Information and Instructions for Cemetery Broker and Cemetery Salesperson

To be eligible to apply for licensure as a Cemetery Broker, you must meet the following requirements:

• Have held a Cemetery Salesperson's licenses for at least two years prior to the date of yourBroker application, or submit a petition outlining in detail, two years general cemetery experiencewith your specific duties and responsibilities.
• Be a California resident.
• Have committed no acts or crimes constituting grounds for license denial under Section 480 ofthe Business and Professions Code.

To apply for licensure as a Cemetery Broker, submit the following:

• A completed application form and required filing fee.
  • $750 Cemetery Broker
  • $750 Cemetery Broker Additional
  • $190 Cemetery Broker Branch
• Your completed Request for Live Scan Service form. For more information regarding Live Scango to http://www.cfb.ca.gov/licensing/livescan.shtml.
• If you do not have two years Cemetery Salesperson experience, submit a petition outlining indetail, two years general cemetery experience with your specific duties and experience you feelqualifies you to take examination.
• Upon passing the Cemetery Broker Examination administered by the Cemetery and FuneralBureau, you are eligible for licensure.

The following are required for licensure, but not prior to sitting for the exam:

• For an individual broker license, post a Surety Bond of $10,000.
• For a corporate broker license, provide a certified copy of the minutes of the corporationmeeting(s) at which you were authorized to file the application on behalf of the corporation.
• For an association or co–partnership, provide a copy of the articles of association or agreement ofpartnership that authorize you to act as a Cemetery Broker.

To be eligible to apply for licensure as a Cemetery Salesperson, you must meet the following requirements:

• Be employed by a licensed Cemetery Broker.
• Have committed no acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480 of the Business and Professions Code.

To apply for licensure as a Cemetery Salesperson, you must do the following:

• Submit a completed application form with your signature and that of the employing CemeteryBroker, along with the required filing fee of $60.
• Included your completed Request for Live Scan Service form. For more information regardingLive Scan go to http://www.cfb.ca.gov/licensing/livescan.shtml. If you do not obtain your licensewithin twelve months of your fingerprinting date, you will be required to submit new fingerprints.

The license term is one year.

• Cemetery Broker Annual Renewal Fee: $560
• Cemetery Broker Additional or Broker Branch Annual Renewal Fee: $190
• Cemetery Salesperson Annual Renewal Fee: $50

Cemetery Broker Exam:

• Abandoned Applications: Applicants who fail to take the Cemetery Broker examination withinsix (6) months after being notified of eligibility will result in the application for licensure and/orexamination to be considered to have been abandoned.
  • You will be required to submit a new application which must be accompanied by therequired fee
• Abandoned Examination Results: Applicants who fail to apply for licensure as a cemeterybroker within (12) months of passing the examination will result in the application andexamination results to be considered to have been abandoned.
  • You will be required to submit a new application which must be accompanied by the required fees.
• Examination No Show: Applicants who fail to appear at the scheduled examination date/time must submit a new application, accompanied by the required fee, prior to being approved to retake the examination.
• Failed Examination: Applicants who fail an examination must submit a new application, accompanied by the required fee, and wait until 90 days after the failed examination date before they retake the examination.

For more information about licensure as a Cemetery Broker or Cemetery Salesperson, call the Bureau's Licensing Division at (916) 574–7870.