§ 8640 Pest Control Referral Payments

Business and Professions Code·California

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•If you're a pest control company with a license, you can't pay or offer money to someone just for referring you to a home buyer or seller.
•You also can't give gifts, bonuses, or discounts as a way to get more pest control jobs from real estate deals.
•If you break this rule, you can get in trouble and face discipline, like fines or losing your license.

Example

A pest control company offers a real estate agent $100 for every home buyer the agent sends their way for a termite inspection.

This is not allowed. The pest control company can get in trouble for trying to buy referrals from the real estate agent.

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§ 8640 Pest Control Referral Payments

Payment, or the offer to pay, by any licensee or registered company to any party to a real estate transaction of any commission, bonus, rebate, or other thing of value as compensation or inducement for the referral to such licensee or registered company of pest control work arising out of such transaction is a ground for disciplinary action. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1348, Sec. 65. Operative January 1, 1987, by Sec. 97 of Ch. 1348.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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license offer commission real estate transaction operative january compensation inducement

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 8640.

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