Sections
31 entriesSection 10050Establishes the Department of Real Estate within the Business and Consumer Services Agency, headed by the Real Estate Commissioner, and requires the…Section 10050.1Establishes protection of the public as the Department of Real Estate’s highest priority when it performs licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever…Section 10051Requires the Governor to appoint the commissioner. The provision places the appointment of the commissioner with the Governor and states that appointment…Section 10052Requires the commissioner to have either five years of active experience as a real estate broker in California or five years of…Section 10053Requires the Real Estate Commissioner to receive the annual salary provided by the referenced Government Code provisions, paid monthly from the State…Section 10071Requires the commissioner to enforce the provisions of the specified part and referenced chapter and authorizes control over issuance and revocation of…Section 10073Requires the commissioner to employ deputies, clerks, and employees as needed to discharge properly the duties imposed upon the commissioner by law.…Section 10073.5Requires the department to submit fingerprints and required information for workers, applicants, contractors, subcontractors, or volunteers with access to criminal offender records,…Section 10074Prohibits the commissioner and department deputies, clerks, or employees, after qualifying, from holding specified interests or roles in mineral, oil, gas, or…Section 10075Requires deputies, clerks, and employees to perform duties assigned by the commissioner. Allows the commissioner, subject to the State Personnel Board’s and…Section 10076Requires each deputy, after appointment, to take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and file that oath with the Secretary…Section 10077Requires the commissioner to maintain the principal office in the City of Sacramento. Allows branch offices in the City and County of…Section 10078Requires the commissioner to adopt a seal bearing “Real Estate Commissioner State of California” and any additional desired device for authenticating official…Section 10079Requires the Attorney General to provide requested legal opinions on construction, interpretation, and administration of specified real-estate laws and generally act as…Section 10080Allows the commissioner to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations reasonably necessary to enforce the specified part and referenced chapter. Requires…Section 10080.5Requires any credit-reporting agency employed by the commissioner to have continuously operated in the business of furnishing credit reports in this state…Section 10080.9Allows commissioner to cite unlicensed persons or licensees, order correction, and fine up to $2,500; citation becomes final without a hearing request…Section 10081Allows the commissioner to seek an injunction against a person believed to be violating or about to violate specified provisions, orders, licenses,…Section 10081.5Allows the commissioner to seek an injunction against a licensee who has violated or is about to violate the trust-fund law. Allows…Section 10082Allows the commissioner to periodically publish a directory of licensed brokers and salespersons together with material considered pertinent to the specified real…Section 10083Allows the commissioner periodically to issue a bulletin concerning the department, the specified provisions, and their administration, and also to publish the…Section 10083.2Requires the commissioner to publish online license status, discipline, accusations, associate-licensee status, and broker associations while excluding personal information and allowing an…Section 10084Allows the commissioner to prepare a pamphlet or brochure concerning information disclosures in residential real estate transactions and to use appropriated Real…Section 10084.1Requires the department, by January 1, 1991, using appropriated Real Estate Fund education money, to develop a consumer booklet on common real-property…Section 10084.2Requires the Homeowners’ Guide to Environmental Hazards, as resources permit or private resources become available, to be updated with new sections on…Section 10085Allows the commissioner to require advance-fee solicitation materials at least 10 calendar days before use and, within 10 calendar days after receipt,…Section 10085.5Prohibits advance fees for specified real-property-secured loan solicitation or borrower services before the borrower is obligated, and for other licensed activities, unless…Section 10085.6Prohibits a licensee handling a borrower-paid residential mortgage modification or forbearance from collecting compensation before fully performing all promised services, taking a…Section 10086Allows the commissioner to order immediate cessation of specified violations and gives the respondent 30 days to request a hearing. Requires court…Section 10087Allows the commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, to suspend or bar specified licensed or unlicensed persons for up to…Section 10088Allows the commissioner, after a desist-and-refrain or bar order or commencement of formal discipline, to confirm publicly an investigation or proceeding when…