Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 8 > Chapter 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses

• board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• Currency: means any coined money, banknotes, or other paper money as are authorized by law which circulates from hand to hand as the medium of exchange. See California Business and Professions Code 22515
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Money exchange house: means any individual or business engaged in the business of exchanging or dealing in the currency of the United States, Mexico, or any other country. See California Business and Professions Code 22515
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.