Why does California require home improvement salespersons to register with the CSLB?
Explanation
B&P §7153 requires anyone who solicits or negotiates home improvement contracts for a licensee to register, so the CSLB has a record of, and disciplinary reach over, the people doing the selling. (a) is a tax function that has nothing to do with the registration. (c) is the central misconception the registration is designed to prevent — a registered salesperson may sell, never perform, contracting work. (d) transplants the §7071.6 license bond onto the individual; the registration carries no separate bond.
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