Sections
51 entriesSection 7065Requires the registrar to qualify contractor-license applicants by written examination covering required knowledge, state law, contracting business, and trade, while requiring specified…Section 7065.01Exempts an applicant for the limited specialty license classification from the trade examination otherwise required under the referenced general examination provision. The…Section 7065.05Requires the board periodically to review qualifying examinations and revise them when needed so questions remain timely and relevant to the contracting…Section 7065.06Requires the board, before revising the C-27 landscaping-contractor examination, to consult the Department of Water Resources and California Landscape Contractors Association about…Section 7065.1Allows the registrar to waive a contractor examination when a qualifier has qualifying same-classification experience for five of the preceding seven years,…Section 7065.2Allows the registrar to waive the contractor-license examination for an applicant who previously held a valid contractor’s license in California and has…Section 7065.3Allows an additional contractor classification without further examination when experience is conclusively shown and the qualifier satisfies the specified five-of-seven-year personnel history,…Section 7065.4Allows the registrar to accept an out-of-state contractor’s qualifications when the other state reciprocally accepts California qualifications and the board finds that…Section 7065.5Prohibits issuance of a contractor license to a minor, a partnership with a minor partner, a corporation or limited liability company with…Section 7066Requires an applicant seeking an original license to submit a written application to the registrar stating that the applicant desires a license…Section 7066.5Allows any person to obtain blank contractor-license application forms directly from the Contractors State License Board. Also allows a person to have…Section 7067.6Requires applications for original, renewed, reinstated, or reissued contractor licenses, whether active or inactive, to be signed by both the applicant and…Section 7068Requires contractor applicants to demonstrate classification experience and legal/business knowledge through an authorized qualifier; except as allowed by the referenced qualifier provision,…Section 7068.1Requires a qualifying person to supervise and control the licensee’s construction operations and generally bars qualification of additional firms absent at least…Section 7068.2Requires written notice to the registrar within 90 days after a qualifier disassociates and replacement within 90 days, otherwise the license is…Section 7068.5Prohibits any person other than the examinee named in a contractor-license application from taking the qualifying examination on that applicant’s behalf. A…Section 7068.7Establishes a misdemeanor when a person obtains and supplies to another person a contractor qualifying examination, or any portion of that examination,…Section 7069Requires a contractor-license applicant and specified associated personnel to have no acts or crimes constituting statutory license-denial grounds. Requires the applicant to…Section 7069.1Allows the registrar, after notice of an arrest involving license personnel or a home-improvement salesperson, to demand satisfactory proof of disposition by…Section 7070Requires a contractor-license applicant to show the applicant has never been denied a license or had one revoked for reasons that would…Section 7071Bars issuance of a contractor’s license to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other organization when specified responsible officers, directors, partners,…Section 7071.3Allows a valid contractor licensee entering the U.S. armed forces to designate responsible managing persons during service and until one year after…Section 7071.4Requires bonded licensees from January 1, 2019 to use an admitted-surety bond or authorized registrar deposit, with old alternatives replaced by January…Section 7071.5Requires the contractor’s bond to be executed by an admitted surety for California and filed with the registrar. The bond benefits homeowners…Section 7071.6Requires a $25,000 contractor’s bond for issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued license maintenance, while limiting most aggregate surety claims to $7,500…Section 7071.6.5Requires a limited liability company contractor applicant or licensee to maintain a $100,000 surety bond for issuance, reissuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or…Section 7071.7Requires the registrar to accept specified contractor bonds effective on their stated date when received within 90 days and, if otherwise eligible,…Section 7071.8Requires specified applicants and licensees connected to disciplined licenses to maintain an additional disciplinary contractor’s bond set by the registrar at no…Section 7071.9Requires a $25,000 qualifying individual’s bond when the qualifier is not the proprietor, general partner, or joint licensee, with a $7,500 aggregate…Section 7071.10Requires a qualifying individual’s bond executed by an admitted surety for California and filed with the registrar, but not in addition to…Section 7071.11Limits wage/fringe surety liability to $4,000 and prorates insufficient bonds. Most bond actions have two-year limits; wage claims are due within six…Section 7071.13Prohibits a contractor from referring in advertising, solicitation, or other presentations to the public to any bond that the contractor is required…Section 7071.14Prohibits denying a contractor-license bond to a licensee or applicant solely because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, or sex.…Section 7071.15Allows a contractor license to be suspended or revoked when the licensee fails to maintain a sufficient bond required by the article.…Section 7071.17Requires applicants with unsatisfied judgments to post a bond equal to those judgments within 90 days after board notice or the application…Section 7071.18Requires a licensee to report in writing to the registrar within 90 days after learning of a felony conviction or another conviction…Section 7071.19Requires LLC licensees to maintain liability insurance for contracting-service claims, at least $1,000,000 for five or fewer personnel plus $100,000 each above…Section 7071.20Requires a licensee, within 90 days after knowledge, to report qualifying judgments, settlements, or awards filed on or after January 1, 2019…Section 7071.21Requires an insurer providing specified liability coverage to report to the registrar within 30 days after paying all or part of a…Section 7071.22Sets specified judgment, settlement, and arbitration reporting provisions to apply when a party is or was a defined licensee, personnel-of-record member, person,…Section 7072Requires the registrar, after receiving the application fee and a complete application and conducting any required examination and investigation, to notify the…Section 7072.5Requires a free plasticized pocket card to be issued with a contractor license to the licensee or specified personnel, and requires all…Section 7073Allows the registrar to deny a license or supplemental-classification application for rule violations or denial grounds and requires crime-based denials to state…Section 7074Sets application-voiding deadlines of 18 months to pass the qualifying examination and 90 days after notice to pay the initial fee, file…Section 7075Requires a licensee to display the license in the licensee’s main office or chief place of business. The licensee must also provide…Section 7075.1Prohibits transfer of any contractor license to another person or entity, but allows a license number to be reissued in listed same-entity,…Section 7076Sets cancellation and continuation rules when individual, partnership, or joint-venture licenses end through death, disassociation, dissolution, or entity-license loss. Written notice or…Section 7076.1Requires the registrar to cancel a contractor license upon receiving the licensee’s voluntary surrender request and prohibits refund of fees paid before…Section 7076.2Requires automatic suspension of a contractor corporation or limited liability company that remains unregistered or not in good standing with the Secretary…Section 7076.5Allows a contractor not doing license-required work to inactivate a license by prescribed application, after which contracting is barred until reactivation. Inactive…Section 7077Sets every original contractor license, except a specified additional classification, as probationary until first renewal. Requires up to 30 days to show…