Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 345.18 - Changes to Owner License

(a) A traffic violator school may apply to change its business name (DBA) or add a DBA as follows:

(1) Obtain an approved school name as specified in Section 345.02(d)(1) of this Article.

(2) After receipt of department approval of the proposed name, the traffic violator school shall submit, to the headquarters office of the department, the following:

(A) An Application for Modifications to a Traffic Violator School License, form OL 736 (Rev 2/2011), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(B) A rider to the traffic violator school's bond filed pursuant to Vehicle Code section 11202(a)(3), reflecting the new or additional business name.

(C) The application fee, as specified in Section 345.00 of this Article.

(4) The school shall continue to do business under its current name until notified in writing by the department that the application has been approved and until the license reflecting the new name is received from the department.

(5) Within 30 days of receipt of the new owner license, the school operator and all licensed instructors employed by the school shall apply to the department to change the school name on their licenses to reflect the new school name, pursuant to Section 345.22(a) of this Article.

(6) Any operator or instructor who fails to make application in the new school name within the prescribed 30 day period will be considered to be unlicensed and unable to perform operator or instructor duties until a new license is obtained.

(b) A traffic violator school may apply to change its primary business location as follows:

(1) Submit, to any inspector office of the department, the application fee, as specified in Section 345.00 of this Article, and form OL 736, with the applicable sections completed.

(2) If the school does not own the property, a copy of the lease or rental agreement or a Traffic Violator School Classroom Lease or Rental Agreement, form OL 144 (Rev 12/2010).

(3) The department shall notify the applicant in writing when the location is approved for use or disapproved pursuant to Section 345.74.

(c) A traffic violator school shall notify the department within 10 days of any change in corporate officer structure by submitting to the headquarters office of the department, the application fee, as specified in Section 345.00 of this Article, a personal history questionnaire for each officer and/or director being added to the corporate structure pursuant to Section 345.68 of this Article, one set of fingerprints for each officer and/or director being added to the corporate structure pursuant to Section 345.72, and payment of a fingerprint processing fee as described in Vehicle Code section 1668(b), for each applicant, and either:

(1) A certified copy of the corporate minutes reflecting the change; or

(2) A Corporate Officer and/or Director Change, form OL 15 (Rev 2/2011), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(d) A traffic violator school shall notify the department in writing at its headquarters of any other changes to the information contained on the Application for Traffic Violator School (TVS) Owner License or of any change of telephone numbers within ten days of the change.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 345.18

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651, 1665, 11202(a)(2) and 11219, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 11204, 11208 and 11213, Vehicle Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651, 1665, 11202(a)(2) and 11219, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 11204, 11208 and 11213, Vehicle Code.

1. New section filed 10-26-94; operative 11-25-94 (Register 94, No. 43).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(3)(C), (b)(1) and (c) filed 8-23-2011; operative 9-1-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No. 34).
3. Amendment filed 4-19-2012; operative 5-19-2012 (Register 2012, No. 16).
4. Amendment of subsection (a)(1), repealer of subsection (a)(2), redesignation of former subsection (a)(3) as subsection (a)(2) and amendment of newly redesignated subsection (a)(2)(A) filed 9-17-2024; operative 11/1/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 38).