuting attorney to bring a criminal complaint under the chapter in any…Section 7028.3Allows the registrar, through the Attorney General or local district attorney, to seek an injunction when a licensee violates the chapter and…Section 7028.4Requires a court, upon a proper showing by a licensed contractor or contractor association, affected consumer, district attorney, or Attorney General, to…Section 7028.5Prohibits a person who is or was a listed partner, officer, director, manager, responsible managing person, or personnel-of-record individual of a licensed…Section 7028.6Allows the Registrar of Contractors to issue citations against persons acting as or engaging in the business of a contractor in California…Section 7028.7Requires the registrar to cite a nonexempt unlicensed contractor or salesperson when probable cause exists and give a public entity written notice…Section 7028.8Allows service of a citation issued under the specified contractor provision by certified mail sent to the cited person’s last known business…Section 7028.9Requires the registrar to issue a citation under the specified contractor provision within four years after the underlying act or omission or…Section 7028.10Allows a person served with a citation under the referenced provision to appeal to the registrar within 15 working days after service.…Section 7028.11Requires a person cited to notify the registrar of an intent to appeal within 15 working days after service; otherwise the citation…Section 7028.12Requires the registrar to provide a hearing when a person timely contests a citation and then issue a fact-based decision affirming, modifying,…Section 7028.13Allows the registrar, after specified review procedures are exhausted, to obtain a superior-court judgment for a civil penalty and compel abatement, delegate…Section 7028.14Allows the registrar, notwithstanding other law, to waive part of a civil penalty when the penalized person satisfactorily completes all contractor-license requirements…Section 7028.15Prohibits unlicensed persons from bidding to act as contractors for public agencies, making violations misdemeanors, unless chapter-exempt or bidding on specified state…Section 7028.16Establishes penalties for unlicensed contracting connected to property damage from a gubernatorial or presidentially declared disaster: a fine up to $10,000, specified…Section 7028.17Establishes a misdemeanor when an unlicensed individual fails to comply with a citation after it becomes final. Requires fines from district-attorney prosecutions…Section 7029Defines a joint venture license as a license issued to a combination of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, or other joint…Section 7029.1Prohibits two or more separately licensed contractors from jointly receiving a contract or otherwise acting as a contractor without first obtaining a…Section 7029.5Requires C-36 plumbing, C-45 sign, and C-57 well-drilling contractors to display their name, permanent business address, and contractor license number on both…Section 7029.6Requires every licensed contractor, except contractors covered by the specified separate vehicle rule, to display the contractor’s business name and license number…Section 7030Requires licensed contractors to place a specified notice in prime contracts in at least 10-point type, stating four-year and 10-year complaint periods,…Section 7030.1Requires a contractor with at least two license suspensions or revocations within eight years to disclose qualifying discipline from the last eight…Section 7030.5Requires every person licensed under the chapter to include the person’s license number in all construction contracts, subcontracts, calls for bid, and…Section 7031Bars contractors from suing for compensation unless licensed throughout work, except licensed contractors failing the joint-venture requirement, and lets customers recover payments…Section 7031.5Requires every city or county requiring building-related permits to make applicants file a signed statement, before permit issuance, identifying a valid contractor…Section 7032Limits the chapter from restricting city or county authority to regulate contractor installation quality through permits, inspections, plan approval, and other local…Section 7033Requires every city or city and county that requires a business license for chapter-regulated contracting to require each licensee and each applicant…Section 7034Prohibits a contractor required to be licensed from inserting into, or becoming party with a licensed subcontractor to, a contract containing a…Section 7035Prohibits a specialty contractor from using more than one subcontractor in the contractor’s same license classification on a single project unless the…Section 7036Allows the Attorney General to seek contractor-license discipline or denial for unpaid lawful wages, unsatisfied wage judgments, or violations of wage-payment injunctions…