A partnership holds a contractor's license and one partner dies. What generally happens to the license?
Explanation
A partnership license is issued to that specific partnership under B&P §7076, so the death or withdrawal of a partner dissolves the licensed entity: the CSLB must be notified and the surviving owner must obtain the licensure appropriate to the new entity. (a) is the inheritance misconception — a license is a personal privilege, not property that passes with the business. (b) confuses the trade name with the licensee; the license attaches to the partnership, not to the name on the truck. (d) invents a probate trigger; nothing in the license law ties the license's status to settlement of the estate.
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