{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7651.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7651.5","heading":"","body":"The bureau shall investigate the qualifications of the applicants. Except as otherwise prescribed in this article, it may issue the license applied for to an applicant on a showing satisfactory to it that the following facts exist:\n(a) The applicant is properly qualified to perform the duties of a cemetery broker or salesperson.\n(b) Granting the license will not be against public interest.\n(c) The applicant intends actively and in good faith to carry on the business of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson.\n(d) In the case of a corporate applicant, the articles of incorporation permit it to act as a cemetery broker.\n(e) In the case of an association or copartnership applying for such a license, its articles of association or agreement of partnership authorize it to act as a cemetery broker.\n(f) The license is not being secured for the purpose of permitting the applicant to advertise as a cemetery broker or salesperson without actually engaging in such business.\n(g) The applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.  Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","ARTICLE 3.5. Licenses and Certificates of Authority [7651. - 7653.9.]"],"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":"3057220950123410fea73cd3702c9cf9a9cb4b0e463aeaae7a206a1249348b4f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7651.4","next":"us-ca/bpc-7651.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}