{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-10509","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 10509","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["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.]"],"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":"de417a959731c9b3332e78e916f596c541eec07e482e8afef441cf0f97fee7b0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-10508","next":"us-ca/bpc-10512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}