A household mover shall not transport household goods under a subhauling agreement unless each of the following occurs:

(a) The subhauler is permitted by the bureau to transport household goods and complies with the requirements of this chapter.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 19266

  • Bureau: refers to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, as established in Section 9810. See California Business and Professions Code 19225.5
  • Household mover: includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, engaged in the permitted or unpermitted transportation for compensation or hire as a business by means of a motor vehicle or motor vehicles being used in the transportation of used household goods and personal effects over any public highway in this state. See California Business and Professions Code 19225.5

(b) The household mover and subhauler are jointly and severally liable for any loss or damage caused by the subhauler.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)