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DIVISION 1. DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 100-472.5›CHAPTER 7. Licensee 460-464

§ 461

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

No public agency, state or local, shall, on an initial application form for any license, certificate or registration, ask for or require the applicant to reveal a record of arrest that did not result in a conviction or a plea of nolo contendere. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

This section shall apply in the case of any license, certificate or registration provided for by any law of this state or local government, including, but not limited to, this code, the Corporations Code, the Education Code, and the Insurance Code.

(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 883.)

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