California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §2432: Upon filing an application therefor, containing such information as the licensing authority may require and accompanied by the required duplicate certificate fee, if any, a duplicate certificate may b

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An applicant may obtain a duplicate certificate by filing an application with required information and paying any applicable fee to the licensing authority.

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Upon filing an application therefor, containing such information as the licensing authority may require and accompanied by the required duplicate certificate fee, if any, a duplicate certificate may be issued to any person so licensed under the applicable provisions of law where the same certificate applied for has been previously issued or, where there has been a change in name, another certificate in lieu of one previously issued.

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