Running the Business · Part 7
Address changes within 90 days, and personnel changes: the notices that keep the license record true
CSLB's record of your business is the record: the address where every notice goes, the qualifier who is responsible for every job, the personnel who may sign for the company, the name that must match every contract. Section 7083 gives 90 days to report any change, makes a late change effective only when the board receives it, and makes lateness itself grounds for discipline. This lesson is the list of what must be reported, the forms, the two changes with their own clocks (a qualifier leaving, and a death or dissolution), and the things outside CSLB that a change drags with it: the trucks, the fictitious business name, the bond, the insurance certificates, and the city licenses.
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- Report within 90 days, in writing on CSLB's form: business address, mailing address, personnel (officers, partners, members, managers, and the qualifier), business name, the qualifier bond exemption, and the multiple-license exemption (7083(a)). Late notice is effective only on receipt (7083(b)) and is grounds for discipline (7083(c)).
- A qualifier who leaves: the company and the qualifier each have 90 days to notify, the company has 90 days to replace them or the license is suspended, and the departing qualifier stays responsible until the later of the disassociation date or the board's receipt of the notice (7068.2). Send your own notice, the day you leave.
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