{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-10139","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 10139","heading":"","body":"Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises using words indicating that he or she is a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without being so licensed or without having obtained a license endorsement, shall be guilty of a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment; or if a corporation, be punished by a fine not exceeding sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). If a Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund, as described in Section 27388 of the Government Code, exists in the county where a person or corporation is convicted, any fine collected from the person in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or any fine collected from the corporation in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be deposited in that Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 4. REAL ESTATE [10000. - 11506.]","PART 1. LICENSING OF PERSONS [10000. - 10580.]","CHAPTER 3. Real Estate Regulations [10130. - 10249.93.]","ARTICLE 1. Scope of Regulation [10130. - 10149.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4638224aa0db5b8fe748276571bc8bf1473986d656e77debcdf9fe23a61c00dc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-10138","next":"us-ca/bpc-10140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}