California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 4 — Real Estate, Part 1 — Licensing of Persons, Chapter 3 — Real Estate Regulations, Article 1 — Scope of Regulation, Section 10136
No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson within this state shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any of the acts mentioned in this article without alleging and proving that he or she was a duly licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson at the time the alleged cause of action arose.
Notes
Bars a person acting as a real estate broker or salesperson within this state from bringing or maintaining an action in the courts of this state to collect compensation for covered acts unless the person alleges and proves that they were duly licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson when the asserted cause of action arose.
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