California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 4 — Real Estate, Part 3 — Licensing and Certification of Real Estate Appraisers, Chapter 3 — Scope of Practice, Section 11320.5
No person or entity shall act in the capacity of an appraisal management company or represent itself to the public as an appraisal management company, either in its advertising or through its business name, without a certificate of registration from the bureau.
Notes
Prohibits any person or entity from acting as an appraisal management company, or representing itself to the public as one through advertising or its business name, without a certificate of registration from the bureau. The registration requirement applies both to actually performing that role and publicly holding oneself out as doing so.
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