{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7542.7","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7542.7","heading":"","body":"If an applicant fails to complete his or her application within one year after it has been filed, the application shall be considered to be abandoned. An application submitted subsequent to the abandonment of the former application shall be treated as a new application.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 11.3. Private Investigators [7512. - 7573.5.]","ARTICLE 4. Application of Chapter [7540. - 7542.12.]"],"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":"f2fdcdf06bc9ff50845378073e3d3d56fa770a14df62413fb1008ba8ae48363f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7542.6","next":"us-ca/bpc-7542.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}