Running the Business · Part 6

Becoming an RMO for someone else's company: the liability you are taking on, and the only version that is lawful

Lesson 0.4 covered the offer in its crude form: a friend pays you to "put your license on" a company. By year three the offer is dressed better: a real company with real jobs, a minority ownership stake, a title, and a monthly fee, from someone who lost their qualifier or never had one. This lesson is what saying yes means in law: you are personally responsible for that company's construction operations under section 7068.1, with a misdemeanor and license discipline if you do not actually supervise; the exceptions that allow a second license at all; the bond you will owe; the disassociation rule that keeps you responsible until CSLB receives your letter; and the narrow version of the arrangement that is lawful, which involves real ownership, real supervision, and a written agreement about both.