California Business and Professions Code 7582.21 – (a) A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any …
(a) A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any location other than that shown on the records of the bureau as their principal place of business unless they have received a branch office certificate for the location after compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any additional requirements necessary for the protection of the public as the director may by regulation prescribe. A licensee shall notify the bureau in writing within 10 days after closing or changing the location of a branch office.
(b) The director may assess a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of subdivision (a) and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation thereafter.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7582.21
- bureau: means the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. See California Business and Professions Code 7580.4
- director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless the context indicates otherwise. See California Business and Professions Code 7580.1
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter and includes, but is not limited to, private patrol operator and armored contract carrier. See California Business and Professions Code 7580.6
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(c) The branch office certificate or copy shall be posted below the private patrol operator’s license.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 571, Sec. 25. (AB 1244) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 26 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 571.)