Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10131 · Article 1. Scope of Regulation
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10131
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is a person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, regardless of the form or time of payment, does or negotiates to do one or more of the following acts for another or others:
(a) Sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, solicits prospective sellers or buyers of, solicits or obtains listings of, or negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of real property or a business opportunity.
(b) Leases or rents or offers to lease or rent, or places for rent, or solicits listings of places for rent, or solicits for prospective tenants, or negotiates the sale, purchase, or exchanges of leases on real property, or on a business opportunity, or collects rents from real property, or improvements thereon, or from business opportunities.
(c) Assists or offers to assist in filing an application for the purchase or lease of, or in locating or entering upon, lands owned by the state or federal government.
(d) Solicits borrowers or lenders for or negotiates loans or collects payments or performs services for borrowers or lenders or note owners in connection with loans secured directly or collaterally by liens on real property or on a business opportunity.
(e) Sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, or exchanges or offers to exchange a real property sales contract, or a promissory note secured directly or collaterally by a lien on real property or on a business opportunity, and performs services for the holders thereof.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 285, Sec. 27. (AB 2884) Effective January 1, 2019.
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Cited by 38 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10131. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6401Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10008.5Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10016Printed as Sections 10131, 10131.1, 10131.2, 10131.3, 10131.4, and 10131.6
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10026Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10131.01Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133.1Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133.2Printed as Sections 10016, 10131, 10131.1, and 10132
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133.3Printed as Sections 10131 and 10131.2
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133.4Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10133.45Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10166.01Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10166.02Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10166.07Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10166.11Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10166.13Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10176Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10231Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10231.1Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10231.2Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10232Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10232.1Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10232.2Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10232.25Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10232.5Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10233.2Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10240Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10240.3Printed as Section 10131
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 10248.3Printed as Section 10131
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