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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19229.1.

19229.1. (a) The use of the public highways for the transportation of used household goods and personal effects for compensation is a business affected with a public interest. It is the purpose of this chapter to do all of the following:
(1) Preserve for the public the full benefit and use of public highways consistent with the needs of commerce without unnecessary congestion or wear and tear upon those highways.
(2) Secure to the people just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates for transportation by household movers operating upon the highways.
(3) Secure full and unrestricted flow of traffic by motor carriers over the highways that will adequately meet reasonable public demands by providing for the regulation of rates of all household movers so that adequate and dependable service by all necessary household movers is maintained and the full use of the highways is preserved to the public.
(4) Promote fair dealing and ethical conduct in the rendition of services involving or incident to the transportation of household goods and personal effects.
(b) To achieve the purposes of subdivision (a), the bureau shall do all of the following:
(1) Prioritize the timely processing of applications and hold application workshops for potential applicants around the state.
(2) Enable electronic filing of applications, reports, and fee payments.
(3) Dedicate staff to answering telephone calls, mailings, and electronic inquiries from household movers.
(4) Prioritize the timely processing of consumer complaints.
(5) Implement electronic case tracking of complaints and their disposition.
(6) Implement a process for appropriate and timely enforcement against illegally operating household movers, including performing staff-driven investigations and enforcement through sting operations and other forms of presence in the field.
(7) Maintain relationships with, and implement outreach and education programs to, local law enforcement, district attorneys, and airports, and coordinate with law enforcement agencies pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 19283.1.
(8) Meet with household mover trade associations at least annually.
(9) Implement a consolidated case tracking system that integrates each of the transportation program core functions and data collection, administrative compliance details, complaints, and investigations.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19229.5.

19229.5. (a) All moneys in the Household Movers Fund shall be transferred to the Household Goods and Services Fund by July 1, 2026. On July 1, 2026, the Household Movers Fund shall be abolished.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until December 31, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 508, Sec. 43. (SB 814) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of December 31, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19233.

19233. This chapter shall not be construed as a regulation of commerce with foreign nations or among the several states, except insofar as those regulations are not prohibited under the provisions of the United States Constitution and the acts of the Congress of the United States.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19234.

19234. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act and Section 159.5, may appoint and fix the compensation of clerical, inspection, investigation, and auditing personnel, as well as a deputy chief, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All such personnel shall perform their respective duties under the supervision and the direction of the chief.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19234.1.

19234.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the bureau in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions under this chapter. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19235.

19235. A household mover shall not engage in the business of transportation of used household goods and personal effects for compensation by motor vehicle over any public highway in this state, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, which is enacted under the power of the state to regulate the use of public highways.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19236.

19236. (a) Each household mover shall display on each vehicle operated by it an identification symbol in the form and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the bureau. The identifying symbols displayed by household movers subject to the Interstate Commerce Commission Order Ex Parte No. MC-41, Identification of Motor Carrier Vehicles, November 17, 1954, effective January 3, 1955, shall serve in lieu of the display requirements of this section, if the identifying symbols have been recorded by the household mover with the bureau.
(b) For motor vehicles first registered in this state on or after January 1, 1985, the identifying symbol shall be displayed on both the left and right doors of the cab of the vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19238.

19238. (a) To obtain an original permit, an applicant shall submit to the bureau an application in writing, on a form containing information prescribed by the bureau, which is verified under oath, and accompanied by proof of service upon those interested parties, as required by the bureau. The bureau shall require the applicant to attest in the application to facts demonstrating that the applicant is not barred by law or court order from acting as a household mover.
(b) The application shall be accompanied by the fee fixed pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19239.1.

19239.1. (a) Except as provided for in subdivision (b), every household mover, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a permit, shall have on file with the bureau a current and valid Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance in the applicant’s or permitholder’s business name. A Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance shall be issued and filed, electronically or otherwise, by an insurer duly licensed to write workers’ compensation insurance in this state. If reciprocity conditions exist, as provided in Section 3600.5 of the Labor Code, the bureau shall require the information deemed necessary to ensure compliance with this section.
(b) This section does not apply to an applicant or permitholder who has no employees, provided that the applicant or permitholder files a statement, under penalty of perjury, stating that, in its operations as a household mover, it does not employ any person in any manner so as to become subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state.
(c) The workers’ compensation coverage certified to under subdivision (a) shall be effective until canceled. Cancellation shall require 30 days’ advance notice. A workers’ compensation insurer shall also report to the bureau a permitholder whose workers’ compensation insurance policy is canceled by the insurer if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The insurer has completed a premium audit or investigation.
(2) A material misrepresentation has been made by the insured that results in financial harm to the insurer.
(3) No reimbursement has been paid by the insured to the insurer.
(d) If, after filing the statement described in subdivision (b), the household mover becomes subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state, the household mover shall promptly notify the bureau that the household mover is withdrawing its statement under subdivision (b), and shall simultaneously file the certificate described in subdivision (a).
(e) The insurer, including the State Compensation Insurance Fund, shall report to the bureau the following information for any policy required under this section: name, license number, policy number, and dates that coverage is scheduled to commence and lapse, and cancellation date, if applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19239.2.

19239.2. (a) The bureau shall accept a certificate required by Section 19239.1 as of the effective date shown on the certificate, if the certificate is received by the bureau within 90 days after that date, and shall reinstate the permit to which the certificate pertains, if otherwise eligible, retroactive to the effective date of the certificate.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the bureau shall accept the certificate as of the effective date shown on the certificate, even if the certificate is not received by the bureau within 90 days after that date, upon a showing by the permitholder, on a form acceptable to the bureau, that the failure to have a certificate on file was due to circumstances beyond the control of the permitholder. The bureau shall reinstate the permit to which the certificate pertains, if otherwise eligible, retroactive to the effective date of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19239.3.

19239.3. The bureau shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any permit under this chapter to any person or corporation against whom a final judgment has been entered and whose name has been transmitted to the bureau pursuant to Section 3716.4 of the Labor Code, unless that judgment has been satisfied or has been discharged in accordance with the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19239.4.

19239.4. (a) The failure of a permitholder to obtain or maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage, if required under this chapter, shall result in the suspension of the permit by operation of law in accordance with the provisions of this section, but this suspension shall not affect, alter, or limit the status of the permitholder as an employer for purposes of Section 3716 of the Labor Code.
(b) The permit suspension imposed by this section is effective upon the earlier of either of the following:
(1) On the date that the relevant workers’ compensation insurance coverage lapses.
(2) On the date that workers’ compensation coverage is required to be obtained.
(c) A permitholder who is subject to suspension under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) shall be provided a notice by the bureau that includes all of the following:
(1) The reason for the permit suspension and the effective date.
(2) A statement informing the permitholder that a pending suspension will be posted to the permit record for not more than 45 days prior to the posting of any permit suspension periods required under this article.
(3) The procedures required to reinstate the permit.
(d) Reinstatement may be made at any time following the suspension by showing proof of compliance as specified in Sections 19239.1 and 19239.3.
(e) With respect to an unpermitted individual acting in the capacity of a household mover who is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter, a citation may be issued by the bureau for failure to comply with this article and to maintain workers’ compensation insurance.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19240.

19240. (a) Each original application for issuance of a permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500). The holder of a permit issued by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to former Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5101) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code that is valid and effective as of July 1, 2018, shall not be required to submit a new application fee until the time the permitholder submits a new application.
(b) An application for transfer of a permit shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(c) The fees described in this section shall be superseded by the fees adopted by the bureau on or before January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 19288.
(d) All fees paid to the bureau under this chapter shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19241.

19241. (a) A household mover, under its permit, may also transport used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures. The bureau shall not regulate the service, routes, or prices charged for the transportation of used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures by a household mover. The bureau shall do nothing under this section that is in conflict with federal law as contained in Section 14501 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
(b) If a household mover elects to transport used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures under its household mover permit, all of the following apply:
(1) A permit is not needed from the Department of Motor Vehicles under the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act (Division 14.85 (commencing with Section 34600) of the Vehicle Code) to conduct that transportation.
(2) The transportation is subject to the bureau’s safety and insurance requirements, except that the cargo insurance requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 19248 shall not apply.
(3) The household mover shall pay the applicable fees specified in this chapter.
(c) To exercise the election pursuant to this section, a household mover shall notify the bureau of the election or the revocation of that election by filing a notice with the bureau in the manner and on the form prescribed by the bureau. If a household mover does not elect to be subject to the provisions of this section or revokes a prior election to do so, the household mover shall comply with the provisions of the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act when transporting used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19242.

19242. The bureau shall establish rules and regulations governing the notification to shippers of any delay in the delivery of goods beyond the date agreed to by the household mover and the shipper, if any, at the time the service was undertaken. All household movers shall observe such rules and regulations and the failure to do so is unlawful.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19243.

19243. (a) The bureau may establish rules for the performance of any service of the character furnished or supplied by household movers. Every household mover shall observe these rules. Failure to do so is unlawful. A violation of the chapter or the bureau’s rules may be grounds for discipline.
(b) The bureau shall establish rules to authorize an electronic form of documents required by this chapter, consistent with the purpose of the document and if the household mover and the customer agree to the use of an electronic form.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19244.

19244. It is unlawful for the owner of a household mover motor vehicle employing or otherwise directing the driver of the vehicle to permit the operation of the vehicle upon any public highway for compensation without first having obtained from the bureau a permit pursuant to this chapter or without first having complied with the vehicle identification requirements of Section 19236 or with the accident liability protection requirements of Section 19248.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 2 - Regulation of Household Movers › Section 19247.

19247. Every household mover shall add a prominent link to its Internet Web site that immediately directs all consumers to the bureau’s Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection › Section 19248.

19248. (a) The bureau, in granting permits pursuant to this chapter, shall require a household mover to procure, and continue in effect during the life of the permit, adequate protection against liability imposed by law upon the household mover for the payment of damages for personal bodily injuries, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage in the following amounts:
(1) Not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) on account of bodily injuries to or death of one person.
(2) Not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) on account of bodily injuries to or death of more than one person as a result of any one accident. The recovery of each person is subject to the limitation contained in paragraph (1).
(3) Not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for one accident resulting in damage to or destruction of property, other than property being transported by the household mover for any shipper or consignee, whether it is the property of one or more than one claimant.
(4) Not less than six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) on account of bodily injuries to or death of one or more persons and damage to or destruction of property, other than property being transported by the household mover for any shipper or consignee, whether it is the property of one or more than one claimant, in any one accident.
(b) The bureau may increase the minimum level of public liability and property damage protection required by this section if necessary to provide adequate protection.
(c) The bureau shall require all household movers to procure and continue in effect during the life of the permit cargo insurance in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). However, upon a showing before the bureau by a household mover that a lesser amount of cargo insurance adequately protects the public, and a finding by the bureau to that effect, the bureau may authorize the household mover to procure and continue in effect during the life of the permit the lesser amount of insurance.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection › Section 19249.

19249. The protection required under this article shall be evidenced by the deposit of any of the following with the bureau covering each vehicle used or to be used under the permit applied for:
(a) A policy of insurance, issued by a company licensed to write such insurance in this state, or by nonadmitted insurers subject to Section 1763 of the Insurance Code, if the policies meet the rules and regulations administered by the bureau.
(b) A bond of a surety company licensed to write surety bonds in the state.
(c) Any evidence of the qualification of the household mover as a self-insurer as may be authorized by the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection › Section 19250.

19250. With the consent of the bureau, a copy of an insurance policy, certified by the company issuing it to be a true copy of the original policy, or a photostatic copy of the policy, or an abstract of the provisions of the policy, or a certificate of insurance issued by the company issuing the policy, may be filed with the bureau in lieu of the original or a duplicate or counterpart of the policy.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 15. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection › Section 19251.

19251. The protection against liability shall be continued in effect during the active life of the permit. The policy of insurance or surety bond shall not be cancelable on less than 30 days’ written notice to the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 3 - Accident Liability Protection › Section 19252.

19252. The bureau may establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce this article.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19253.

19253. (a) The bureau shall establish or approve maximum or minimum or maximum and minimum rates to be charged by household movers for the transportation of used household goods and personal effects and for accessorial service performed in connection with the transportation.
(b) In establishing or approving rates, the bureau shall account for the cost of all transportation service performed or to be performed, for any accessorial service performed or to be performed in connection with transportation, the value of the commodity transported, and the value of the equipment, facilities, and personnel reasonably necessary to perform the service. In determining rates, the bureau shall conduct a rate study and provide an opportunity for public comment. The bureau shall determine final rates based on the study and comments received during public review.
(c) The bureau shall establish or approve no minimum rate for household movers unless it finds that the rate is at a sufficient level to allow safe operation upon the highways of the state and accounts for the cost of trained drivers and other reasonable expenses of operation of household movers.
(d) Until the operative date of rules or regulations of the bureau establishing or approving rates, the bureau shall enforce and administer the rates and rules set forth in the Public Utilities Commission’s Maximum Rate Tariff 4, as most recently amended as of July 1, 2018, by the Public Utilities Commission.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19253.1.

19253.1. A household mover shall not advertise, quote, or charge a rate or an amount for the transportation of used household goods and personal effects that is based on the amount of cubic feet or other volumetric unit measurement of those household goods and effects. In addition to any other remedy, a household mover that violates this section shall not be entitled to any compensation for the transportation of the household goods and effects and shall make restitution to the shipper of any compensation collected.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19253.2.

19253.2. The bureau may establish procedures by which any household mover may charge or collect a greater rate than the maximum rate established under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19253.3.

19253.3. The bureau shall make any rules that are necessary to the application and enforcement of the rates established or approved pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19254.

19254. A household mover shall not directly or indirectly pay any commission to a shipper, consignee, or the employee thereof, or to the payer of the transportation charges, or refund, or remit to those persons, in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates or charges so specified, except upon authority of the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19255.

19255. No household mover, no officer or agent of a household mover, and no person acting for or employed by a household mover shall, by means of known false billing, classification, weight, weighing or report of weight, or by any other device, assist, suffer, or permit any corporation or person to obtain transportation for any property between points within this state at rates less than the minimum rates or more than the maximum rates then established, approved, or administered by the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19256.

19256. No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or employee of a corporation shall, by means of false billing, false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false representation as to the content or substance of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a household mover, or any of its officers, agents, or employees, seek to obtain or obtain transportation for property at less than the minimum rates or charges or more than the maximum rates or charges established, approved, or administered by the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 4 - Rates › Section 19257.

19257. No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, shall knowingly, directly or indirectly by any false statement or representation as to cost or value or the nature or extent of damage, or by the use of any false billing, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, or upon any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, obtain or attempt to obtain any allowance, rebate, or payment for damage in connection with or growing out of the transportation of property subject to this chapter, or an agreement to transport property subject to this chapter, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a household mover, or any of its officers, agents, or employees. No household mover and no officer, agent, or employee of a household mover shall knowingly pay or offer to pay any such allowance, rebate, or claim for damage.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19258.

19258. (a) Each household mover maintaining an office or place of business within this state and offering intrastate service shall keep in that office or place of business all books, accounts, papers, and records required by the bureau to be kept within this state. Those books, accounts, papers, or records shall not be, at any time, removed from the state except upon such conditions as the bureau prescribes. Household movers performing intrastate service as household movers that do not maintain an office or place of business within this state shall make books, accounts, papers, and records pertaining to the intrastate service available to the bureau at its request at a place designated within this state for examination by the bureau, or in the alternative reimburse the bureau for the actual expense of examining those books, accounts, papers, or records at the place outside of the state where those records are kept.
(b) The bureau may require annual, periodic, or special reports to be filed by all household movers, may prescribe the manner and form in which reports shall be made, and may require specific answers to all questions upon which the bureau deems information to be necessary. The reports shall be under oath whenever the bureau so requires.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19259.

19259. The bureau may require any household mover to file with it a true copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement between the household mover and any other household mover in relation to any traffic affected by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19260.

19260. The bureau may prescribe the forms of any accounts, records, and memoranda, including those pertaining to the movement of traffic and the receipt or expenditure of money, to be kept by household movers, and the length of time the accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19260.1.

19260.1. If the bureau has prescribed the forms of accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by a household mover for any of its business, it is unlawful for any household mover to keep any accounts, records, or memoranda for that business other than those so prescribed or those prescribed by or under the authority of any other state or of the United States, excepting those accounts, records, or memoranda that are explanatory of and supplemental to the accounts, records, or memoranda prescribed by the bureau.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19260.2.

19260.2. The bureau and its authorized employees, representatives, and inspectors shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, and equipment of household movers used in connection with the operation of their businesses as household movers in this state, and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, books, papers, and correspondence kept or required to be kept by household movers, and may photocopy or electrostatically or photostatically reproduce at the bureau’s expense any of these accounts, records, memoranda, documents, books, papers, and correspondence at either the premises of the household mover or the offices of the bureau. A household mover may determine whether the copying or reproduction is done at its premises or at the offices of the bureau, and if copying or reproduction expenses are incurred by the household mover, the bureau shall, upon request, reimburse the household mover for the expenses.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19260.3.

19260.3. The employees, representatives, and inspectors of the bureau may inspect and examine any lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, books, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence kept or required to be kept by household movers.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19261.

19261. Sections 19258 to 19260.3, inclusive, shall, to the extent deemed necessary by the bureau, apply to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or persons affiliated with any household mover.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections › Section 19262.

19262. (a) Every household mover shall furnish to the bureau annually, as specified by the bureau, a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles used in transportation for compensation during the preceding year. The bureau shall furnish a copy of this list to the Department of the California Highway Patrol and to the household mover’s insurer, if the household mover’s accident liability protection is provided by a policy of insurance.
(b) If the household mover’s insurer informs the bureau that the household mover has failed to obtain insurance coverage for any vehicle reported on the list, the bureau may, in addition to any other applicable penalty provided in this chapter, for a first occurrence, suspend the household mover’s permit, or impose a fine, or both, and for a second or subsequent occurrence may suspend or revoke the permit, or impose a fine, or both.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5.3 - Delivery and Claims › Section 19265.

19265. A claim against a household mover for loss or damage of goods shall not be denied solely because the lost or damaged goods were not noted at the time of delivery. Whenever a household mover requires a signed statement acknowledging delivery and receipt of goods, the statement shall not include any representation that the goods were delivered in satisfactory condition, but shall include a notice that the shipper may file a claim with the household mover for lost or damaged goods.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements › Section 19266.

19266. A household mover shall not transport household goods under a subhauling agreement unless each of the following occurs:
(a) The subhauler is permitted by the bureau to transport household goods and complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The household mover and subhauler are jointly and severally liable for any loss or damage caused by the subhauler.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements › Section 19266.1.

19266.1. The bureau shall adopt any rules and regulations it determines to be necessary to enforce the requirements of this article.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements › Section 19266.2.

19266.2. This article does not apply to a subhauling agreement when the subhauler is not otherwise subject to this chapter for activity related to the subhauling agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 5.5 - Estimates › Section 19267.

19267. The bureau shall establish rules and regulations controlling the estimates given by a household mover to a shipper of the charges the household mover would make to perform services covered by this chapter. All household movers shall observe those rules and regulations and the failure to do so is unlawful. The bureau shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary to the application and enforcement of rules and regulations established pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings › Section 19268.

19268. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all proceedings under this chapter to deny, suspend, amend, revoke, or place on probation a permit shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) A citation or fine assessment issued pursuant to a citation shall inform the household mover that, if he or she desires a hearing to contest a finding of a violation, the hearing shall be requested by written notice to the bureau within 30 days of the date of issuance of the citation or assessment. If a hearing is not requested pursuant to this section, payment of any fine shall not constitute an admission of the violation charged. Hearings shall be held pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings › Section 19269.

19269. Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement administered by the bureau, or is doing anything or about to do anything, or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, in violation of law or of any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement administered by the bureau, the bureau may request the Attorney General or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state to make an application to the superior court in and for the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some part of the cause arose, or in which the corporation complained of has its principal place of business, or in which the person complained of resides for the purpose of having the violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented, either by mandamus or injunction, including, but not limited to, an order allowing vehicles used for subsequent operations subject to the order to be impounded at the household mover’s expense and subject to release only by subsequent court order following a petition to the court by the defendant or owner of the vehicle. Any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section by the Attorney General, or a district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor, as applicable, shall be brought in the name of the people of the State of California, by petition to the superior court, alleging the violation or threatened violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings › Section 19269.1.

19269.1. (a) Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover has abandoned, or is abandoning, stored household goods or property of any shippers under contract with the household mover or movers, it may request the Attorney General or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state to commence a proceeding in superior court for the purpose of having the court appoint either a receiver or bureau staff to identify the stored items of property, to take possession of the property, and to arrange the return of the property to its owners in accordance with the orders of the court and with regard for the protection of all property rights involved.
(b) The proceeding shall be brought in the superior court in and for the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some part of the cause arose, or in which the person or corporation complained of has its principal place of business, or in which the person complained of resides. The proceeding shall be commenced in the name of the people of the State of California, by petition to the superior court, alleging the facts and circumstances involved and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction, or the appointment of a receiver, and authorizing the bureau to arrange for the hiring of a receiver who shall be required to comply with the requirements of Sections 566, 567, and 568 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) The court may also appoint a receiver to manage the business of a household mover or movers and return property to its owner or owners upon a showing satisfactory to the court that the abandonment or threatened abandonment by the household mover jeopardizes property or funds of others in the custody or under the control of the household mover. The court may make any other order that it finds appropriate to protect and preserve those funds or that property.
(d) In the event a receiver is appointed by the court and the bureau is responsible for contracting for a receiver to carry out the duties authorized by this section, the bureau may contract on an emergency basis with a qualified person or corporation to serve as receiver under the conditions and guidelines set by the court. The contract for the receiver services may be executed by the bureau on an expedited basis. The receiver shall be paid from the fees collected pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings › Section 19270.

19270. Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, within which the household mover complained of shall answer the petition, and in the meantime the household mover may be restrained. In case of default in answer, or after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances of the case. Those corporations or persons that the court deems necessary or proper to be joined as parties, in order to make its judgment, order, or writ effective, may be joined as parties. The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that the writ of mandamus or injunction issue or be made permanent as prayed for in the petition, or in such modified or other form as will afford appropriate relief.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 7 - Suspension and Revocation of Permits › Section 19271.

19271. The bureau may, at the request of any household mover, suspend the operating permit of the household mover for a definite time during which it is unlawful for the household mover to conduct any operations as a household mover.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act › ARTICLE 7 - Suspension and Revocation of Permits › Section 19272.

19272. Upon the suspension of a permit, the bureau shall require the removal from any vehicle operated under the permit of any identifying symbols that have been placed on the vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)