Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 3 > Chapter 8.5 > Article 4 - Licenses

• Branch office: means any additional physical location, other than the principal place of business of a licensee, where any locksmith service is provided. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Cable television operator: means the person or entity providing cable television services through the cable television system. See California Government Code 53054.2
• Chief: means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• legislative body: means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other governing body in the case of a district or other public agency, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 53000
• Licensee: means a business entity, whether an individual, partnership, or corporation, licensed under this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Locksmith: means any person who, for any consideration or compensation whatsoever, engages, directly or indirectly and as a primary or secondary object, in the business of rekeying, installing, repairing, opening, modifying locks, or who originates keys for locks, including, but not limited to, electronic cloning of transponder keys and any other electronic programming of automotive keys and electronic operating devices, such as key fobs, door and ignition key devices, and successive electronic and other high-security key technology. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Person: means any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, or corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 6980
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Video provider: means any person, company, or service which provides one or more channels of video programming to a residence, including a home, condominium, apartment, or mobilehome, where some fee is paid, whether directly or as included in dues or rental charges, for that service, whether or not public rights-of-way are utilized in the delivery of the video programming. See California Government Code 53054.2