California · first edition

Look it up before it becomes a complaint.

The Designated Broker’s Handbook — office-level compliance in California. What you’re answerable for, and what it costs when you miss it.

Cover of The Designated Broker's Handbook
4 parts · 16 chapters · 3 appendices
69audit points
47violations cited
31code sections

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Every requirement is quoted from a published source — statute, regulation, or organizational policy — with the citation printed beneath it, so every line can be checked against the original.

A California broker answers to three separate bodies. The Department holds the license. The association holds the membership. The MLS holds the access. Three rulebooks, three clocks, three sets of consequences — and none of them can do another one’s job.

This handbook gathers all three into one place and organizes them by the liability chain rather than by agency, so you can find the answer while the question is still small.


Reach for it when

  • A new licensee hangs their license with your office
  • Someone asks whose name has to be on the sign
  • You are writing — or finally reading — your supervision policy
  • A deposit lands somewhere it should not have
  • The MLS sends a notice and the clock is already running
  • A complaint arrives and you do not know what moves next
  • You want to audit your own office before someone else does

Four parts, sixteen chapters, three appendices — a 69-point supervision audit, a violation quick-reference, and a complete list of primary sources with where to read the current text yourself, free.


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