Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 3. VESSELS [399 - 786]
( Division 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) CHAPTER 5. Operation and Equipment of Vessels [650 - 774.4]
( Heading of Chapter 5 amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1428. ) ARTICLE 2. Yacht and Ship Brokers [700 - 740]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 453. ) 708.
(a) No person shall engage in the business of, act in the capacity of, advertise as, or assume to act as a broker or salesperson within this state without first obtaining a license under this article to do so.
(b) Only the person to whom a license is issued may perform or offer to perform any act subject to this article.
(c) No fictitious name shall be used by a broker in the conduct of any business for which a license is required under this article, unless a license bearing that fictitious name has been issued to the broker.
(d) The department shall not issue a license under a fictitious business name which is the same as or similar to the fictitious business name on a license previously issued and in effect.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 561, Sec. 1.)