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BPC § 10509
Where this section sits in the code
- Business and Professions Code - BPC
- DIVISION 4. REAL ESTATE [10000. - 11506.]
- PART 1. LICENSING OF PERSONS [10000. - 10580.]
- CHAPTER 7. Mineral, Oil and Gas Brokerage [10500. - 10580.]
- ARTICLE 1. Scope of Regulation [10500. - 10513.]
(a) It is unlawful for a mineral, oil, and gas broker or a real estate broker to compensate, directly or indirectly, any person who is not a mineral, oil, and gas broker or a licensed real estate salesperson retained by the real estate broker for performing any acts for which a mineral, oil, and gas broker license is required.
(b) It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, for any person, whether obligor, escrow holder, or otherwise, to pay or deliver compensation to a person for performing any acts for which a mineral, oil, and gas broker license is required unless that person is known by the payer to be or has presented evidence to the payer that he or she was a licensed mineral, oil, and gas broker at the time the compensation was earned.
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