California Business and Professions Code

§ 22443.1

BPC § 22443.1 Effective Oct 5, 2013Div. 8 · Ch. 19.5

Statute text

(a)(1) Prior to engaging in the business, or acting in the capacity, of an immigration consultant, each person shall file with the Secretary of State a bond of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) executed by a corporate surety admitted to do business in this state and conditioned upon compliance with this chapter. The total aggregate liability on the bond shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

(2)The bond may be terminated pursuant to Section 995.440 of, and Article 13 (commencing with Section 996.310) of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 2 of, the Code of Civil Procedure.

(b)The bond required by this section shall be in favor of, and payable to, the people of the State of California and shall be for the benefit of any person damaged by any fraud, misstatement, misrepresentation, unlawful act or omission, or failure to provide the services of the immigration consultant or the agents, representatives, or employees of the immigration consultant, while acting within the scope of that employment or agency.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 7) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 574, Sec. 8. (AB 1159) Effective October 5, 2013. Section operative July 1, 2014, by its own provisions.