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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.2
Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director under this chapter may be delegated to the chief, except that the director may not delegate authority to adopt or otherwise act upon any proposed decision of a hearing officer after a hearing under the provisions of Cha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.3
The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, and Section 159.5, may appoint and fix the compensation of such clerical, inspection, investigation, and auditing personnel, as well as an assistant chief, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapte
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.4
The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any rule or regulation established pursuant to this chapter by persons engaged in the business of repossession who fail to obtain licenses and shall gather evidence of violations and furnish that evidence to the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.5
It shall be the duty of the chief to initiate and conduct investigations into the business and affairs of licensees on the chief’s own motion.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.6
The director may establish and enforce such rules and regulations as may be reasonable and necessary for the examination and licensing of applicants, for the conduct of licensees, and for the general enforcement of various provisions of this chapter in the protection of the publi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.7
If, upon investigation, the director determines that a licensee, a qualified certificate holder, or a registrant is in violation of Section 7508.1, 7508.2, 7508.3, 7508.4, 7508.5, or 7508.6, the director may issue a citation to the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or regis
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.8
(a) When considering the denial of a license, registration, or certificate under Section 7503.5, for which application has been made under this chapter, the director, in evaluating the rehabilitation of the applicant and the applicant’s present eligibility for a license, registra
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.9
It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with Section 128.5 of the Business and Professions Code, that the bureau shall not maintain a reserve balance of funds greater than the amount necessary to fund operating expenses of the bureau and that the bureau shall periodically
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502
No person shall engage within this state in the activities of a repossession agency as defined in Section 7500.2 unless the person holds a valid repossession agency license or is exempt from licensure pursuant to Section 7500.2 or 7500.3.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.1
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or who conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter, or who knowingly engages a nonexempt unlicensed person to repossess collateral on that person’s behalf is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is puni
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.2
(a) A financial institution or a buy-here-pay-here dealer, as defined by Section 241 of the Vehicle Code, that knowingly engages a nonexempt unlicensed person to repossess collateral on its behalf is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of five thousand dollars ($
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.3
Any person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs required by any provision of this chapter is guilty of a felony.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.4
In addition to the remedy provided for in Section 125.5, the superior court for the county in which any licensee licensed under this chapter has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation of this chapter may, upon a petition filed by the director and a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.5
The provisions of this chapter do not prevent the local authorities in any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and within the exercise of the police power of the city, county, or city and county from requiring repossession agency licensees or registrants to register th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.6
(a) The superior court in and for the county wherein any person carries on, or attempts to carry on, business as a repossession agency without first having obtained a license pursuant to this chapter, or carries on that business after the revocation or expiration of any license o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503
An application for a repossession agency license shall be made in writing to, and filed with, the bureau in the form that may be required by the director and shall be accompanied by the original license fee prescribed by this chapter. The director may require the submission of an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.05
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.05
(a) The bureau shall require each applicant as a repossession agency licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant, as defined in Sections 7500.1 and 7500.2, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) Pursuant to subdivision (
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.1
(a) Each individual applicant for examination and each manager, partner of a partnership, and officer of a corporation shall submit with the application, one personal identification form provided by the chief upon which shall appear a photograph taken within one year immediately
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.10
(a) An original repossession agency license shall expire one year following the date of issuance, unless renewed as provided in this chapter. (b) A renewal repossession agency license shall expire two years following the date of renewal, unless renewed as provided in this chapter
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.11
An expired license may be reinstated within one year of the date of expiration upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter, application by the licensee, and payment of any and all fines assessed pursuant to Section 7501.7 and not resolved in accordance with the provisions
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.12
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.12
A suspended repossession agency license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.13
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.13
A revoked repossession agency license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.14
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.14
(a) A repossession agency license which is not renewed within 10 years after its expiration shall not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. (b) The holder of the repossession agency license may obtain a new license only upon compliance with all of the provisio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.2
If the applicant for license is an individual, the application shall state the full residence address of the applicant and that the applicant is to be personally and actively in charge of the business for which the license is sought, or if any other qualified certificate holder i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7503.3
If the applicants for license are copartners, the application shall state the true names and addresses of all partners and the name of the partner to be actively in charge of the business for which the license is sought. If a qualified certificate holder other than a partner is t