A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson within this state shall not 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 cemetery broker or cemetery salesperson at the time the alleged cause of action arose.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 18. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)