§ 129705 Architect Licensing Definition

• •An architect is someone who has a special license to design buildings.
• •This license must be valid and given by the state of California.
• •The rules for getting this license are in a different part of the law (Chapter 3, starting at Section 5500).

If someone wants to design your new house,

they must have a special license from the state to call themselves an architect. If they don’t have this license, they can’t legally do the job.